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PHYS 318
This course is designed to build on students’ previous laboratory experience by acquainting them with more advanced experimental equipment and techniques. Students are taught to think like an experimentalist: to analyze and reduce error; to understand statistical inference; to interpret results; to write clear, thorough laboratory reports. Experiments in modem physics, optics, nuclear, and solid state physics are emphasized.PHYS 490
This course offers seniors independent work on research problems in theoretical or experimental physics. Experimental physics projects are offered in such areas as applied optics, electronics, radio astronomy, electron spin resonance, optical fibers, and various solid state subjects: conductivity measurements in semiconductors, charge-coupled devices, GaAs/GaAlAs quantum wells, and others. Theoretical physics projects are unlimited in scope and often involve computer modeling of physical systems. All projects are arranged through consultation with the student’s advisor.PHYS 495
This course is an administrative placeholder used to record a student’s score on Comprehensive Exams (CR/NCR).PSYC 100
This survey course in psychology covers numerous theoretical and applied areas of the field. Specific content domains covered in this course include: sensation and perception, memory, learning, abnormal behavior and therapy, personality theories, motivation and emotion, gender, and social psychology. An emphasis on experimental procedures and associated ethical principles is stressed throughout the course. In addition, students are exposed to both historical and contemporary figures whose contributions have shaped the development of this broad field of study.
PSYC 101
This course provides exposure to experimentation and data analysis in the field of psychology. (This course must be taken for a letter grade.) Open only to transfer students who have completed an introductory psychology course not including a laboratory component.PSYC 188
This course is an examination of various topics in the area of death and dying, including attitudes towards death, stages of dying, grief and mourning, children and death, funeral practices, the hospice movement, euthanasia, suicide, and immortality. The emphasis is on learning to live a deeper, more meaningful life through exploring the importance of death. An additional course fee is required.PSYC 205
This course is an introduction to basic statistical techniques used in psychological research. This course covers descriptive statistics, and inferential statistics through one-way ANOVA. Attention is given to ethical issues involved in statistical interpretation of data.