Category Archives: Physical Science OR Life Science

Elective Courses in Liberal Arts & Sciences

Sustainable Urban Development (UPADM-GP 217)

This course examines the social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable urban development. Some of the major themes explored include indicators of sustainability, urban demographic trends, environmental justice, green building, urban sprawl, sustainable energy and transportation, and global climate change. In addition, the role of information technology (IT) and social networks is discussed in the context of promoting ideas globally about sustainable development.

UG Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy (Graduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2025)

UPADM-GP 217-000 (7940)01/21/2025 – 05/06/2025 Tue6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (Evening)at Washington SquareInstructed by Panahipour, Mitra

Graduate Physical Science OR Life Science Spring 2025

The Universe: Its Nature and History (PHYS-UA 7)

Qualitative introduction to our understanding of the nature and evolution of the universe. Topics include the creation of the cosmos; its explosive evolution, present structure, and ultimate fate; the nature of stars and galaxies; the structure and evolution of our Milky Way; the birth, life, and eventual death of the solar system; our place and role in the universe; and the relationship of modern astronomical ideas to other cultural disciplines.

Physics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Physical Science OR Life Science Spring 2025 Undergraduate
Spring 2024 Spring 2025

Circuits (EENG-SHU 251)

This course covers Passive DC circuit elements, Kirchoff’s laws, electric power calculations, analysis of DC circuits, Nodal and Loop analysis techniques, voltage and current division, Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems, and source-free and forced responses of RL, RC and RLC circuits. Prerequisite: MATH-SHU 131 or MATH-SHU 201. Fulfillment: CE required; EE required; Core Curriculum Science Experimental Discovery in the Natural World.

Electrical Engineering (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2025)

EENG-SHU 251-000 (21038)02/03/2025 – 05/16/2025 Mon,Wed9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Morning)at ShanghaiInstructed by Radhakrishnan, Chandrashekar

EENG-SHU 251-000 (21039)02/03/2025 – 05/16/2025 Fri8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at ShanghaiInstructed by Radhakrishnan, Chandrashekar

Graduate IMA Electives IMA Electives (Legacy Structure - Physical Computing & Experimental Interfaces) Physical Science OR Life Science Undergraduate

History of Biotechnology (IDSEM-UG 2111)

What becomes of life when researchers can materially manipulate and technically transform living things? In this course, we will historically investigate biotechnology in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, paying attention to how efforts to engineer life are grounded in social, cultural, and political contexts. Topics include reproductive technologies, genetic engineering and cloning, genetically modified foods, bioprospecting, genomics, stem cells, and biosafety and biosecurity. The course is organized around five crosscutting domains in which we will explore the ethical, legal, and social impacts of biotechnology: (1) food, (2) property and law, (3) sex and reproduction, (4) disease and drugs, and (5) genomic identities. We will read and discuss historical and anthropological accounts of biotechnology, primary scientific publications, legal cases, and speculative fiction. We will learn to evaluate the social constitution and impact of biotechnology on daily life, as well as how to place contemporary issues and debates about biotechnology in sociopolitical and historical contexts. Case studies cover topics such as the Green Revolution, the Recombinant DNA controversy, BRCA gene patents, egg freezing, the Mexican Genome Project, and CRISPR-Cas9. Secondary sources include articles and book excerpts from historians, anthropologists, and sociologists of the life sciences, including but not limited to Cori Hayden, Sarah Franklin, Ruha Benjamin, Kim TallBear, Alondra Nelson, and Amade M’Charek.

Interdisciplinary Seminars (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Fall 2025 Physical Science OR Life Science Undergraduate
Spring 2024

Science in Our Lives: Facts and Lies in the Name of Science (SCIED-UE 218)

Students explore how science became a global form of knowledge making about the natural world, how European notions of science contributed to its growth as a form of systematic knowledge, how some people were excluded from this process, and how bias and discrimination were made real. By observing, measuring, analyzing and explaining data, students learn to produce and evaluate the quality of scientific knowledge and to recognize how science understanding helps to interrogate the construction of difference between facts and lies. Fulfills Life Science Core requirement.

Science Education (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Physical Science OR Life Science Undergraduate
Fall 2021

Climate Change and Environmental Justice (SCA-UA 632)

Readings from climatologists, economists, anthropologists, geographers, cultural analysts, and activists. Examines the natural and social impact of global warming in the context of the climate justice movement, which is modeled on American-derived principles of environmental justice in the 1990s and poses a legal and humanitarian challenge to those who place their faith in market-driven solutions. Examines how populations are unevenly affected by climate change, and how this imbalance is being addressed by advocates of decarbonization.

Social and Cultural Analysis (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)

SCA-UA 632-000 (10318)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Tue,Thu2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Ross, Andrew

Physical Science OR Life Science Societies & the Social Sciences Undergraduate

Science of Movement (DANC-UT 1605)

The Science of Movement will introduce students to the multidisciplinary field of how the human brain controls movements, how we learn new movements, and the rehabilitation of various movement disorders and injuries. This course is appropriate for undergraduate students with an interest in human movement, neuroscience and behavior, physical medicine, dance and/or athletics. No prior course of study in neuroscience is necessary to successfully engage with the course material. This course will count towards general education requirements for social science for Tisch undergraduate students.

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Fall 2025 IMA Electives (Legacy Structure - Seminar/Studies) Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Physical Science OR Life Science Undergraduate
Spring 2024

Science in Our Lives: Environmental Issues (SCIED-UE 212)

Introducing the notion of citizen science, this course provides students with opportunities to use scientific information to solve real-world problems related to environmental & public health. By exploring the practices of science from observing & measurement to analyzing & explaining data, students learn to use data & produce scientific knowledge for the public. Liberal Arts Core/MAP Equivalent – satisfies the requirement for Natural Sciences

Science Education (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2024)

SCIED-UE 212-000 (18146)01/22/2024 – 05/06/2024 Mon,Wed8:00 AM – 9:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Milne, Catherine

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Physical Science OR Life Science Undergraduate
Fall 2023

Science in Our Lives: Biodiversity and the Earth (SCIED-UE 215)

In this course students explore the Earth as an integrated, dynamic system involving the material world and diversity of living things which we call biodiversity. Specifically, this course explores the flow of energy and materials through the Earth System and potential human impact on this system. Through the practices of science students learn to use data to produce scientific knowledge for themselves and the public while exploring the question of what it means to engage in citizen science.

Science Education (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 14 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2023)

SCIED-UE 215-000 (11814)09/05/2023 – 12/15/2023 Mon,Wed10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Milne, Catherine

Physical Science OR Life Science Undergraduate
Spring 2023

Human Genetics: Genes in Human Health & Disease (CCEX-SHU 136)

The goal of the first half of the course is to build a basic understanding of how information about traits is encoded in our genes, how this “blueprint” is interpreted by cellular machinery to build a complex human being, and how our heredity has resulted in our evolution. In the senond half of the course, we will continue the exploration of how environment, experience and random errors affect the process of building our traits, what happens when these processes fail, and the promise and possible peril of genetic technologies for human life. Fulfillment: CORE ED (with CCEX-SHU 137)

Exper Discovery in Nat World (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2023)

CCEX-SHU 136-000 (21479)01/30/2023 – 05/12/2023 Tue,Thu11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at ShanghaiInstructed by Yu, Danyang

CCEX-SHU 136-000 (21480)01/30/2023 – 05/12/2023 Tue2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Early afternoon)at ShanghaiInstructed by Yu, Danyang

Physical Science OR Life Science Undergraduate
Fall 2022

Advanced Seminar in Personality Disorders (CAMS-UA 202)

Can we truly classify one’s personality, the very essence of an individual, as “disordered”? We explore the history, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of personality disorders. We begin with an overview of personality and theories of personality development and then complete an in-depth review of each disorder. We consider the genetic, neurobiological, and developmental research supporting and refuting these diagnoses. We review various classification systems, observe how the media often portrays personality disorders, and challenge the notion that undesirable personality traits are always maladaptive. Finally, we utilize both research and clinical material and aims at a nuanced understanding of these disorders and their sustained impact upon affected individuals.

Child/Adoles Mental Hlth Stds (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2022)

CAMS-UA 202-000 (9695)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Mon,Wed12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Goldberg, Ross · Davis, Jordan

Physical Science OR Life Science Societies & the Social Sciences Undergraduate
Fall 2021

Astrophysics (PHYS-UA 150)

Introduction to modern astrophysical problems with an emphasis on the physical concepts involved?radio, optical, and X-ray astronomy; stellar structure and evolution; white dwarfs, pulsars, and black holes; and galaxies, quasars, and cosmology.

Physics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2021)

PHYS-UA 150-000 (10148)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Tue,Thu9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Scoccimarro, Roman

PHYS-UA 150-000 (10149)09/02/2021 – 12/14/2021 Mon4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by

Physical Science OR Life Science Undergraduate
Fall 2022

Computational Physics (PHYS-UA 210)

Introduction to computational physics, with an emphasis on fields of current research interest where numerical techniques provide unique physical insight. Topics are chosen from various branches of physics, including numerical solution of ordinary and partial differential equations, eigenvalue problems, Monte Carlo methods in statistical mechanics, field theory, dynamical systems, and chaos.

Physics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2022)

PHYS-UA 210-000 (8214)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Tue,Thu12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Sels, Dries

PHYS-UA 210-000 (8871)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Thu4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by

Physical Science OR Life Science Undergraduate
Fall 2022

Electricity & Magnet I (PHYS-UA 131)

Introduction to Maxwell’s equations with applications to physical problems. Topics include electrostatics, magnetostatics, the solution of the Laplace and Poisson equations, dielectrics and magnetic materials, electromagnetic waves and radiation, Fresnel equations, transmission lines, wave guides, and special relativity.

Physics (Undergraduate)
3 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2022)

PHYS-UA 131-000 (8212)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Mon,Wed11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Gruzinov, Andrei

PHYS-UA 131-000 (8213)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Mon3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by

PHYS-UA 131-000 (9331)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Wed5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by

Physical Science OR Life Science Undergraduate
Fall 2022

20th Cent Concepts of Space, Time, & Matter (PHYS-UA 20)

The 20th century has been witness to two major revolutions in man’s concepts of space, time, and matter. Einstein’s special and general theories of relativity: implications of the special theory, for our understanding of the unity of space and time, and the general theory, for our understanding of the nature of gravity. Quantum mechanics: a new picture of the basic structure and interactions of atoms, molecules, and nuclei. Topics include the uncertainty principle, wave-particle duality, and the continuing search for the fundamental constituents of matter.

Physics (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2022)

PHYS-UA 20-000 (8204)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Tue,Thu11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Wray, Lewis Andrew

Physical Science OR Life Science Undergraduate
Fall 2022

Quantum Mechanics I (PHYS-UA 123)

Designed to deepen the insights into quantum mechanics introduced in PHYS-UA 103, 104 and to provide an introduction to the more formal mathematical structure of quantum mechanics. The Schr?dinger and Heisenberg description of quantal systems; perturbation theory; spin and statistics; coupling of angular momenta; scattering theory; and applications to atomic, molecular, nuclear, and elementary particle physics.

Physics (Undergraduate)
3 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2022)

PHYS-UA 123-000 (8210)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Tue,Thu11:00 AM – 12:00 AM (Morning)at Washington SquareInstructed by Grier, David

PHYS-UA 123-000 (8211)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Tue3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by

PHYS-UA 123-000 (9336)09/01/2022 – 12/14/2022 Tue4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by

Physical Science OR Life Science Undergraduate
Spring 2022

Dynamics (PHYS-UA 120)

Topics include conservation laws, central force motion, Lagrange’s and Hamilton’s equations, non-inertial frames, inertia tensor, rigid body dynamics, coupled oscillators and particles, eigenvalues, eigenvectors and normal modes.

Physics (Undergraduate)
3 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)

PHYS-UA 120-000 (9318)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon,Wed12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Moscatelli, Frank

PHYS-UA 120-000 (9319)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Mon4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Loizeau, Nicolas

PHYS-UA 120-000 (9503)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Loizeau, Nicolas

Liberal Arts & Sciences - Electives Physical Science OR Life Science Quantitative Reasoning Undergraduate
Spring 2022

Physics II (PHYS-UA 93)

Continuation of PHYS-UA 91. Topics include electrostatics; dielectrics; currents and circuits; the magnetic field and magnetic materials; induction; AC circuits; Maxwell’s equations.

Physics (Undergraduate)
3 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)

PHYS-UA 93-000 (8451)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue,Thu12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Hogg, David

PHYS-UA 93-000 (8452)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed12:00 AM – 1:00 PM (Early afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Lant, Caspar

PHYS-UA 93-000 (8453)01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed4:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Late afternoon)at Washington SquareInstructed by Lant, Caspar

PHYS-UA 93-000 (8454)at Washington SquareInstructed by

Physical Science OR Life Science Undergraduate
Spring 2022

General Physics I (PHYS-UA 11)

With PHYS-UA 12, forms a two-semester sequence that must be taken in order. Lecture and laboratory-recitation. Not open to students who have completed PHYS-UA 91 with a grade of C- or better. Offered in the fall. 5 points. Begins a two-semester introduction to physics intended primarily for preprofessional students and for those majoring in a science other than physics, although well-prepared students may wish to take the physics majors sequence PHYS-UA 91, PHYS-UA 93, PHYS-UA 94, PHYS-UA 95, and PHYS-UA 96 instead. Topics include kinematics and dynamics of particles; momentum, work, and energy; gravitation; circular, angular, and harmonic motion; mechanical and thermal properties of solids, liquids, and gases; heat and thermodynamics.

Physics (Undergraduate)
5 credits – 15 Weeks

Physical Science OR Life Science Undergraduate