====== Paradigms and Capstones at Oregon State University ======

The middle- and upper-division courses for physics majors have been
extensively reordered compared to traditional curricula.  The junior-year
"paradigms" classes are each three weeks long and meet every day for a total
of seven hours each week.  Each course focuses on a single illustrative
example from physics. The senior-year "capstone" classes cover the more
advanced topics of a traditional second semester.  Together, these courses
cover roughly the same content as a single semester in each of the traditional
physics subdisciplines.

(The links below take you to the course home pages, which include both a brief
description and detailed content information.  For the content only, go
[[./order:|here]].)

===== Paradigms Courses =====
More about the [[.:paraphil|philosophy of Paradigms]]

==== Fall of Year 3 ====
  * [[.:home:syhome|Symmetries and Idealizations]]
  * [[.:home:vfhome|Static Vector Fields]]
  * [[.:home:oshome|Oscillations]]

==== Winter of Year 3 ====  
  * [[.:home:prhome|Preface]]
  * [[.:home:sphome|Quantum Measurements and Spin]]
  * [[.:home:sphomecam|Quantum Measurements and Spin 2]]
  * [[.:home:wvhome|One-Dimensional Waves]]
  * [[.:home:cfhome|Central Forces]]
(more about the [[.:qmorder|order]] of the Quantum Paradigms)




==== Spring of Year 3 ====  
  * [[.:home:pphome|Periodic Systems]]
  * [[.:home:pphomeold|Periodic Systems (Old)]]
  * [[.:home:inhome|Interlude]]
  * [[.:home:eehome|Energy and Entropy]]
  * [[.:home:rfhome|Reference Frames]]

===== Capstone Courses (Typically taught at the end of year 3 and in year 4) =====
More about the [[.:capphil|philosophy of Capstones]]

  * [[.:home:cmhome|Classical Mechanics]]
  * [[.:home:emhome|Electricity & Magnetism]]
  * [[.:home:qmhome|Quantum Mechanics]]
  * [[.:home:mmhome|Math Methods]]
  * [[.:home:ophome|Optics]]
  * [[.:home:smhome|Statistical Physics]]

===== Mathematics Courses =====

  * [[.:home:mvhome|Multivariable Calculus]]
  * [[.:home:vchome|Vector Calculus]]