PHYS 495 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
Weekly Class Meetings: Monday 3.00-4.50pm,
Default Location: 136 Loomis Laboratory
Project time: Wednesday 3.00-4.50 pm
Default Location: 136 Loomis Laboratory
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 26 | No Class | |
| Aug 28 | |||
| 2 | Sep 2 | No Class | |
| Sep 4 | Meet and Greet | ||
| 3 | Sep 9 |
Exploring the Universe |
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| Sep 11 | Project Time | ||
| 4 | Sep 16 | The Quantum World | |
| Sep 18 | Project Time | ||
| 5 | Sep 23 | Science and Dance - Alex Tecza | |
| Sep 25 | Project Time | Creative Fragment #1 | |
| 6 | Sep 30 |
Quantum Voyages and Theatre Smitha & Jessica Paige Elliott |
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| Oct 2 | Project Time |
Begin the project NO Submission |
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| 7 | Oct 7 | Project Time | |
| Oct 9 | Project Time | ||
| 8 | Oct 14 |
Music, Sound & Science Joy Yang & Xavier Davenport |
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| Oct 16 | Project Time | Project Proposal | |
| 9 | Oct 21 | Science, Video and Creative Process | |
| Oct 23 | Project Time | Creative Fragment #2 | |
| 10 | Oct 28 | Working on the Project | Presentations |
| Oct 30 | Project Time | ||
| 11 | Nov 4 | Working on the Project | Presentations |
| Nov 6 | Guest Speaker - Sheila Parinas | ||
| 12 | Nov 11 | Working on the Project | Presentations |
| Nov 13 | Project Time | Scientific Write-Up | |
| 13 | Nov 18 | Circus! | |
| Nov 20 | Project Time | Creative Fragemnt #3 | |
| 14 | Nov 25 | FALL BREAK | |
| Nov 27 | |||
| 15 | Dec 2 | Working on the Project | |
| Dec 4 | Project Time | ||
| 16 | Dec 9 | Culminating Event | |
| Dec 11 | No class | ||
| 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
