PHYSICS IN THE ARTS
The nature of sound and sound perception; fundamentals of harmony, musical scales, and musical instruments. Studies of light including lenses, photography, color perception, and color mixing.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A or special student standing. Not open to students with credit for PHYSICS 371 . Course Designation: Core GenEd - Mathematics & Quantitative Reasoning Comm QR - Quantitative Reasoning B Breadth - Physical Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply concepts of light and sound to solve physics problems using only algebra, not calculus. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify in a text question which parameters are known or given, and which parameters are unknown and must be calculated. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Translate from text to formulae when a text problem is given. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Collect and analyze laboratory data from physics experiments on light and sound. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify the physics principles of light and sound observable all around us in everyday life. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply concepts of light and sound to solve physics problems using only algebra, not calculus. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Identify in a text question which parameters are known or given, and which parameters are unknown and must be calculated. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Translate from text to formulae when a text problem is given. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Collect and analyze laboratory data from physics experiments on light and sound. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify the physics principles of light and sound observable all around us in everyday life. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027