Integrative Studies in Physical Science Courses: 2001-2002

Courses in bold type on this index list are taught by Physics & Astronomy faculty.
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Here follow the course descriptions:

ISP 201

Concepts of Reality through Physical Science
Fall, Spring, and Summer Semesters.
3 credits ( 3 hr lecture, 0 hr lab)
Prerequisites:
Historical and recent development of our understanding of the physical world. Selected topics from the physical sciences, their relationship to one another and to other areas of culture.

ISP 201L

Concepts of Reality through Physical Science Laboratory
Fall, Spring, and Summer Semesters.
1 credit ( 0 hr lecture, 2 hr lab)
Corequisite:
  • ISP 201 concurrently
Problem solving activities based on observation and interpretation of selected physical systems.

ISP 203

Geology of the Human Environment
Fall, Spring, and Summer Semesters.
3 credits ( 3 hr lecture, 0 hr lab)
Prerequisites:
  • MTH 110 or MTH 116 or MTH 120 or MTH 124 or MTH 201 or STT 200 or STT 201 or concurrently or designated score on mathematics placement examination.
The scientific method in geological studies: its impact on the human environment and history, and on cultural, social, philosophical, and political decisions.

ISP 203L

Geology of the Human Environment Laboratory
Fall, Spring, and Summer Semesters.
1 credit ( 0 hr lecture, 2 hr lab)
Corequisite:
  • ISP 203 concurrently
Exercises in the scientific method applied to earth materials and their impact on society.

ISP 205

Visions of the Universe
Fall, Spring, and Summer Semesters.
3 credits ( 3 hr lecture, 0 hr lab)
Prerequisites:
  • MTH 104 or MTH 110 or MTH 116 or MTH 120 or MTH 124 or MTH 201 or STT 200 or STT 201 or concurrently or designated score on mathematics placement examination.
Corequisite:
  • ISP 205L concurrently
Role of observation, theory, philosophy, and technology in the development of the modern conception of the universe. The Copernican Revolution. Birth and death of stars. Spaceship Earth. Cosmology and time.

ISP 205L

Visions of the Universe Laboratory
Fall, Spring, and Summer Semesters.
1 credit ( 0 hr lecture, 2 hr lab)
Corequisite:
  • ISP 205 concurrently
Observations of the sky, laboratory experiments, and computer simulations exploring the development of the modern conception of the universe.

ISP 207

World of Chemistry
Fall, Spring, and Summer Semesters.
3 credits ( 3 hr lecture, 0 hr lab)
Prerequisites:
  • MTH 110 or MTH 116 or MTH 120 or MTH 124 or MTH 201 or STT 200 or STT 201 or concurrently or designated score on mathematics placement examination.
The language, concepts, models and techniques of chemical science, including atomic theory; nuclear energy; acids; chemicals in air, water, food and biological systems.

ISP 207L

World of Chemistry Laboratory
Fall, Spring, and Summer Semesters.
1 credit ( 0 hr lecture, 2 hr lab)
Corequisite:
  • ISP 207 concurrently
Chemical combinations and reactivity with respect to such materials as acids, bases, dyes, foods, and detergents.

ISP 209

The Mystery of the Physical World
Fall, Spring, and Summer Semesters.
3 credits ( 3 hr lecture, 0 hr lab)
Prerequisites:
  • MTH 110 or MTH 116 or MTH 120 or MTH 124 or MTH 201 or STT 200 or STT 201 or concurrently or designated score on mathematics placement examination.
Laws of physics through demonstrations and analyses of everyday phenomena. Optics, mechanical systems and electromagnetic phenomena.

ISP 209L

The Mystery of the Physical World Laboratory
Fall, Spring, and Summer Semesters.
1 credit ( 0 hr lecture, 2 hr lab)
Corequisite:
  • ISP 209 concurrently
Physical phenomena: optics, mechanical systems and electromagnetics.

ISP 211H

A Guide to the Atom
Fall, Spring, and Summer Semesters.
3 credits ( 3 hr lecture, 0 hr lab)
Prerequisites:
  • MTH 110 or MTH 116 or MTH 120 or MTH 124 or MTH 201 or STT 200 or STT 201 or concurrently or designated score on mathematics placement examination.
Historical and recent development of knowledge about and models of the fundamental structures of all matter. Physical laws governing the structure of matter.

ISP 215

The Science of Sound
Fall and Spring Semesters.
3 credits ( 3 hr lecture, 0 hr lab)
Prerequisites:
  • MTH 104 or MTH 110 or MTH 116 or MTH 120 or MTH 124 or MTH 201 or STT 200 or STT 201 or any of these concurrently or designated score on mathematics placement examination.

Restrictions:
  • Not open to students with credit in TCC 321 (which is an alias for ISP 215).
The science behind sound. Speech, communication, musical instruments, room acoustics, and analogue and digital audio. Integrating the physical, physiological, and psychological principles involved.
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Updated: 2001.08.14 (Tuesday) 10:40:46 EDT -- GJP