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Course Criteria
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Introductory non-calculus-based course, ideal for students preparing for the MCAT examination. Phenomenological in nature with emphasis on understanding basic ideas of physics and ability to apply these ideas to specific problems. Newtonian mechanics, conservation laws. Laboratory included. PH 101 and 102 satisfy laboratory science requirement. Prerequisite: high school algebra. Lab Fee: $40. Fall.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Continuation of PH 101. Electrostatics, currents, magnetic phenomena, relativity, waves, quantum nature of matter. Laboratory included. Prerequisite: PH 101. Lab Fee: $40. Spring.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Study of length contraction, time dilation, simultaneity, relativistic dynamics. Prerequisites: PH 111, PH 114, MA 171, MA 172. Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Review of Newtonian mechanics, natural and driven oscillations, variational calculus and Lagrange's equations, application to central force motion, rigid body rotation and coupled oscillators. Prerequisite: PH 351. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Application of analytical techniques to solve problems in physics. Complex exponentiation, Fourier series, matrix methods, differential equations and vector calculus applied to problems in mechanics, electricity and magnetism, optics, and thermodynamics. Prerequisite: PH 112. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Application of physical principles to solutions of realistic problems using Mathematica. Error propagation, iterative techniques, approximations, data analysis/signal processing, numerical solutions to differential equations, and basic statistical manipulations applied to systems with many degrees of freedom, nonlinear systems, rotational mechanics, advanced electric field solutions, heat transfer, scattering, and diffraction. Prerequisites: PH 305, MA 238 or MA244 and CS 102 or equivalent. PH 305 recommended. Fall.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Experimental study of laws of mechanics, acoustics, fluids. Introduction to study of statistical methods. Lab Fee: $40. Fall.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Electronics instrumentation and circuits, electric fields, optics. Lab Fee: $40. Spring.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Introductory course for all science students. Basic AC and DC circuits, operational amplifier circuits, transistor circuits, power supplies, digital logic and their use in laboratory instruments. Laboratory included. Prerequisite: PH 112; PH 305 suggested. Lab Fee: $40. Fall, odd years.
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3.00 Credits
Kinetic theory. Blackbody radiation. Quantum physics: wave packets, the uncertainty principle, Schroedinger's equation and solutions for simple systems, application to atomic, nuclear, and solid-state physics. Prerequisite: PH 113, PH 116, PH 251 and PH 305, MA 238 or 244. Fall.
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