2012-2013 Academic Catalog 
    
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2012-2013 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHYS 290 - Senior Seminar

Type of Course: Seminar
This capstone covers a selection of topics of current interest in physics. Astrophysics will be the topic covered in Spring 2009. This course covers the natural history of stars from their formation out of interstellar dust and gas to the final remnants they leave behind when their active lives are finished. Among the many topics discussed will be radiative transfer and nucleosynthesis, and general relativity will be introduced.

Prerequisites: PHYS 150  and PHYS 171 .