PHYS 495 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
Artist's depiction of a roton - a strange quasiparticle occuring in Bose Einstein condensates. Credit: Christopher Ticknor, LANL, Ryan Wilson & Brad Baxley, JILA
Weekly Class Meetings: Monday 3.00-4.50pm,
Default Location: 222 Loomis Laboratory
Project time: Wednesday 3.00-4.50 pm
Default Location: 276 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.
Monday Lectures Schedule:
- Jan 15: No class Monday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day);
- Jan 22: Meet and Greet; Exploring the Universe (SV)
- Jan 29: The Quantum World (SV)
- Feb 5: Stuck in My Head: Communicating Science to a Broader Audience Through Physics-Themed Music Videos (Maggie Mahmood)
- Feb 12: Music at Art - Science Crossworld (Stephen Taylor)
- Feb 19: Quantum Voyagers and Theater (Latrelle Bright & SV)
- Feb 26: Science & Dance; (Rebecca Nettl-Fiol)
- Mar 4: Field Trip to Krannert Museum;
- SPRING BREAK (March 11-17)
- Mar 18: Working on projects
- Mar 25: Condensed Matter Girl & FloQuilt (NB & AM)
- Apr 1: Field Trip to Beckman Institute;
- Apr 8: Celebrating Solar Eclipse;
- Apr 15: Working on a project;
- Apr 22: Working on a project;
- Apr 27: Culminating Event
- Apr 29: Working on a project;
- Assignment Deadlines
- Feb 7: Creative Fragment 1
- Feb 14: Begin the Project
- Feb 21: Written Assignment - Project Proposal
- Mar 4: Creative Fragment 2
- Apr 5: Scientific Write-Up
- Apr 12: Creative Fragment 3
- Apr 10: Extra Credit Assignment
- Final Presentations: Apr 15-29
- Final Project Submission: May 3
Student final presentation from Spring 2017