<p>What is the difference between honors physics and regular physics? Is there a fundamental difference like the difference between math 160 and math 150? Or is honors pretty much the same only more and/or faster? How about the expected level of math?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>They are completely different. The honors version of physics is 10x more theoretical (and probably harder). For honors, they will expect you derive the vast majority of your equations where you won’t need to know a single proof for 130’s (though they may present such material in class).</p>
<p>The math you will need in honors will be ‘taught’ to you. I.e. the prof will show you how to solve a differential equation to give you the basics and then you will need to learn the rest (unless you know how to do it already). Most students learn the math involved in honors while taking honors though…Obviously, you will need to know calculus (and any ‘lower’ math) before taking the class…</p>
<p>While MATH 150’s still has some emphasis on proof, MATH 160’s is 100% proof based. Everything is derived from fundamentals (limit definition, continuity, etc.), where in 150’s a lot more things are going to be ‘given’ to you.</p>
<p>There’s a section of MATH 160’s called IBL (Inquiry Based Learning) which goes even further; rather than being lectured to, the class collaboratively constructs the calculus together over the course of the year.</p>