Search Results
Your search for courses · during 24FA · taught by cwest · returned 3 results
-
PHYS 131 Introduction to Physics: Newtonian Mechanics and Lab 3 credits
A traditional introduction to classical mechanics using the Newtonian worldview. The kinematics and dynamics of some simple systems are investigated using Newton’s laws, vector analysis, and the conservation laws of momentum and energy. Comfort with algebra and the integration and differentiation of elementary functions is assumed. Weekly laboratory work.
1st Five Weeks
- First Five Weeks, Fall 2024
- LS, Science with Lab QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
-
Student has completed or in the process of completing any of the following course(s): MATH 101 or MATH 111 or equivalents or greater or has received a score of 4 or better on the Calculus AB AP exam or has received a score of 4 or better on the Calculus BC AP exam or has received a score of 5 or better on the Calculus IB exam or received a Carleton Math 111 or better Requisite Equivalency AND has NOT taken PHYS 142 or PHYS 143 or PHYS 144 or PHYS 145.
-
PHYS 131.59 First Five Weeks, Fall 2024
- Faculty:Chris West 🏫 👤 · Seth Kimbrell 🏫 👤
- Size:24
- M, WAnderson Hall 036 11:10am-12:20pm
- THAnderson Hall 021 8:00am-12:00pm
- FAnderson Hall 036 12:00pm-1:00pm
-
1st 5 Weeks
-
PHYS 151 Introduction to Physics: Relativity and Particles and Lab 3 credits
An introduction to principles of physics in the realm of the very small and very fast. The course provides an introduction to special relativity where time and space are intertwined and explores the motion of objects whose speeds approach the speed of light. Comfort with algebra and the integration and differentiation of elementary functions is assumed. Weekly laboratory work.
2nd Five Weeks
- Second Five Weeks, Fall 2024
- LS, Science with Lab QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
-
Student has completed or in the process of completing any of the following course(s): MATH 101 or MATH 111 or greater or better or received a score of 4 or better on the Calculus AB AP exam or received a score of 4 or better on the Calculus BC AP exam or received a score of 5 or better on the Calculus IB exam or received a Carleton Math 111 or better Requisite Equivalency AND PHYS 131 AND has NOT taken PHYS 142 or PHYS 143 or PHYS 144.
-
PHYS 151.59 Second Five Weeks, Fall 2024
- Faculty:Chris West 🏫 👤
- Size:24
- M, WAnderson Hall 036 11:10am-12:20pm
- THAnderson Hall 021 8:00am-12:00pm
- FAnderson Hall 036 12:00pm-1:00pm
-
2nd 5 weeks
-
PHYS 346 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics 6 credits
The fundamentals of classical thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. Topics include the laws of thermodynamics; heat engines and refrigerators; the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution; the various canonical distributions; the statistical concepts of temperature and entropy; Fermi-Dirac, and Bose-Einstein distributions with applications to black-body radiation, phonons, and electrons in solids; the Ising model; and an introduction to critical phenomena.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
-
Student has completed any of the following course(s): PHYS 228 with a grade of C- or better.
-
PHYS 346.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Chris West 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WAnderson Hall 036 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FAnderson Hall 036 2:20pm-3:20pm