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ENPH 242  Relativity And Quanta  Units: 3.50  
Evidence for relativistic effects. Kinematics and dynamics in special relativity, space-time diagrams, applications. Wave nature of light and matter. Evidence for quanta, spectra, Bohr atom. Introduction to the Schrödinger equation.
(Lec: 3, Lab: 0, Tut: 0.5)
Requirements: Prerequisites: APSC 111, APSC 112 Corequisites: Exclusions:  
Offering Term: F  
CEAB Units:    
Mathematics 0  
Natural Sciences 42  
Complementary Studies 0  
Engineering Science 0  
Engineering Design 0  
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science  

Course Learning Outcomes:

  1. Understand the limitations of classical physics and the resulting need to introduce the principles of the Special Theory of Relativity.
  2. Understand and apply basic transformations between different reference frames in Special Relativity.
  3. Draw and read spacetime diagrams.
  4. Calculate the results of collisions between relativistic particles.
  5. Understand the key ideas of introductory equilibrium statistical mechanics.
  6. Describe the key phenomena of thermal radiation and determine its effects, apply the mathematical laws relating to those phenomena to real-world problems and critically evaluate the results.
  7. Describe different aspects of interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter and make predictions for outcomes of related experiments based on the understanding and the mathematical models developed in this course.
  8. Understand the atomic models of Bohr and Schrodinger and do basic calculations for Bohr's model.
  9. Understand the connection between the quantum mechanical description of nature and non-intuitive phenomena like Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, Pauli-Exclusion principle and tunneling.
  
PHYS 242  Relativity and Quanta  Units: 3.00  
Evidence for relativistic effects. Kinematics and dynamics in special relativity, space-time diagrams, applications. Waves and the wave nature of light and matter. Evidence for quanta, spectra, Bohr atom. Introduction to the Schrödinger equation.
Requirements: Prerequisite PHYS 104/6.0 or PHYS 106/6.0. Recommended Minimum grade of C in PHYS 104/6.0 or PHYS 106/6.0.  
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science  
  
RELS 242  Objects in Global Indigenous Spirituality  Units: 3.00  
The course addresses the sacred or profane status of objects in Indigenous cosmologies. What they are, mean, and do, and how Indigenous persons position themselves in relation to them. This leads to reflections on the object/subject division, the condition of materiality and immateriality, and the resulting nature of spirits in Indigenous worlds.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 84 Private Study)  
Requirements: Prerequisite (Level 2 or above) or (6.0 units of RELS at the 100-level).  
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science  

Course Learning Outcomes:

  1. Name and describe traditional knowledges to criticize the application of the Western category of “things” and “objects” to Indigenous contexts.
  2. Distinguish those items as more than simple materiality in Indigenous contexts to redefine the scope of the sacred/profane division in religious studies.
  3. Identify the immaterial qualities attached to “objects” to examine the category “spirits” in Indigenous worlds.