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Physics
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July in Los Angeles, CA, USA
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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College Physics II: PHYS 112
M F: 8:30-10:45am - 3 credits
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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
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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.
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