Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2021
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PHYS 116 002 (CRN: 24639)
SEMINAR IN PHYS & ASTRO @ RICE
Long Title: SEMINAR IN PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY AT RICE AND BEYOND
Department: Physics and Astronomy
Instructors:
Meeting: 3:00PM - 4:40PM R (25-JAN-2021 - 12-MAR-2021)
Part of Term: 1st Half of Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 1
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 10
Section Enrolled: 7
Enrollment data as of: 19-MAY-2025 10:21AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: This half-semester seminar course will meet in the first half of the Spring semester to introduce prospective and current science and engineering majors to the exciting research in physics and astronomy at Rice and beyond. The course will provide students with the context to think about how the facts presented in physics and astronomy textbooks are applied to real-world research. Undergraduate students in a small group will meet weekly with a graduate student to explore a published research article by a local lab, learning about what was done and why it was important. Toward the end of the course, the group will tour the lab that produced the featured article. All students are eligible to enroll in PHYS 116 regardless of the intended area of study.