PHY 2030 - Computational Methods for Physicists and Engineers

** Welcome to the 2011 session **

Instructor: Prof. Brendan. M. Quine

Class of 2011

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Introduction

Welcome to Computational Methods or how do I answer a question like my physics professor just asked me?

This course will provide a practical examination of computational methods typically employed by physicists and engineers to solve real-world problems. The course will be delivered as a series of lectures and laboratories to train students how to attempt simple computational solutions to problems in physics and engineering using the programming environment MATLAB. You must ensure that you can access the computer laboratories in Acalade West Building in order to enjoy this course.

Class Times

Day	Time	Duration	Location
Tuesday	9:30	120	Acalade West - Room 203
Thursday	10:30	60	Acalade West - Room 203

Contact Information

	Office: Petrie Science and Engineering 256
	Telephone: 33483
	e-mail: bquine@yorku.ca
	assignment submission email: phy2030_at_yorku.ca
	TA: T.B.D..

Content

Prerequisites

SC/PHYS 1010 6.00 or SC/PHYS 1410 6.00; One of AK/AS/SC/CSE 1020 3.00, AK/AS/SC/COSC 1020 3.00, AK/AS/SC/CSE 1540 3.00 or AK/AS/SC/COSC 1540 3.00; AS/SC/MATH 1014 3.00 or equivalent (or approval of instructor). Corequisite: AS/SC/MATH 2015 3.00 or equivalent (or approval of instructor).

Course Text

The required course textbook is:

Computational Physics, 2/Ed.

Nicholas J. Giordano, Hisao Nakanishi

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 560 pp., 2006.

Get it from Abebooks, Amazon.ca, Alibris.com, or ebay. Note that the contents of editions may vary. Links to book sellers are provided for information only and this does not imply an endorsement of service.

What's New

	MATLAB now available to York Students via the web via terminal services at webacadlabs.yorku.ca.
	Course website updated Sept, 2011.