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Your search for courses · during 24FA, 25WI, 25SP · taught by mbaylor · returned 7 results
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IDSC 250 Color! 6 credits
If you had to explain to a blind person the nature of color, how would you describe it? Is it a property of objects, oscillations of an electric field, a feature of how the eye generates electrochemical signals to send to the brain, or perhaps a property of the experiences themselves? This team-taught course takes a multidisciplinary approach to color, drawing from physics, psychology, and philosophy. We will explore topics such as the nature of light, visual anatomy, the process by which light is converted to a neural code, color mixing, linguistic differences in color processing, and how color leads us to confront the tension that sometimes exists between appearance and reality.
- Winter 2025
- No Exploration
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): One Introductory PHIL or PSYC course higher than 110 or One Introductory PHYS course higher than 130 with a grade of C- or better.
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PHYS 123 What Physicists Do 1 credits
A program of five lectures by invited speakers that is intended to give students some perspective on the kinds of work done by people with a physics background. Visitors from industry, government, business, and research and educational institutions will discuss their work and work-related experiences. The abstracts for the talks can be found at https://www.carleton.edu/physics-astronomy/phys-12 3-speaker-series/.
- Spring 2025
- No Exploration
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): One 6 credit Introductory Physics (131-165) course OR Two 3 credit Introductory Physics (131-165) courses with a grade of C- or better.
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PHYS 235 Electricity and Magnetism and Lab 6 credits
Electric and magnetic fields in free space, and their interactions with charges and currents. Topics include electric fields and magnetic fields of various charge and current distributions, induction, DC and AC circuits and Maxwell’s equations. Weekly laboratory work explores course content in more practical detail.
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PHYS 235.54 Spring 2025
- Faculty:Marty Baylor 🏫 👤 · Seth Kimbrell 🏫 👤
- Size:12
- M, WAnderson Hall 036 9:50am-11:00am
- THAnderson Hall 027 1:00pm-5:00pm
- FAnderson Hall 036 9:40am-10:40am
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PHYS 235.59 Spring 2025
- Faculty:Marty Baylor 🏫 👤 · Seth Kimbrell 🏫 👤
- Size:12
- M, WAnderson Hall 036 9:50am-11:00am
- THAnderson Hall 027 8:00am-12:00pm
- FAnderson Hall 036 9:40am-10:40am
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PHYS 344 Classical and Quantum Optics 6 credits
A junior/senior level course in classical and quantum optics. Includes the phenomena of interference, diffraction and coherence and quantum optical applications, such as unique statistical states of light or the operation of a laser. Modern applications of these areas are studied through such topics as fiber optics telecommunication, optical data storage, or manipulation of atoms by light.
- Fall 2024
- No Exploration QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): PHYS 235 AND MATH 134 or MATH 232 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Math 232 or better Requisite Equivalency.
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PHYS 344.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Marty Baylor 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- M, WAnderson Hall 036 9:50am-11:00am
- FAnderson Hall 036 9:40am-10:40am
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PHYS 345 Advanced Optics 2 credits
This is a laboratory course that will serve as a follow-up to Physics 344, Classical and Quantum Optics. Students will conduct a number of experiments pertaining to optical phenomena. The experiments will display effects pertaining to classical, quantum, and non-linear optics. The lab will take place once a week for four hours each session.
- Fall 2024
- LS, Science with Lab QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
- PHYS 344: Classical and Quantum Optics
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PHYS 345.00 Fall 2024
- Faculty:Marty Baylor 🏫 👤
- Size:12
- TAnderson Hall 034 1:00pm-5:00pm
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PHYS 394 Directed Research in Physics 1 – 6 credits
Students work on a research project related to a faculty member's research interests, and directed by that faculty member. Student activities vary according to the field and stage of the project. The long-run goal of these projects normally includes dissemination to a scholarly community beyond Carleton. The faculty member will meet regularly with the student and actively direct the work of the student, who will submit an end-of-term product, typically a paper or presentation.
- Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025, Second Five Weeks, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026, Spring 2026
- No Exploration
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PHYS 400 Integrative Exercise
An extensive study of a specific topic in physics, culminating in a 60-minute presentation during winter or spring term and a 7500 word paper. Students may arrange to complete the bulk of their work during winter or spring term (Physics 400, 6 credits), or divide their effort between terms (Physics 400, winter, 3 credits; Physics 400, spring, 3 credits).
- Winter 2025, Spring 2025
- No Exploration
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Student is a Physics major AND has Senior Priority.