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College of Creative Studies

Building 494, Telephone: (805) 893-2364
E-mail: info@ccs.ucsb.edu
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Provost: William J. Ashby
Associate Provost: Armand Kuris

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The College of Creative Studies at UCSB is unique in the University of California. The adjective "creative" is not intended to suggest that students create their own majors, although there is a great deal of flexibility in the Creative Studies programs. Rather, the Creative Studies major is for talented students who are committed to advanced and independent work in one of the disciplines represented in the college. Each of the approximately 250 students enrolled in the college enjoys close individual advising and conscientious academic attention from a faculty committed to undergraduate teaching. Courses offered by the college are designed to allow students to rigorously explore or even modify a field of knowledge rather than merely expose them to a predetermined quantity of fixed subject matter. Through intense creative work and research projects typically reserved for graduate school, students acquire a thorough comprehension of their discipline and are encouraged to begin making original contributions to the field. Most classes in the college are tutorials and small seminars.

In addition to taking courses within the College of Creative Studies, students are guided and encouraged to work within academic departments in the Colleges of Letters and Science and Engineering, taking full advantage of the many courses, extensive research equipment, facilities, and expertise available at UCSB.

Students choose one of the eight emphases offered by the College of Creative Studies when they apply for admission. The flexibility in curricular design, however, allows considerable latitude. Ambitious students occasionally complete two emphases. When appropriate to their educational goals, students may choose to complete both a CCS major and a major in either the College of Letters and Science or the College of Engineering. Students also have the option to complete one of the many minors now available through the College of Letters and Science.

Most Creative Studies courses are open to students from other UCSB colleges, although CCS students normally have priority. Permission of the instructor is required to remain enrolled in the course. Because Creative Studies course offerings are not published in the quarterly Schedule of Classes, students should contact the college office for registration details or refer to the College’s homepage at http://ccs.ucsb.edu.

The college publishes the annual College of Creative Studies Announcement, containing detailed information and an application. It may be obtained, along with additional information, from the college office.
 

Emphases

Students may earn the bachelor of arts degree in Creative Studies with an emphasis in art (painting, sculpture, or book arts), biology, chemistry, literature, mathematics, music composition, or physics. They may also earn the bachelor of science degree in Creative Studies with an emphasis in chemistry, computer science, mathematics or physics.

Art (painting, sculpture, or book arts)
Serious students who want to be artists may consider the CCS art program, where they can work with professionals in their field. The faculty consists of working artists, selected on the basis of the recognized quality of their art. The program emphasizes development of individual, literate artists.

Biology
Students interested in laboratory and field research might wish to consider the CCS biology program. It is designed to meet the needs of students who show promise of being able to begin advanced work early in their undergraduate careers. Biology students are expected to engage in independent research from the first year on.

Chemistry
This program is ideal for students who are impatient to get into the laboratory and begin research in chemistry. Undergraduates in the CCS emphasis can extend their study of chemistry to a level of inquiry usually associated with graduate school, as they build a foundation of fundamentals and participate in research projects.

Computer Science
The CCS computer science emphasis provides an accelerated curriculum covering mathematical foundations and programming techniques, quickly leading to more advanced upper-division courses. The broad spectrum of upper-division courses that are offered provides both depth and breadth necessary for future research in computer science.

Literature
The literature program is for students who have a genuine passion for reading and writing. The readings include major literary figures, periods and genres represented in English, American, and foreign literatures (both in translation and in the original). There are also creative writing courses that emphasize both verse and narrative prose.

Mathematics
The CCS mathematics program is a special curriculum designed to provide a format for aspiring mathematicians to discuss and solve non-routine problems in the various areas of mathematics. The curriculum was developed to accommodate students who are able to move to a high level of mathematical inquiry at a pace faster than the usual university curriculum would allow.

Music Composition
The CCS music composition program concentrates on various idioms and techniques of twentieth-century music as they are used in "serious" or "concert hall" works. The instructors are working composers who are concerned with helping students develop their compositional abilities through tutorials, small seminars, and special projects.

Physics
This program is for physics students with inquisitive minds. Participation is a key factor in the classroom, developing students' physical intuition and honing the ability to think on one's feet. The CCS physics program is designed to develop breadth and depth of understanding and provide a solid preparation for undergraduate research and graduate work.
 

Admission

Candidates for the college must meet the entrance requirements of the University of California and must complete an additional, separate application to the College of Creative Studies. Before a final decision regarding an applicant’s enrollment in the College of Creative Studies will be made, a letter of application and transcripts of the applicant’s scholastic record must be received by the college. Two letters of recommendation are required to apply for most emphases. Candidates in the arts will submit work in evidence of talent: a slide portfolio of original work for art; fiction and/or poetry, and critical papers for literature; written scores of musical compositions for music. Work in evidence, such as examples of independent research, is helpful but not essential for candidates in mathematics and the sciences.

Transfer. Students may apply at any time for transfer into another academic unit of the university, with appropriate credit granted for their standing in the college. Those applying for transfer to the college, if accepted, will be enrolled at the equivalent College of Creative Studies level. Students are normally expected to spend at least six quarters enrolled in the college to receive a degree from the College of Creative Studies.

Grading and Unit Requirements

The grading system in the college is focused on accomplishment. It is a combination of pass/no record and variable unit credit. A pass in a college course is given only for work completed at above-average (3.0 or higher) level. For each course in the college, the student may receive any number of units from 0 to 6. Zero (0) is No Record—the course is not recorded on the student’s transcript; any number of units from 1 to 6 is Pass. In each course the student enrolls for the specific number of units of work (up to a maximum of six) planned for that course, but at the end of the quarter the instructor makes the final determination of the unit value of the student’s work.

Courses taken outside the College of Creative Studies will be graded according to the grading system of the college in which the courses were taken. Students must maintain a 2.0 grade-point average in courses taken for letter grades outside the College of Creative Studies.

Each unit of credit earned is counted toward graduation; 180 quarter-units of credit qualify the student to be evaluated for graduation with a bachelor of arts degree or a bachelor of science degree in the College of Creative Studies.

Degree Requirements

To receive a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree from the College of Creative Studies, a student must meet two sets of requirements: university degree requirements and college degree requirements.

University Degree Requirements

All undergraduate students must satisfy the Subject A-English Composition, American History and Institutions, units completed, academic residency, and grade-point average requirements. These requirements are described fully in the section "Undergraduate Education at UCSB."

College Degree Requirements

Creative Studies students work closely with their advisors to establish which courses they will complete for their emphases. When necessary, CCS students may take basic or introductory courses in the College of Letters and Science to prepare for advanced work.

In addition to completing an emphasis with the guidance of an advisor, each student must fulfill the College of Creative Studies general education requirements. These are designed to accommodate individual interests while still ensuring that each student acquires a broad education. Each student is required to complete a) two courses in fields related to the student's emphasis, as determined in consultation with a CCS advisor; b) eight courses broadly distributed in fields unrelated to the student's emphasis, as determined in consultation with the advisor. These may be selected from courses offered by the College of Creative Studies, the College of Letters and Science, and the College of Engineering.

One of these courses must fulfill the ethnicity requirement: a course that concentrates on the intellectual, social, and cultural experience and history of one of the following groups: Native-Americans, Afro-Americans, Chicanos/Latinos, Asian-Americans. This course may be selected from a list of courses that fulfill the ethnicity requirement offered through the College of Letters and Science, or it may be a College of Creative Studies course that is classified as such.

All College of Creative Studies courses, except the Computer Science CS courses, General Studies CS 10, and Physics CS 1A through CS 6, are considered upper-division. The only prerequisite for enrollment in any course is the instructor's approval.

Students in the college work closely with their advisors, reviewing their planned courses of study each quarter. Contingent upon completion of all requirements, the advisor recommends the student for graduation. Final certification for graduation is vested in the College of Creative Studies Executive Committee.
 

Faculty

Adebisi Agboola, Ph.D., Columbia University, Associate Professor (number theory)

Caroline Allen, M.A., UC Santa Barbara, Lecturer (literature)

William Ashby, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Professor (romance philology, linguistics)

Apostolos Athanassakis, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Professor (Greek poetry, classical linguistics)

Donald Aue, Ph.D., Cornell University, Associate Professor (organic chemistry)

Robyn Bell, Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, Lecturer with Security of Employment (literature)

Alison Butler, Ph.D., UC San Diego, Professor (bio-inorganic chemistry)

Peter R. Cappello, Ph.D., Princeton University, Professor (concurrent computation, information retrieval)

Dan Connally, M.F.A., UC Davis, Lecturer (art)

Kathleen Foltz, Ph.D., Purdue University, Assistant Professor (cellular and molecular biology, marine invertebrate development)

Roger Freedman, Ph.D., Stanford University, Lecturer (physics)

Jeremy Haladyna, Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, Lecturer (music composition)

Helen Hansma, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Associate Adjunct Professor (biophysics—experimental)

Richard D. Hecht, Ph.D., UC Los Angeles, Professor (history of religions, Judaic studies)

William Kraft, M.A., Columbia University, Professor (music composition)

Profiled Faculty: Armand Kuris, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, Professor (parasitology, marine ecology)

Suzanne Jill Levine, Ph.D., New York University, Professor (Spanish and Latin literature, literary translation)

Darren Long, Ph.D., Cambridge University, Professor (mathematics)

Hank Pitcher, Senior Lecturer with Security of Employment (art)

Harry Reese, M.A., Brown University and UC Santa Barbara, Professor (printmaking)

John Ridland, Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School, Professor (writing, poetry)

Francesc Roig, Ph.D., Amherst, Senior Lecturer with Security of Employment (physics)

Charles Ryavec, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Lecturer with Security of Employment (mathematics)

Abigail Solomon-Godeau, Ph.D., Graduate Center, C.U.N.Y., Professor (contemporary art, feminist and critical theory, nineteenth century European art, photography)

Logan Speirs, M.A., Cambridge University, Associate Professor (English and comparative literature)

Ernest Sturm, LL.B., New York University School of Law; Ph.D., Columbia University, Professor (literature and philosophy)

Bruce H. Tiffney, Ph.D., Harvard University, Associate Professor (evolutionary biology, paleobotany)

Robert R. Warner, Ph.D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Professor (marine ecology)

Rosalind Wholden, M.F.A., UC Los Angeles, Lecturer (art history and criticism)

John Wilson, Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, Lecturer (literature)

Emeriti Faculty

Max Schott, M.A., UC Santa Barbara, Lecturer Emeritus (literature)

Alan Stephens, Ph.D., University of Missouri, Professor Emeritus (English)

Max Weiss, Ph.D., University of Washington, Professor Emeritus (mathematics)

Adrian Wenner, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Professor Emeritus (biology)

Affiliated Faculty

Omer Egecioglu, Ph.D., UC San Diego, Professor (computer science)

Kim Teru Yasuda, M.F.A., University of Southern California, Assistant Professor (art studio)
 

Creative Studies Courses

The following list consists of the kinds of courses offered in the college. Art CS 1, for instance, is "Drawing and Painting." In any quarter there might be as many as 10 sections, each a different course-e.g., "Abstract Painting," "Figure Drawing," etc. Students may enroll for different sections simultaneously.

Since these courses are arranged and scheduled after the Schedule of Classes has been printed, interested students should inquire about CCS courses at the beginning of registration for the subsequent quarter. Further information, including detailed descriptions of courses, is available at the College of Creative Studies, or on the CCS homepage at http://ccs.ucsb.edu.

Art

CS 1. Drawing and Painting
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Emphasis on the practice and development of making paintings and drawings.

CS 2. Themes
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Drawing and painting in sequences, and according to themes.

CS 4. Prints
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Emphasis on practice in graphic media (e.g., etching); various methods and materials utilized will be determined by particular faculty interest.

CS 5. Book Arts
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
The study and practice of typography; letterpress printing; both traditional and experimental uses of the printing press; and the book arts.

CS 6. Art Symposium
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
A continuing series of lectures and presentations by artists and professionals closely associated with the arts.

CS 7. History, Theory, and Criticism
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Non-studio emphasis on historical, theoretical, and contemporary ideas and issues. A range of concepts will be discussed, from various approaches, according to the particular interests of faculty and students.

CS 10. Graphic Study of the History of Graphic Ideas: Drawing
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
The surviving works of art from the Paleolithic period until now constitute an existing order that may be considered the proper material for study by aspiring draughtsmen and painters. Art CS 10 emphasizes drawing.

CS 11. Graphic Study of the History of Graphic Ideas: Painting
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
The surviving works of art from the Paleolithic period until now constitute an existing order that may be considered the proper material for study by aspiring draughtsmen and painters. Art CS 11 emphasizes painting.

CS 12. Special Topics
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
This special studies course allows faculty to design and execute courses that reflect their particular research and teaching.

CS 15. Art Colloquium
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
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.

CS 20. Sculpture
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Practice in the design and development of making a sculpture using various materials as determined by particular faculty interest.

CS 25. Sculpture-Related Studies
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Non-studio emphasis on generation and development of images, ideas, and imagination through field trips, slides, presentations, and videos. Primarily for sculptors.

Biology

CS 1. Models and Experiments
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Interplay between models and experimentation in the development of an understanding of the principles of biology.

CS 2. Laboratory Project
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Set up by the student in consultation with the instructor, and concluding with the student's report of progress.

CS 3. Reading Project
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Set up by the student in consultation with the instructor, and concluding with the student's report of progress.

CS 9. Advanced Independent Research
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Independent research on an original subject under faculty supervision carried out in a biology 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.

CS 10. Biology Colloquium
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
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.

Chemistry

CS 1. Major Unsolved Problems
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Study of some of the major unsolved problems in chemistry, with the aim of developing general experimental and theoretical approaches to these problems.

CS 2. Project
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Investigation of a specific problem in chemistry, set up in consultation with the instructor, and concluding with the student's report of progress.

CS 3. Seminar
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Presentation and critical discussion of topics in chemistry.

CS 6. Organic Chemistry
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Accelerated course in elementary organic chemistry.

CS 7. Organic Chemistry Laboratory
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Laboratory and discussion section on organic chemistry and spectroscopy, taken in conjunction with Chemistry 7B-C.

CS 10. Chemistry Colloquium
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
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.

Computer Science

CS 1A. Computer Programming and Organization I
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Introduction to computer science, programming, algorithms and data structures.

CS 1B. Computer Programming and Organization II
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Object oriented programming, operating systems, scripting and assembly languages, graphical user interfaces.

CS 1L. Programming Laboratory
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Concurrent enrollment in Computer Science CS 1A or 1B. May be repeated for credit.
Laboratory offering hands on Unix and other operating system experience. Small to large scale software development projects.

CS 2. Foundations of Computer Science
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit to a maximum of 8 units.
Mathematical foundations of computer science. Including sets, relations, functions, logic, and combinatorics.

CS 10. Computer Science Colloquium
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
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.

CS 20. Special Topics in Computer Science
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Lectures on a coherent body of computer science topics which are not usually presented in standard computer science courses.

CS 30A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H. Advanced Topics in Computer Science
(1-6) STAFF
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Advanced topics courses for advanced undergraduates, covering topics not offered in standard computer science courses, combining research orientation and current developments and technologies.
A. Distributed and Network Computing
B. Computer Graphics
C. Computer Architecture
D. Operating Systems
E. Programming Languages, Systems and Technologies
F. Mathematical Theory of Computation
G. Software Systems and Technology
H. General

CS 40. Projects in Computer Science
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Projects in computer science for advanced undergraduates. Students work with a faculty member on a research or creative project with the consent of academic advisor.

CS 50. Group Studies in Computer Science
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit.
Group studies intended for a small number of advanced undergraduate students who share an interest in a topic not included in the regular curriculum.

General Studies

CS 10. Group Interdisciplinary Studies
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Group studies in an interdisciplinary area, supervised by a member of the faculty of the College of Creative Studies.

CS 20. Advanced Group Interdisciplinary Studies
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Advanced group studies in focused topics in an interdisciplinary area, supervised by a member of the faculty of the College of Creative Studies.

Literature

CS 1. Writing: Verse
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Practice in the writing of original verse.

CS 2. Writing: Narrative Prose
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Practice in the writing of fiction.

CS 3. Writing: Expository Prose
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Practice in the writing of essays and criticism.

CS 5. Literature Symposium
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
A continuing series of lectures, readings, and presentations by faculty, guest writers, and other professionals in the literary fields.

CS 10. Genres
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Emphasis on the development of literary forms, represented in the work of major authors, essential traditions. Exploration of ways genre directs and, discovered by a topic, takes individual shape. Intensive reading, substantial exposition.

CS 11. Literary Structure: Chronological
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Emphasis on periods and influences: intervals during which literary production especially corresponds with or responds to activity in the culture at large. Extensive reading and exposition.

CS 12. Literary Structure: Nonchronological
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Logical, analogical, cyclical, and repetitive schemes.

CS 13. Subjects and Materials
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Emphasis on style and content of literary texts: critical investigation of how matter and manner work together in serious literature. Extensive reading and exposition.

CS 14. Themes and Motifs
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Emphasis on structure and meaning in literary texts: analytic focus on principles of representation, and on recurrent features, in the literature studied. Extensive reading and exposition.

CS 15. Literature Colloquium
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
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.

Mathematics

CS 1. Problem Solving
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Discussion and solution of nonroutine mathematical problems.

CS 2. Project
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Set up by the student in consultation with the instructor, and concluding with the student's report of progress.

CS 3. Topics in Modern Algebra
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Topics may include groups; modules; vector spaces; algebras; metric structures on vector spaces; representation theory; multilinear algebra; graded structures; universal properties; a survey of important algebraic structures.

CS 5. Computer Applications
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Applications of the various campus computers and departmental microcomputers to problems in mathematics, biology, chemistry, and physics.

CS 10. Mathematics Colloquium
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
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.

CS 20. Special Topics
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Lectures on a coherent body of mathematical topics which are not usually presented in standard mathematics courses.

Music

CS 1. Composition
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Individual instruction in composition, usually for one hour per week.

CS 2. Analysis: Materials
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Small group instruction in theoretical subjects (harmony, composition, orchestrations, etc.).

CS 3. Analysis: Forms
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Small group instruction in musical forms and their development.

CS 5. Special Topics
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Individual or small group instruction in selected subjects (individual composers and their works, special compositional techniques, etc.).

CS 6. Computer Applications
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Applications of the various campus computers to problems in music.

CS 15. Music Colloquium
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
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.

Physics

CS 1A. Newtonian Mechanics
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Vectors. Kinematics. Newton's laws of motion. Work and energy. Conservative forces. Momentum. Conservation of momentum. Center of mass motion. Collisions. Systems with variable mass.

CS 2A. Mechanics and Waves
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisites: consent of instructor.
Oscillatory motion. Rotational motion. Angular momentum. Gravity and central force motion. Elastic waves.

CS 3A. Waves, Kinetic Theory, and Relativity
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Sound waves. Fluid dynamics. Kinetic theory of matter. The Maxwell-Botzmann distribution. Specific heat. Entropy. The special theory of relativity.

CS 4. Electromagnetism
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Electrostatics. DC circuits. Magnetostatics. Faraday's law of induction.

CS 5. Electromagnetism and Optics
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Magnetic materials. AC circuits. Maxwell's equations. Electromagnetic waves. Ray optics. Wave optics. Kirchhoff diffraction theory.

CS 6. Quantum Physics
(1-4) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Wave-particle duality. Photons. Matter waves. The uncertainty principle. The Schrodinger equation. Potential wells and barriers. The quantized simple harmonic oscillator. The hydrogen atom.

CS 10. Physics Colloquium
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
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.

CS 15A. Introduction to Experimental Physics
(1-2) Staff
Prerequisite: Physics CS 3 or consent of instructor.
Laboratory course focusing on using the experimental method to explore physical phenomena and to discover the specific mathematical laws describing them. Students are expected to carry out and interpret their own experiments. Three reports in the form of short papers are required. (F)

CS 15B-C. Experimental Physics
(1-3) Staff
Prerequisite: Physics CS 15A or consent of instructor.
Laboratory course focusing on the art and science of experimentation. Each student will design experiments to measure well-defined physical quantities, and build, borrow, and assemble the necessary apparatus. A research paper presenting the method, results, and conclusions, together with an oral presentation, will be required for each experiment.

CS 20. Laboratory Project
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Set up by the student in consultation with the instructor, and concluding with the student's report of progress.

CS 30. Reading Project
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Set up by the student in consultation with the instructor, and concluding with the student's report of progress.

CS 40. Special Topics
(1-6) Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be taken as often as once each quarter for credit.
Lectures on a coherent body of physical topics which are not usually presented in standard undergraduate physics courses.

 

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