[BeAll_EndAll]

I'm looking for a course to take at Mac which covers topics like these (or similar):

• General/Special relativity
• Black Holes
• Gravitational Waves/Radiation
• Developing/developed theories in theoretical physics (String theory, Theory of Everything, Schrodinger cat experiment, etc.)

Anyways, I'm looking for a course that covers basic ideas in these topics in general relativity at Mac, and I'd like to take it due to interest in these topics. Of course, I am looking for an "intro to" course in these topics.

If anyone is aware of such course(s), please let me know, thanks.

[malakovski]

I think thers a course called Big Questions that is similar to this.

[RememberTwce]

Originally Posted by malakovski

I think thers a course called Big Questions that is similar to this.

Yes you are right

http://registrar.mcmaster.ca/calenda...842.html#51445

There's a link to it.

[lux]

And who better to teach it than....

[Reda]

Originally Posted by lux

And who better to teach it than....

Bazzzinga , im not crazy my mother had me tested

[BeAll_EndAll]

Originally Posted by RememberTwce

Yes you are right

http://registrar.mcmaster.ca/calenda...842.html#51445

There's a link to it.

Anyone taken this course?

Is it open to anyone?

[RyanC]

2b03 looks very layman-y, looks decent for an intro level course.

[Serene]

Maybe Physics 2C03?

But that is if you have good math senses or you don't care about your gpa

[3am Coffee]

Big questions is basically what you can learn from Wikipedia in 20 minutes.

[Serene]

From the Science 2B03 course outline:

35% Final exam
15% One mid-term test
23% Term Project (Presentation: 15; Proposal: 2; Handout: 5; Peer Evaluation: 1)
17% Participation in tutorials (not just attendance!)
10% Individual journal

Have fun with that...

[BeAll_EndAll]

Originally Posted by Serene

Maybe Physics 2C03?

But that is if you have good math senses or you don't care about your gpa

YES that is exactly what I was looking for! I am interested in that kind of stuff!

Can I take that course next year just as an extra add on if I am in 2nd year engineering?

[Serene]

Originally Posted by BeAll_EndAll

YES that is exactly what I was looking for! I am interested in that kind of stuff!

Can I take that course next year just as an extra add on if I am in 2nd year engineering?

I'd suggest you talk to an advisor first from the science faculty, because there some 1st year science prerequisites for this course. Check with them see if your eng courses are equivalent/accepted.

[thedog123123]

wrong


PHYS 3A03 General relativity

One of the hardest if not the hardest courses at Mac. Science 2B03 or Phys 2C03 do not do justice to the topics you posted.

As a 3rd Year phys courses you'd have to be a physics major or minor to be able to meet pre-reqs I'd imagine

[Maitland]

Engineering Physics 2QM3 may be somewhere along the lines of what you're looking for and is essentially identical to Physics 2C03 (2C03 is an antirequisite to 2QM3). 2QM3 also only requires registration in either engineering physics or materials as a prereq, and I don't imagine obtaining permission to join from the professor would be difficult if you didn't meet those requirements, so you'd be all set. It really didn't rely on any previous knowledge beyond first year and some second year math. 2Q covers "Wave-particle duality, uncertainty principle, Hydrogen atom, Schrödinger Equation for ID systems, barriers and tunnelling, probability, properties of insulators, semiconductors and metals. Examples from experiments." It was a good mix of theory and math. It consisted of 6 assignments, 2 midterms and a final when I took it, but I can't recall the weightings. For more information go to the website:

http://engphys.mcmaster.ca/undergrad.../2qm3/2qm3.htm

[britb]

Best bet is to surf the UG calender in the Physics and Astro sections. I know there's a whole course on Relativity somewhere.