PHY 277 Computing for Physics and Astronomy Majors

An introduction to computing on UNIX/Linux computers.
Fundamentals of using UNIX/Linux to write
computer programs for numerical algorithms to solve
computational physics and astronomy problems.
Assignments are carried out in a high-level compiler
programming language such as Fortran 90 or C++ and
require extensive use of SINC site computers outside
the classroom. This course is offered as both AST 277
and PHY 277.
Prerequisite: AMS 151 or MAT 126 or 131 or 141
Advisory Prerequisite: AMS 161 or MAT 127 or 132
or 142 or 171
1 credit