Biola_Catalog_19700101NA

PHYSICAL SCIENCES All laboratory courses in physical sciences have a $15 laboratory fee. 101 PHYSICAL SCIENCE SURVEY (5) An introduction to experimental fact and theory basic to the physical sciences. Four hours lecture, three hours laboratory. Either semester. 105 GENERAL PHYSICS: MECHANICS OF SOLIDS AND FLUIDS (4) Elementary Newtonian mechani cs; conservation of energy and momentum ; wave motion, heat and thermodynamics. Prerequisites: high school physi cs or consent of instructor; Mathematics 105. Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory. 110 ASTRONOMY (3) An introductory course; the earth-moon system and the planets; stars and stellar sys­ tems, nebulae, galaxies; telescopes and their accessories. Not offered 1971-72. 206 GENERAL PHYSICS: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM (4) Electrostatics; conductors and currents; magnetic fields; electromagnetic induction; electromagnetic waves. Prerequisites: 105. Mathematics 106. Three hours lecture, three hours laboratory. 207 GENERAL PHYSICS: LIGHT AND MODERN PHYSICS (4) Light, relativity; quantum physics; atoms, molecules, and nuclei. Prerequisites: 106; Mathematics 106. Three hours lecture, three hour s laboratory. Alternate years, offered 1970-71.

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