Course Synopses

Prerequisite: Enrollment in an honors program or permission of the department. Students should also enroll in 01:750:271.  

The Honors Physics sequence and Classical Physics Labs are intended for School of Engineering students in the Honors Academy or Honors College and School of Arts and Science students planning to major in Physics or Astrophysics. If you are an SOE Honors student with questions about Honors Physics and/or Classical Physics Lab, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; if you are interested in majoring in physics or astrophysics, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  These courses are not intended for Honors Program or Honors College students pursuing other majors.

Experimental lab course in classical mechanics aimed at students in honors programs or majoring in physics/astronomy. This course is designed to help students better understand the critical concepts of classical mechanics through ten hands-on experiments and data analysis on kinematics, Newtons’ Laws, collisions, energy conservation, pendulum, harmonic oscillator, etc. Students will learn to acquire data with computerized modern sensor/measurement systems, perform rigorous analysis, get skilled in Mathematica, and develop critical thinking skills through the process of data analysis/interpretation/hypothesis testing.