Nov 14, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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PSC 1050 - Color, Light, and Sound
Designed for nonscience majors. Physical nature of light and sound including transmission, absorption, reflection, interference, and resonance. Applications include analysis of musical instruments, acoustics, optical systems, perception of color and sound.
Requisites: WARNING: not PSC 1051
Credit Hours: 3
OHIO BRICKS Pillar: Natural Sciences
General Education Code (students who entered prior to Fall 2021-22): 2NS
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Course Transferability: OTM course: TMNS Natural Sciences
College Credit Plus: Level 1
Learning Outcomes:
- Develop quantitative mathematical skills and critical thinking in terms of mathematical relationships between physical properties.
- Read graphs and charts to extract needed information.
- Understand how to analyze, evaluate and test a scientific hypothesis.
- Use basic scientific language and processes and be able to distinguish between scientific and non-scientific explanations of phenomena involving color, light and sound.
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