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Physics, as one of the nat­ural sci­ences, aims to dis­cover the fun­da­men­tal laws of the uni­verse. Using the­o­ret­i­cal and ex­per­i­men­tal meth­ods, physi­cists study the basic struc­ture of mat­ter, space, and time. Knowl­edge of these laws al­lows us to un­der­stand the fas­ci­nat­ing world of nat­ural phe­nom­ena as well as to cre­ate new tech­nolo­gies that ben­e­fit every as­pect of human life. The main branches of clas­si­cal physics are me­chan­ics, ther­mo­dy­nam­ics, elec­tro­mag­net­ism and op­tics. In PHYS 1.3/PHYS 1441 we will ex­plore the first two branches. The top­ics we will dis­cuss in this course in­clude New­ton’s laws of mo­tion and uni­ver­sal grav­i­ta­tion, the mo­tions of plan­ets and satel­lites, the prop­er­ties of liq­uids and gases, and the na­ture of heat. In this course we use tools of cal­cu­lus such as de­riv­a­tives and in­te­grals.

Physics, as one of the natural sciences, aims to discover the fundamental laws of the universe. Using theoretical and experimental methods, physicists study the basic structure of matter, space, and time. Knowledge of these laws allows us to understand the fascinating world of natural phenomena as well as to create new technologies that benefit every aspect of human life. The main branches of classical physics are mechanics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism and optics. In PHYS 1.3/PHYS 1441 we will explore the first two branches. The topics we will discuss in this course include Newton’s laws of motion and universal gravitation, the motions of planets and satellites, the properties of liquids and gases, and the nature of heat. In this course we use tools of calculus such as derivatives and integrals.

A 3 credit but 4 hour in­tro­duc­tory course. Top­ics in­clude sam­ple space, ex­pec­ta­tion and vari­ance, bi­no­mial, Pois­son, nor­mal, stu­dent and chi-square dis­tri­b­u­tions, con­fi­dence in­ter­val, hy­poth­e­sis test­ing, cor­re­la­tion and re­gres­sion. Stu­dents do 3 pro­jects, 1 in­di­vid­ual and 2 in groups and choose one of the group pro­jects to pre­sent at the end of the se­mes­ter. The extra class­room hour is de­signed to fa­cil­i­tate a hands-on feel to the course in­clud­ing a heavy use of MS Excel.

A 3 credit but 4 hour introductory course. Topics include sample space, expectation and variance, binomial, Poisson, normal, student and chi-square distributions, confidence interval, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression. Students do 3 projects, 1 individual and 2 in groups and choose one of the group projects to present at the end of the semester. The extra classroom hour is designed to facilitate a hands-on feel to the course including a heavy use of MS Excel.

This is a course that will offer ample op­por­tu­ni­ties to read full es­says or ex­cerpts of es­says, as well as sto­ries, poems, and ar­ti­cles about New York City. You will be re­spond­ing to the read­ings by writ­ing es­says using dif­fer­ent rhetor­i­cal modes, such as nar­ra­tion, ar­gu­men­ta­tion, com­par­i­son and con­trast, de­f­i­n­i­tion and so on.

This is a course that will offer ample opportunities to read full essays or excerpts of essays, as well as stories, poems, and articles about New York City. You will be responding to the readings by writing essays using different rhetorical modes, such as narration, argumentation, comparison and contrast, definition and so on.