CC212 - Core Natural Sciences 2

Welcome to CAS CC212 - Core Natural Sciences 2: Reality, Science, and the Modern World. CC212 is the second semester Core natural sciences course, with an emphasis on computational and mathematical reasoning. The goal of the course is to open our students to the world of 20th/21st century scientific questions. Studies include the paradigm-shifting scientific theories which forced the 20th century into a new understanding of our relation to the physical world, beginning with relativity and quantum theory, and exploring emergence, neuroscience and artificial intelligence.

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The course Blackboard Learn site is located at: learn.bu.edu

Getting help and support with your work:

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Personal questions about the course can be sent to cc212-questions@bu.edu. E-mails sent to this address will reach all of the course faculty simultaneously. Please use a valid BU email address for email communication regarding CC212 issues. Please do not use hotmail, yahoo or any other email account, as the spam filters of your teaching staff may ignore messages originating from these accounts.

Core Natural Sciences 2

CC212 - Spring 2017