Spring 1995 Course Descriptions

Physics (physics) 7A
Physics for Scientists and Engineers (4 units)

Course format: Three hours of lecture and four hours of laboratory/workshop per week.
Prerequisites: High school physics; Math 1A or 1AS; Math 1B or 1BS (which may be taken concurrently).
Description:
Mechanics and wave motion.
(F,SP) Staff.
(From the '97-'99 General Catalog updated as of 12/04/97)

Mathematics (math) 1B
Calculus (4 units)

Credit option: Students will receive no credit for 1B after taking 3 and 2 units after 16B.
Course format: Three hours of lecture and two hours of discussion per week; at the discretion of the instructor, an additional hour of discussion/laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: 1A.
Description:
Continuation of 1A. Techniques of integration; applications of integration. Infinite sequences and series. First-order ordinary differential equations; exact equations. Second-order ordinary differential equations; oscillation and damping; series solutions of ordinary differential equations.
(F,SP) (From the '97-'99 General Catalog updated as of 12/04/97)

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Computer Science (compsci) 61B
Data Structures (4 units)

Course format: Three hours of lecture, one hour of discussion, two hours of programming laboratory, and an average of six hours of self-scheduled programming laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: A grade of B- or better in 61A or Engineering 77N.
[Formerly 60C.]
Description:
Fundamental dynamic data structures, including linear lists, queues, trees, and other linked structures; arrays strings, and hash tables. Storage management. Elementary principles of software engineering. Abstract data types. Algorithms for sorting and searching. Introduction to the Java programming language.
(F,SP) Clancy, Hilfinger.
(From the '97-'99 General Catalog updated as of 12/04/97)

Classics (classic) 28
The Classic Myths (4 units)

Course format: Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week.
Description:
A study of Greek and Roman myths with emphasis on the universal meanings of myths. The interaction of myths, religion and philosophy as a source of understanding of ancient and present cultures.
(F,SP) (From the '97-'99 General Catalog updated as of 12/04/97)