Physics for Life Sciences Majors: Thermodynamics, Fluids, Waves, Light, and Optics
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory, two hours. Requisite: course 5A. Thermal properties of matter, free energy, fluids, ideal gas, diffusion, oscillations, waves, sounds, light, and optics, with applications to biological and biochemical systems. P/NP or letter grading.
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8.3 / 10
- Organization
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8.3 / 10
- Time
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0-5 hrs/week
- Overall
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6.7 / 10
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The class itself was pretty challenging but was really doable if you really paid attention. There was a group project where we had to build instruments and play a song with them based on concepts of sound waves and other things. Extra credit was also offered if you participated on Campuswire and was based on how many times you contributed. There were 5 quizzes instead of midterm exams where one was dropped. I felt like this was much easier as you didn't have to memorize as many concepts as you would have for midterms. The grading scale was:
Discussion problem sets: 5%
Homework: 5%
Lab: 15%
Quizzes: 50%
Final Project: 25%
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Grading Information
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Has a group project
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Attendance required
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3 midterms
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10th week final
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100% recommend the textbook
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