PHYS 4B
GENERAL PHYSICS (CALCULUS)
6 Units
PHYS 4C
GENERAL PHYSICS (CALCULUS)
6 Units
Prerequisites: PHYS 4A. Corequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in MATH 1C. Not Repeatable. 5 hours lecture, 1 hour lecture-laboratory, 2 hours laboratory. (96 hours total per quarter) Classical electricity and magnetism. [FHGE: Non-GE; Transferable: UC/ CSU] Prerequisites: PHYS 4B or PHYS 5A, 5B and 5C. Corequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in MATH 1D. Not Repeatable. 5 hours lecture, 1 hour lecture-laboratory, 2 hours laboratory. (96 hours total per quarter) Thermodynamics; mechanical, acoustical, and electromagnetic waves; optics. [FHGE: Non-GE; Transferable: UC/CSU]
PHYS 4D
GENERAL PHYSICS (CALCULUS)
6 Units
Prerequisites: PHYS 4C. Corequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in MATH 2A. Not Repeatable. 5 hours lecture, 1 hour lecture-laboratory, 2 hours laboratory. (96 hours total per quarter) Special relativity, statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics, atomic physics, nuclear physics, particle physics. [FHGE: Non-GE; Transferable: UC/CSU]
PHYS 5A
GENERAL PHYSICS (CALCULUS) EXTENDED
6 Units
GENERAL PHYSICS (CALCULUS) EXTENDED
6 Units
Prerequisite: MATH 1A. Corequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in MATH 1B. Not Repeatable. 5 hours lecture, 1 hour lecture-laboratory, 2 hours laboratory. (96 hours total per quarter) Mathematics-physics interrelationships, classical Newtonian mechanics. PHYS 5A+5B+5C is designed to provide the same content as PHYS 4A+4B, at a slower pace. [FHGE: Natural Sciences; Transferable: UC/CSU]
PHYS 5B
Prerequisite: PHYS 5A. Corequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in MATH 1C. Not Repeatable. 5 hours lecture, 1 hour lecture-laboratory, 2 hours laboratory. (96 hours total per quarter) Mathematics-physics interrelationships, classical Newtonian mechanics and Electricity. PHYS 5A+5B+5C is designed to provide the same content as PHYS 4A+4B, at a slower pace. [FHGE: Non-GE; Transferable: UC/CSU]
PHYS 5C
GENERAL PHYSICS (CALCULUS) EXTENDED
6 Units
INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS
5 Units
Prerequisite: PHYS 5B. Corequisite: Completion of or concurrent enrollment in MATH 1C. Not Repeatable. 5 hours lecture, 1 hour lecture-laboratory, 2 hours laboratory. (96 hours total per quarter) Classical electricity and magnetism. PHYS 5A+5B+5C is designed to provide the same content as PHYS 4A+4B, at a slower pace. [FHGE: NonGE; Transferable: UC/CSU]
PHYS 6
Prerequisites: Satisfactory score on the mathematics placement test or MATH 48C. Not Repeatable. 5 hours lecture. (60 hours total per quarter) Lectures, demonstrations, and problems in mechanics, electricity and magnetism. [FHGE: Non-GE; Transferable: UC/CSU]
240
PHYS 12
INTRODUCTION TO MODERN PHYSICS
5 Units
PHYS 34H
HONORS INSTITUTE SEMINAR IN PHYSICS
1 Unit
SPECIAL PROJECTS IN PHYSICS
1 Unit 2 Units 3 Units
Not Repeatable. 5 hours lecture. (60 hours total per quarter) Non-mathematical introduction to the ideas of modern physics designed for those not majoring in the physical sciences. After a brief introduction to the history and ideas of physics in general, the course focuses on three areas of modern physics which have revolutionized our understanding of nature: thermodynamics and the concept of entropy, Einstein’s special and general theories of relativity, and quantum mechanics. The key ideas in these areas are explained using demonstrations, analogies, and examples drawn, whenever possible, from the student’s own experience. We also examine (briefly) the impact these physics ideas have had on other fields, such as poetry, literature and music. No background in science or math is assumed. [FHGE: Non-GE; Transferable: UC/CSU]
Formerly: PHYS 34 Prerequisite: Honors Institute participant. Advisory: Not open to students with credit in PHYS 34. Not Repeatable. 1 hour lecture. (12 hours total per quarter) A seminar in directed readings, discussions and projects in physics. Specific topics to be determined by the instructor. [FHGE: Non-GE; Transferable: UC/CSU]
PHYS 36 PHYS 36X PHYS 36Y
Advisory: Previous experience in physics; enrollment is limited to six times within the PHYS 36 group. May be taken 6 times for credit. 3 hours laboratory for each unit of credit. (36–108 hours total per quarter) Advanced readings and projects in physics. Specific projects determined on consultation with instructor. Written reports required. Enrollment generally limited to those students enrolled in the PHYS 4 sequence. [FHGE: Non-GE; Transferable: CSU]
POLITICAL SCIENCE Business & Social Sciences
POLI 1
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POLITICAL SCIENCE: INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
5 Units
COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
4 Units
Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 1A or ESLL 26. Not Repeatable. 5 hours lecture. (60 hours total per quarter) Contemporary analysis of the structure and function of American Government, its constitutional and political systems at the federal, state and local levels. Focus on the following topics: paradigms in the social sciences, models of justice and models of democracy, evolution of American elites and American constitutionalism, role of media in American political culture, political parties and political socialization, concept of the separation of powers: legislative, executive and judiciary branches, protest and protest movements, Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1991. [FHGE: Social & Behavioral Sciences; Transferable: UC/CSU]
POLI 2
Advisory: Eligibility for ENGL 1A or ESLL 26; not open to students with credit in POLI 2H. Not Repeatable. 4 hours lecture. (48 hours total per quarter) Introductory analysis of comparative governmental systems and politics emphasizing a variety of political forms, theory of political differentiation and development, and patterns, processes and regularities among political systems in developing and developed world. [FHGE: Non-GE; Transferable: UC/CSU]
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