PHYS 0087 - PHYSICS AND SOCIETY

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Long Description This course is meant for non-science students interested in learning about the scientific method and its applications to current societal issues. Topics include: (1) What is Science?; (2) Studies; (3) Pseudoscience; (4) Energy and Entropy; (5) Electricity, Magnetism, and Light; (6) Atom and Light; (7) Climate; (8) Nuclear Energy; and (9) Global Resources. There will be no mathematics beyond multiplication and reading graphs.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Natural Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Science NonSeq.GE. Req.

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