UCSB 2009-2010 Catalog Course Search
Search by subject area and course number. Refer to this list of subject areas and their corresponding department.
Tip: A search for the subject area, for example, querying just "HIST" (without quotes), will return all courses of the queried subject area. Searching using subject area and number, such as "HIST 17" (without quotes), would return all courses in the series; in this example that would include HIST 17A, 17AH, 17B, etc.
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| PHYS CS 10 - Physics Colloquium |
| (1-6) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Students receiving credit will present talks in their field on material arranged in consultation with the instructor. Credit assigned by the instructor will reflect the extent and quality of participation. |
| PHYS CS 15A - Introduction to Experimental Physics |
| (1-3) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Physics CS 31; consent of instructor; creative studies and physics majors only. |
| Covers the essence of experimental research. Students study three different systems experimentally, and write short Physical Review style articles about the results.
Students are responsible for deciding what to measure, how to analyze data, and what conclusions can be reached. |
| PHYS CS 15B - Experimental Physics |
| (1-3) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Physics CS 15A; consent of instructor; creative studies and physics majors only. |
| Computer control of experiments. Students learn LabView, and use it to measure and generate analog signals using a data acquisition card and a personal computer. Students
ultimately use their computers to measure and control the temperature of a copper rod. |
| PHYS CS 15C - Experimental Physics |
| (1-3) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Physics CS 15B; consent of instructor; creative studies and physics majors only. |
| Design and construction of apparatus, drafting and computer-aided design. Machine shop practice including use of all major machine tools. The class acts as a team to design and, time permitting, build a scientific apparatus for a campus research group. |
| PHYS CS 31 - Newtonian Mechanics |
| (1-5) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor; creative studies majors only. |
| Vectors. Kinematics. Newton's laws of motion. Work and energy. Conservativeforces. Momentum. Conservation of momentum. Center of mass motion. Collisions. Systems with variable mass. |
| PHYS CS 32 - Mechanics and Waves |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Physics CS 31. |
| Oscillatory motion. Rotational Motion. Angular momentum gravity and centralforce motion. Elastic waves. |
| PHYS CS 33 - Waves, Kinetic Theory and Relativity |
| (1-5) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Physics CS 31 and 32; consent of instructor. |
| Sound waves. Fluid dynamics. Kinetic theory of matter. The Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. Specific heat. Entropy. The special theory of relativity. |
| PHYS CS 34 - Electromagnetism |
| (1-5) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor; creative studies majors only. |
| Electrostatics. DC circuits. Magnetostatics. Vector Potential. |
| PHYS CS 35 - Electromagnetics and Optics |
| (1-5) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Physics CS 34; consent of instructor; creative studies majors only. |
| Faraday's Law of Induction. Magnetic materials. AC circuits. Maxwell's equations. Electromagnetic waves. Ray optics. Wave optics. Diffraction Theory. |
| PHYS CS 36 - Quantum Physics |
| (1-5) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Physics CS 34 and 35; consent of instructor; creative studies majors only. |
| Wave-particle duality. Photons. Matter waves. The Uncertainty Principle. The Schrodinger Equation. Potential wells and barriers. The quantized simple harmonic oscillator. The hydrogen atom. |
| PHYS CS 109 - Advanced Independent Research |
| (1-6) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Independent research on an original subject under faculty supervision carried out in a physics faculty research group. These advanced projects will attempt research of publishable quality; generally resulting in the preparation of a written report or manuscript for publication. |
| PHYS CS 120 - Laboratory Project |
| (1-6) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Set up by the student in consultation with the instructor, and concluding with the student's report of progress. |
| PHYS CS 130 - Reading Project |
| (1-6) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Set up by the student in consultation with the instructor, and concluding with the student's report of progress. |
| PHYS CS 140 - Special Topics |
| (1-6) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Lectures on a coherent body of physical topics which are not usually presented in standard undergraduate physics courses. |
| PHYS CS 199 - Independent Studies |
| (1-6) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. |
| Serious independent study in physics with consenting faculty member. |