PHYS 199 CHP :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

Schedule

Class Meetings: Monday 2.30-3.20pm,

Default Location: 312, David Kinley Hall

Office hours: By appointment

Class Format: Generally each class will involve focusing on one or more scientific concept and genre of art and studying how concepts are depicted by these genres. Topics include the cosmos, waves, and quantum physics; theater, visual arts, music, and design. The format of the class will typically involve a presentation by the instructor and any student who so desires, dialog, short student presentations on some days (dispersed throughout the semester), and formulation of projects. Some classes will involve field trips and others will have guest presenters from physics, theater, dance, and other disciplines. Some classes will also be dedicated to production and presentation of projects. 

 

Week Date Lecture Assignment
1 Aug 25 Meet and Greet, Glimpsing the Universe  
Aug 27 Exploring the Universe
2 Sep 1 No Class  
Sep 3 The Quantum Realm
3 Sep 8

The Quantum Realm Continued

 
Sep 10 Project Time
4 Sep 15 Quantum Voyages & Theatre  
Sep 17 Project Time Creative Fragment #1
5 Sep 22 Music, Sound & Science  
Sep 24 Project Time Begin the project
6 Sep 29

Public Quantum Network, Soundscapes, Visual Art

 
Oct 1 Project time

 

7 Oct 6 Field Trip  
Oct 8 Project Time Project Proposal
8 Oct 13

Dance Movement & Entanglement

 
Oct 15 Project Time Creative Fragment #2
Rest is Tentative
9 Oct 20 Science, Video and Creative Process Presentations
Oct 22 Project Time  
10 Oct 27 Working on the Project Presentations
Oct 29 Project Time  
11 Nov 3 Working on the Project Presentations
Nov 5 Circus! Scientific Write-up
12 Nov 10 Working on the Project  
Nov 12 Project Time Creative Fragment #3
13 Nov 17 Field Trip!  
Nov 19 Project Time  
14 Nov 24 FALL BREAK  
Nov 26
15 Dec 1 Working on the Project  
Dec 3 Project Time  
16 Dec 8 Practise run  
Dec 10   Culminating Event
17 Dec 16  

Final Exam

7 PM - 10 PM

 

 

Artist's depiction of a roton - a strange quasiparticle occuring in Bose Einstein condensates. Credit: Christopher Ticknor, LANL, Ryan Wilson & Brad Baxley, JIL