PHYS 177: Computational Methods for Physical Sciences

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 3 hours

Catalog page 403

Prerequisites: CS 010 or CS 012 or CS 030; one of the following: PHYS 002C with a grade of B- or better, PHYS 040E with a grade of C- or better, PHYS 041C with a grade of C- or better; or consent of instructor

Description: Covers computer applications for solving problems in physical sciences. Addresses symbolic manipula- tion languages such as Mathematica, mathematical operations, plotting, and symbolic and numerical techniques in calculus. Includes numerical methods such as histogramming, the Monte-Carlo method for modeling experiments, statistical analysis, curve fitting, and numerical algorithms.

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Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Year F W S Su Total
2025-26  3/25  3/25
2024-25  3/50  3/50
2023-24  7/25  7/25
2022-23 14/30 14/30
2021-22 23/54 23/54
2020-21 16/50 16/50
2019-20 52/56 52/56
2018-19 13/25 13/25
2017-18 17/48 17/48
2016-17 25/50 25/50