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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 Semester Hours Historical foundation for quantum theory. Schrodinger equation and solutions. Operators. Angular momentum. Hydrogen atom. Lecture, 3 hours. Prerequisite: PHYS 202. Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: MATH 355.
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3.00 Credits
3 Semester Hours Perturbation theory. Electron spin. Multielectron atoms and their spectra. Lecture, 3 hours. Prerequisite: PHYS 321.
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3.00 Credits
3 Semester Hours Orbital mechanics, the solar system, electromagnetic radiation and matter, stellar properties, Milky Way Galaxy, cosmology. Lecture, 3 hours. Prerequisites: PHYS 101, 201, and 202; or PHYS 253 and 254 and MATH 123 or 132.
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3.00 Credits
3 Semester Hours Application of physical laws to biological structure and function: biomechanics, circulatory system, hearing and vision, radiation. Lecture, 3 hours. Prerequisite: PHYS 201 or 254.
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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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2.00 Credits
2 Semester Hours Project experiments in physical optics, optical spectroscopy, and experiments using digital imaging arrays. Theoretical interpretation and statistical analysis are emphasized. Lecture, 1 hour; Laboratory, 3 hours. Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: PHYS 321.
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2.00 Credits
2 Semester Hours Project experiments in various areas of modern physics, including measurement of electron charge, spin, Hall effect, Rutherford scattering, and Tc of a superconductor. Theoretical interpretation and statistical analysis are emphasized. Lecture, 1 hour; Laboratory, 3 hours. Prerequisites or concurrent enrollment: PHYS 322 and 441.
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3.00 Credits
3 Semester Hours Crystal structure, elastic properties of solids. Free electron Fermi gas. Energy band structure. Semiconductors, superconductivity. Lecture, 3 hours. Prerequisite: PHYS 321.
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3.00 Credits
3 Semester Hours Review of electromagnetic theory. Applied geometrical optics. Fourier analysis, polarization, interference and diffraction, coherence theory, lasers, and holography. Lecture, 3 hours; occasional laboratory work. Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: PHYS 302.
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