[Physics-mmm] Colloquium First Day of Classes in Spring

[Henri Jansen]

Advanced warning, because many of you are gone next week:

Mar-31(16:00):
Wngr 153 Colloquium: Prof. Rubin Landau, Department of Physics, OSU

Computational Physics, An Improved Path for Physics Education?

Evidence of the need for a change in physics education will be 
presented. It will be argued that computational physics provides a 
broader, more balanced and more flexible education than the 
traditional physics major. A survey of all computational science 
programs in the USA will be presented, as will be details of the BS 
in Computational Physics program at Oregon State University and of 
the educational materials developed. It will be proposed that 
presentation of physics within a computational problem-solving 
paradigm is a more effective and efficient way to teach physics than 
the traditional one.

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Henri J.F. 
Jansen                         elm:  Physics.Chair at science.oregonstate.edu
Chair                                           tel: (541) 737-1668
Department of Physics                  FAX: (541) 737-1683
Oregon State University                office: Weniger 303
Corvallis  OR  97331

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