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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
1 Semester Hour Problem-solving skills. Fields of study and recent advances in physics. Career opportunities in physics. Lecture, 1 hour.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
1-4 Semester Hours
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
1-4 Semester Hours
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4.00 Credits
4 Semester Hours Electrostatics. Current, resistance, and D.C. circuits. Magnetism. Induced electromotive force. Electric and magnetic properties of matter. Maxwell's equations. Laboratory experiments pertaining to electricity and magnetism. Coulomb's Law, static electricity, electric fi eld plotting, circuits, charge/mass ratio for electron. Lecture, 3 hours; Laboratory, 2 hours. Prerequisite: PHYS 101. Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: MATH 132.
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4.00 Credits
4 Semester Hours Elastic waves. The laws of thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases. Electromagnetic waves. Geometrical and wave optics. Special Relativity. Laboratory experiments pertaining to thermodynamics and optics. Thermal expansion of solids, specifi c heat, mechanical equivalent of heat, ray tracing, spherical mirrors, thin lenses, optical model of the human eye, diffraction. Lecture, 3 hours; Laboratory, 2 hours. Prerequisite: PHYS 101. Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: MATH 132.
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0.00 Credits
0 Semester Hours Laboratory experiments pertaining to electricity and magnetism. Coulomb's Law, static electricity, electric fi eld plotting, circuits, charge/mass ratio for electron. Laboratory, 2 hours. Corequisite: PHYS 201.
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0.00 Credits
0 Semester Hours Laboratory experiments pertaining to thermodynamics and optics. Thermal expansion of solids, specifi c heat, mechanical equivalent of heat, ray tracing, spherical mirrors, thin lenses, optical model of the human eye, diffraction. Laboratory, 2 hours. Corequisite: PHYS 202.
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3.00 Credits
3 Semester Hours Kinematics and dynamics of single and multiparticle systems. Rigid bodies. Accelerating coordinate systems. Continuous media. Small vibrations. Lecture, 3 hours. Prerequisite: PHYS 101. Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: MATH 245.
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4.00 Credits
4 Semester Hours Vectors. Kinematics. Newton's laws of motion, energy, momentum, rotational motion, and harmonic motion. Fluid mechanics. Heat and thermodynamics. Laboratory experiments pertaining to mechanics, thermodynamcs, and fl uid mechanics. Lecture, 3 hours; Laboratory, 2 hours. Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: MATH 122 or 131. NOTE: The PHYS 253-254 series is suitable for biology and chemistry majors and others desiring a college-level experience in physics. This series is not acceptable for credit in the physics or engineering programs.
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4.00 Credits
4 Semester Hours Electrostatics. Magnetism. Current, D.C. circuits. Electromagnetic waves. Geometrical and wave optics. Relativity. Nuclear physics. Laboratory experiments pertaining to electricity, magnetism, and optics. Lecture, 3 hours; Laboratory, 2 hours. Prerequisite: PHYS 253.
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