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July in Los Angeles, CA, USA (Click to view course and program details) Physics 1A: Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics (5 US Course Units) Description: Recommended preparation: High school physics, one year of high school calculus or Mathematics 31A and 31B. Enforced requisites: Mathematics 31A, 31B. Enforced corequisite: Mathematics 32A. Recommended corequisite: Mathematics 32B. Motion, Newton laws, work, energy, linear and angular momentum, rotation, equilibrium, gravitation. Physics 1B: Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves Electric and Magnetic Fields (5 US Course Units) Description: Enforced requisites: Course 1A, Mathematics 31B, 32A. Enforced corequisite: Mathematics 32B. Recommended corequisite: Mathematics 33A. Damped and driven oscillators, mechanical and acoustic waves. Electrostatics: electric field and potential, capacitors, and dielectrics. Currents and DC circuits. Magnetic field. Physics 1C: Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics and Special Relativity (5 US Course Units) Description: Enforced requisites: Courses 1A, 1B, Mathematics 32A, 32B. Enforced corequisite: Mathematics 33A. Recommended corequisite: Mathematics 33B. Ampere law, www.cisaustralia.com.au Faraday law, inductance, and LRC circuits. Maxwell equations in integral and differential form. Electromagnetic waves. Light, geometrical, and physical optics. Special relativity. Physics 4AL: Physics Laboratory for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics (2 US Course Units) Description: Enforced requisite: Course 1A or 1AH. Enforced corequisite: course 1B or 1BH. Experiments on measuring gravity, accelerated motion, kinetic and potential energy, impulse and momentum, damped and driven oscillators, resonance and vibrating strings. Computer data acquisition and analysis. Introduction to error analysis, including distributions and least-squares fitting procedures. Physics 4BL: Physics Laboratory for Scientists and Engineers: Electricity and Magnetism (2 US Course Units) Description: Enforced requisites: Courses 1A or 1AH, 1B or 1BH. Enforced corequisite: course 1C or 1CH. Experiments on electric forces, fields, and potentials. Magnetic fields. Linear and nonlinear devices. Resistors, capacitors, and inductors. Modern circuits. Geometrical and physical optics. Physics 6A: Physics for Life Sciences Majors: Mechanics (4 US Course Units) Description: Enforced requisites: Mathematics 3A, 3B. Enforced corequisite: Mathematics 3C. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 6AH. Motion, Newton laws, energy, linear and angular momentum, rotation, equilibrium, gravity, biological applications Physics 6B: Physics for Life Sciences Majors: Waves, Electricity and Magnetism (5 US Course Units) Description: Enforced requisite: Course 6A or 6AH. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 6BH. Mechanical waves, sound, electricity and magnetism, electromagnetic waves, biological applications. Physics 6C: Physics for Life Sciences Majors: Light, Fluids, Thermodynamics, Modern Physics (5 US Course Units) Description: Enforced requisite: course 6B. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 6CH. Geometrical and physical optics, fluid statics and dynamics, thermodynamics. Selected topics from foundations of quantum mechanics; atomics, nuclear and particle physics; relativity; medical detectors; biological applications. Physics 10 – Physics (5 US Course Units) Description: Not open for credit to students with credit for course 1A, 1AH, 6A, or 6AH. Special mathematical preparation beyond that necessary for admission to University in www.cisaustralia.com.au freshman standing not required. Topics include planetary motion, Newton laws, gravitation, electricity and magnetism, wave motion, light, sound, and heat, relativity, quantum mechanics, atoms, and subatomic particles. As time permits, development of physical ideas placed in cultural and historical perspective July in Boston, MA, USA (Click to view course and program details) Elementary Physics 1 - CAS PY 105 – 4US Credits Session 1 Description: CAS PY 105/106 sequence satisfies premedical requirements; presupposes knowledge of algebra and trigonometry. Principles of classical and modern physics. Mechanics, conservation laws, and heat. Students must register for two sections: a lecture section and a laboratory section. Carries natural science divisional credit (with lab) in CAS. Elementary Physics 2 - CAS PY 106 Description: Prereq: (CAS PY 105) or equivalent. CAS PY 105/106 sequence satisfies premedical requirements; presupposes knowledge of algebra and trigonometry. Principles of classical and modern physics. Electricity and magnetism, waves, optics, light, atomic and nuclear physics. Students must REGISTER for two sections: a lecture section and a laboratory section. Carries natural science divisional credit (with lab) in CAS. Physics of Food/Cooking - CAS PY 107 – 4US Credits Session 1 Description: Physical science concepts of thermal physics, and soft matter physics such as phase transitions, gelation, viscosity, elasticity illustrated via cooking. Labs and demos using molecular gastronomy methods of sous-vide cooking, pressure cooking, making desserts, cheese, emulsions, foams, gels, ice creams. Students must REGISTER for two sections: a lecture section and a laboratory section. Carries natural science divisional credit (with lab) in CAS General Physics - CAS PY 211 – 4US Credits Session 1 Description: Prereq: (CAS MA 123) – or equivalent, or consent of instructor for students concurrently taking MA 123. Coreq: (CAS MA 124 or CAS MA 127). For premedical students who seek a more analytical course than CAS PY 105/106, and for science majors and engineers. Basic principles of physics emphasizing Newtonian mechanics, conservation laws and thermal physics. Students must register for two sections: a lecture section and a laboratory section. Carries natural science divisional credit (with lab) in CAS. www.cisaustralia.com.au General Physics - CAS PY 212 – 4US Credits Session 2 Description: Prereq: (CAS PY 211) 0 or equivalent, or consent of instructor for students concurrently taking MA 123. For science majors, engineers, and premedical students who wish a more analytical course than CAS PY 105, 106. Basic principles of physics emphasizing Newtonian mechanics, conservation laws, thermal physics, electricity and magnetism and geometrical optics. Students must register for two sections: a lecture section and a laboratory section. Carries natural science divisional credit (with lab) in CAS. The Solar System - CAS AS 101 – 4US Credits Session 1 Description: The historical development of astronomy and the motion of the planets. The formation of the solar system. The sun and its effects on the earth. Description of the planets and the moons of our solar system, including recent results from the space program. Laboratory exercises are completed in class and telescopic observations are scheduled at night as weather permits. Use of the observatory. Cannot be taken for credit in addition to CAS AS 105. Carries natural science divisional credit (with lab) in CAS. The Astronomical Universe - CAS AS 102 – 4US Credits Session 2 Description: The birth and death of stars. Red giants, white dwarfs, black holes. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, and other galaxies. The Big Bang and other cosmological theories of our expanding universe. Laboratory exercises are completed in class and telescopic observations are scheduled at night as weather permits. Use of the observatory. Carries natural science divisional credit (with lab) in CAS. Cosmology - CAS AS 109 – 4US Credits Session 1 Description: The evolution of cosmological thought from prehistory to the present: Greek astronomy, Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, and Einstein. Motion, gravity, and the nature of space-time. The expanding universe. The early universe and Big Bang. Carries natural science divisional credit (without lab) in CAS. July in Chicago, IL, USA (Click to view course and program details) College Physics II: PHYS 112 M F: 8:30-10:45am - 3 credits www.cisaustralia.com.au W: 1:00-1:55pm Discussion: 1:55-2:50pm *All course times listed here are mandatory for this course Prerequisite: PHYS 111. This course is a continuation of Physics 111. Lecture and discussion of electricity and magnetism, sound, optics and selected topics from modern physics. College Physics II: PHYS 112 M T Th 2:00-4:15pm – 3 Credits Discussion W 3:35-4:15 *All course times listed here are mandatory for this course Prerequisite: PHYS 111. This course is a continuation of Physics 111. Lecture and discussion of electricity and magnetism, sound, optics and selected topics from modern physics. College Physics Lab II: PHYS 112L M Th 11:00-12:50pm – 1 Credit M Th 1:00-2:50pm – 1 Credit T F 8:30-10:20am – 1 Credit T F 11:00-12:50pm – 1 Credit Pre- or Co-requisite: PHYS 112. One two-hour laboratory period per week, to complement Physics 112 January in Dunedin, New Zealand (Click to view course and program details) Biology and Physics Description: The paper is intended for students who have passed their laboratory component in the 2013 Semester One PHSI 191 course but failed the paper overall with a total mark of at least 30%. This paper will be similar to PHSI 191, although there will be no laboratory component, and it will have significant more tutorial-style contact. The laboratory component of a student’s internal assessment in the 2013 Semester One paper will be carried over to the Summer School paper. Volunteer Abroad Programs: CISaustralia offer a wide range of Volunteer Abroad programs – over 20 in total – with broad project focuses, including community development, environmental conservation, wildlife, education, and health. View all Volunteer Abroad programs www.cisaustralia.com.au Intern Abroad Programs: CISaustralia offer a range of locations – 8 in total – for professional, customised internship programs that provide a comprehensive range of services and inclusions. Please enquire about an internship placement in Physics in one of our Intern Abroad program locations. 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