CRN	94346	Distribution	E/G /*(Science)
Course No.	PHYS 118 A Q course
Title	Light and Color
Professor	Burton Brody
Schedule	Mon Wed 10:30 am - 12:30 pm ROSE 108

An introduction to light, optical phenomena, and related devices, including some historical perspective; classical and modern models of light; light and color in nature, and vision; the geometrical optics of lenses, mirrors, and related devices; the physical optics of interference and diffraction; spectroscopy and polarization; lasers, and holography. Without assuming either prior knowledge of physics or heavier mathematics, we will develop models and explore them in intermixed lecture/discussion and experiment/demonstration modes.

CRN	94347	Distribution	E/G /*(Science)
Course No.	PHYS 118 B Q course
Title	Light and Color
Professor	Burton Brody
Schedule	Mon Wed 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm ROSE 108

See description above.

CRN	94348	Distribution	E/G /*(Science)
Course No.	PHYS 141 Q course
Title	Introduction to Physics I
Professor	Matthew Deady
Schedule	Mon Wed Fr 8:30 am - 9:50 am HEG 102 LAB A: Mon 1:30 pm 3:30 pm HEG 107 LAB B: Mon 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm HEG 107 LAB C: Tu 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm HEG 107

A calculus-based survey of Physics. This first semester covers topics in mechanics, heat and thermodynamics, and wave motion. The course stresses ideas--the unifying principles and characteristic models of physics. Labs develop the crucial ability to elicit understanding of the physical world.

Corequisite: MATH 141

CRN	94349	Distribution	E/G /*(Science)
Course No.	PHYS 211 Q course
Title	Introduction to Digital Electronics
Professor	Burton Brody
Schedule	Tu 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm HEG 107 Th 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm HEG 107

This course is a 1-term introduction to the basic electronics of the algorithms and bus architecture underlying most digital computers. After brief introductions to current, voltage, and Kirchhoff's Laws; resistors, diodes, and capacitors; filters, impedance and voltage dividers; meters and oscilloscopes; we will delve more deeply into number systems, Boolean algebra, and circuit realizations of combinational and sequential logic; ending with 3-state logic and a prototype "monobus" computer. The rest of the term will be devoted to building and elaborating a Z-80-based minicomputer with memory, addressed I/O (via dip switches and HEX LED displays), etc. Each student will wire his/her own computer and may extend the computer beyond the exercises indicated. Physics is not a prerequisite but would be helpful; no math beyond algebra and basic trigonometry is required but some calculus may be used; and some experience with a programming language would be useful. Each class will begin with lecture/discussion then move to lab mode (although students can also work in the lab on their own time). This course is conceived to serve the interests of computer science students.

CRN	94350	Distribution	E /*(Science)
Course No.	PHYS 314
Title	Thermal Physics
Professor	Peter Skiff
Schedule	Wed Fr 10:30 am - 12:30 pm HEG 106

Elements of thermodynamics, kinetic theory, and statistical mechanics. Equations of state, first and second laws, distribution functions, the partition function, quantum statistics. Prerequisites: Physics 101‑102, Mathematics 112.

CRN	94351	Distribution	E /*(Math/Computing)
Course No.	PHYS 325
Title	Methods of Mathematical Physics
Professor	Matthew Deady
Schedule	Fr 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm HEG 106

2 credits Concepts and techniques of vector and tensor analysis, line and surface integration, and complex function analysis will be developed in this course. These mathematical methods are particularly useful in thermodynamics and electromagnetism.

Prerequisite: Mathematics 142.