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Course-Related Links
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:: Physics & Astronomy Courses
:: Archived Physics and Astronomy Course Syllabi and Materials
:: Advanced Labs
:: Lecture Demonstration Program
:: Lower Division Laboratory Final Exam Procedures
:: Mathematica Tutorial Course

The Department of Physics and Astronomy requires students entering the upper division courses to have a working knowledge of Mathematica. This is generally accomplished by taking the Physics 50 course in the spring of the second year. If you have not had formal Mathematica training, you can satisfy the training by purchasing the book used for this course. The book can be purchased online at the URL shown below:


There are a number of levels of student versions of Mathematica available at the Mathematica website.  Once you have the book, as a minimum, you should read the sections in the “Mathematica Usage Tutorials” and the “Vector Analysis” section. Additionally, you should do the quizzes in the “Mathematica Usage Tutorials”. This will provide sufficient experience for success in the upper division courses.

If you have question, contact the chief undergraduate advisor, Prof. Dennin at   mdennin@uci.edu.

Departmental Information
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:: Tutoring Schedule: Spring 2008
:: Evaluations of TA/Instructor Performance in Discussions and Labs
:: Undergraduate Exit Survey

General Campus Information
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:: Academic Calendar
:: General Catalogue
:: Library Links


For questions/comments, please contact Alison Lara at laraa@uci.edu

updated4-3-2008

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Department of Physics & Astronomy
4129 Frederick Reines Hall
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-4575
telephone:  949.824.6911
fax:  949.824.2174
email:  physics@uci.edu