Course: |
PHYS 124 Global Warming and Climate Change |
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Professor: |
Gidon Eshel |
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CRN: |
90168 |
Schedule: |
Mon Wed 10:20 AM - 11:40
AM Avery Film Center 110 |
Distributional Area: |
LS Laboratory Science |
Class cap: |
30 |
Credits: |
4 |
Cross-listed: Environmental & Urban Studies
This lab course explores the physical principles underlying climate and
anthropogenic climate change. We will start with a survey of the most
compelling lines of evidence for climate change, how they are obtained/derived
and some of their limitations. We will then discuss in some depth idealized
one-dimensional planetary radiative and thermal balance, first in the absence
of an atmosphere, and then in the presence of a radiatively active one, with
variable number of layers. In this context, it will become interesting to
explore atmospheric opacity with respect to various radiative types, and what
natural and anthropogenic effects affect this opacity. A related topic will be
natural feedbacks, such as water vapor and could feedbacks. We will next place
current (modern) observations of climate change in the broader context of past
climates, emphasizing the last couple millennia, hundreds of millennia, and
finally the ten million-year scale geological record. We will conclude the
course with some discussion about the objective of successful policy mitigation
efforts, and their implementation obstacles. While not technical per se,
participation in this course does require the ability to solve a couple of
linear algebraic equations (like solving x + 4 = 2y and 2x - 3y = 6 for x and
y) and to perform some very basic manipulation of data and plot the results
(using, e.g., Microsoft's Excel).
Course: |
PHYS 141 Introduction to Physics I |
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Professor: |
Harold Haggard |
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CRN: |
90105 |
Schedule: |
Mon Wed Fri 8:30 AM - 9:50
AM Hegeman 107 |
Distributional Area: |
LS Laboratory Science |
Class cap: |
24 |
Credits: |
4 |
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. This course has two Lab options, see below.
Course: |
PHYS 141 LBA Introduction to Physics I Lab A |
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Professor: |
Harold Haggard |
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CRN: |
90106 |
Schedule: |
Wed 2:00 PM - 4:00
PM Hegeman 107 |
Distributional Area: |
LS Laboratory Science |
Class cap: |
12 |
Credits: |
0 |
Course: |
PHYS 141 LBB Introduction to Physics I Lab B |
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Professor: |
Harold Haggard |
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CRN: |
90107 |
Schedule: |
Thurs 2:00 PM
- 4:00 PM Hegeman 107 |
Distributional Area: |
LS Laboratory Science |
Class cap: |
12 |
Credits: |
0 |
Course: |
PHYS 142 Introduction to Physics II |
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Professor: |
Paul Cadden-Zimansky |
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CRN: |
90108 |
Schedule: |
Mon Wed Fri 10:20 AM - 11:40
AM Rose Laboratories 108 Mon 1:40 PM - 3:40
PM Rose Laboratories 108 |
Distributional Area: |
LS Laboratory Science |
Class cap: |
12 |
Credits: |
4 |
Part II of a calculus-based survey which will focus on electricity and
magnetism, light, electromagnetic radiation, and optics. The course stresses
ideas - the unifying principles and characteristic models of physics. Labs
develop the critical ability to elicit understanding of our physical
world. Prerequisite: Physics 141, Mathematics 141
Course: |
PHYS 221 Mathematical Methods of Physics I |
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Professor: |
Antonios Kontos |
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CRN: |
90109 |
Schedule: |
Mon Wed Fri 2:00 PM - 3:20
PM Hegeman 201 |
Distributional Area: |
MC Mathematics and Computing |
Class cap: |
16 |
Credits: |
4 |
Cross-listed: Mathematics
This course presents mathematical methods that are useful in the physical
sciences. While some proofs and demonstrations are given, the emphasis is on
the applications. Topics include: complex functions, vector spaces, matrices,
coordinate transformations, power series, probability and statistics, and
multi-variable differentiation and integration. Prerequisites: Mathematics
141-142, or equivalent, and strong preparation in physics comparable to Physics
141.
Course: |
PHYS 241 Modern Physics |
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Professor: |
Antonios Kontos |
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CRN: |
90110 |
Schedule: |
Mon Wed Fri 10:20 AM - 11:40
AM Hegeman 106 Thurs 10:20 AM
- 11:40 AM Hegeman 107 |
Distributional Area: |
LS Laboratory Science |
Class cap: |
16 |
Credits: |
4 |
An extension of introductory physics concentrating on developments in
physics that stem from the theory of relativity, quantum mechanics, and
statistical mechanics. A major focus
will be understanding classical and quantum waves, but there will also be
overviews of particle physics, nuclear physics, optical and molecular physics,
condensed matter physics, astronomy, and cosmology. Prerequisites: Physics
141-142 and Mathematics 141-142.
Course: |
PHYS 303 Mechanics |
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Professor: |
Paul Cadden-Zimansky |
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CRN: |
90111 |
Schedule: |
Tue Thurs Fri
8:30
AM - 9:50 AM Hegeman 201 |
Distributional Area: |
MC Mathematics and Computing |
Class cap: |
16 |
Credits: |
4 |
Particle kinematics and dynamics in one, two, and three dimensions.
Conservation laws, coordinate transformations, and problem solving techniques
in differential equations, vector calculus, and linear algebra. Lagrangian and
Hamiltonian formulation of dynamics.
Prerequisites: Physics 141 142, Mathematics 141 142.