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PHYS 220 - Introduction to Computational Physics

(3.00)
An introduction to the computational software packages MATLAB and Mathematica,with particular emphasis on their use in solving physics problems and analyzing experimental data taken in physics laboratory experiments. Applications to problems in mechanics, electromagnetics and wave propagation will be stressed. The course will end with a comparison of the strengths and limitations of these languages and a compiled language such as C.

Course ID: 56136
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Prerequisite/Corequisite: You must have completed PHYS 122  or MATH 152  and CMSC 104  or CMSC 201  all with a grade of C or better.


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