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3.00 Credits
Continuation of PHY 171, focusing on Earth’s resources: rare and abundant metals and their uses, history of life on Earth, the fossil record; energy and fossil fuels; nuclear energy sources, uranium, plutonium, and deuterium; water and its distribution, rate of use, and pollution; atmospheric-oceanic circulation and heat balance; weather and climate; humanity as agent of change on Earth.
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3.00 Credits
The fundamentals of atmospheric science. Basic physical principles which affect the general circulation of the atmosphere and their relation to the day-to-day sequence of weather events are discussed. As part of the course, students generate short-term forecasts using real time information available by computer from the internet.
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3.00 Credits
Using basic physical principles, this course concentrates on the science of climate change: what we know about it and the processes involved, and how we assess the underlying evidence of its causes. The course is aimed to meet the increasing need for citizens of the world to be scientifically literate about this issue.
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3.00 Credits
Conditions and hours to be arranged Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor, department chairperson, and college dean Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered.
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3.00 Credits
4 classroom hours weekly Prerequisites: PHY 112 or 114 A first course in modern physics designed for engineering and physics students. It deals with light waves, diffraction, interference, and basic matter waves with an introduction to the Schrödinger equation. Basic atomic and nuclear physics is also introduced.
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2.00 Credits
1 hour lecture, 3 hours laboratory Prerequisites: ENL 101 and 102 or permission of instructor Corequisites: PHY 115 or permission of instructor
Introduction to measurement and analysis techniques in experimental physics. Skills developed include laboratory note taking and reporting, equipment calibration, error estimation and the use of apparatus such as multimeters and oscilloscopes.& The lectures introduce the theory of error analysis and propagation, data interpretation and presentation, and scientific ethics.
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1.00 Credits
3 hours laboratory Prerequisites: PHY 225 Corequisites: PHY 213 Continuation of PHY 225 with emphasis of development of measurement skills and data analysis abilities.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours weekly Prerequisites: PHY 112 or 114; MTH 211 or 213 The development of the mathematical and computational tools needed for solving more advanced physics problems. Series and complex numbers, complex roots and powers, linearity, special matrices, partial differentiation with change of variables, vector fields and physics of div, grad and curl. Analytical solutions and computer simulations are emphasized.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PHY 151 or permission of instructor Underlying physical processes that determine the appearance and behavior of astronomical objects, such as planets, stars, galaxies, and the universe itself will be emphasized. The technology of modern astronomical observation will also be discussed. Simple mathematics, including algebra and power-of-ten notation, will be used. Observations of celestial objects will be made at the university observatory. Honors section sometimes offered.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PHY 112 or 114 or permission of instructor Broad introduction to astrophysics, exploring basic topics and modern developments in the field, such as telescopes, the electromagnetic spectrum, and physical properties of stars, as well as the evolution of stars from stellar nurseries to stellar death. Other subjects might include cosmology, celestial mechanics, the structure of the solar system, and the planets. Observations of celestial objects will be made at the university observatory. The course is designed for students in technical majors such as physics, engineering, and mathematics.
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