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Undergraduate Bulletin 2015-2016 
    
Undergraduate Bulletin 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

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PHYS 256 - Physics for the Informed Citizen

3 hours
Topics of everyday, national, and worldwide importance will be discussed using concepts from physics. Results and applications of our understanding of the physical world will be stressed rather than mathematical derivations. Topics will include the physics of car crashes, energy resources, radioactivity, and nuclear physics with medical applications.

Listed also as NSC 256 .

Prerequisite(s): MATH 130  with a grade of C or higher.

This course will satisfy the natural science core area requirement.



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