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Semester:	Fall 2025
Number:	0156-125-001
Instructor:	Kevin Liang
Days:	Friday 1:15 pm - 2:05 pm
Note:	Traditional In-Person Class
Location:	Garden City - Nexus Building 378
Credits:	1
Notes:	For majors only
Course Materials:	View Text Books
Description:	Students will receive an orientation to the physical sciences and engineering, career opportunities in the field, safety in the laboratory, and the Physics Department as a whole. The course will conclude with an experimental project that introduces students to experimental physics and engineering.
Learning Goals:	In the one-credit Physics Orientation Seminar, students will ● become familiar with physics as a major ● learn about future opportunities for physics majors and engineering students OR: in physics and engineering● be immersed into the Physics department, its faculty, and opportunities within the major● develop skills to use scholarship to get appropriate information about physics● learn how to be successful at Adelphi and in a career as a physicist. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here.