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2025-2026 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

PHYS 360 - Introduction to Computational Physics

(3 units)

Prerequisite/Corerequisite: PHYS 254 , MATH 247 .

Introduction to computational methods and modeling in physics using a high-level programming environment to solve a variety of physics problems. Reviews concepts such as root finding; differential equations; interpolation and fitting of experimental data; graphing; symbolic algebra programming; numerical integration; stochastic processes and Monte Carlo methods. Includes computational physics projects with report and presentation. 

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture-discussion 3 hrs.)