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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
3 Credits Gravitational fields, electric fields and magnetic fields, Gauss's law, electric potential, linear accelerators, cyclotrons, capacitors, Ohm's law, Kirchoff'slaws, Ampere's law, Faraday's law, Lenz's lawMaxwell equations, selected topics from modern physics. Prerequisites: MA 242, PS 160.
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1.00 Credits
One three-hour session per week. Experiments will vary from semester to semester, but will be chosen from laboratory report writing workshop, error analysis, damped harmonic oscillations, spectrometers, optics, fiber optics, atomic physics, thermodynamics, and R-C circuit theory. Corequisite: PS 250.
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0.00 Credits
Required, noncredit course. Requires the student to direct the operation of a basic laboratory for one semester. Includes laboratory preparation, laboratory discussion, and grading of laboratory reports. Prerequisite: COM 219.
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3.00 Credits
A descriptive course dealing with the structure and evolution of the physical universe. Topics include the solar system (Earth, Moon, Sun, and planets), stars, black holes, galaxies, quasars, cosmology, and exobiology. Planetarium trips and night observing sessions optional. Prerequisite: PS 102 or PS 103 or PS 150 or PS 215.
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3.00 Credits
Traces the development of science from the earliest times through the modern period, with particular emphasis given to our changing concepts of nature and of science itself. (Also offered as SS 302. Students receive either Social Sciences elective credit or Physical Sciences elective credit, but not both.) Prerequisites: Either HU 140 or HU 141 or HU 142 and either PS 101 or PS 102 or PS 103 or PS 150 or PS 215.
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3.00 Credits
Modern concepts in physics including optics. Topics include refraction, diffraction, and scattering of electromagnetic radiation, special relativity, wave-particle duality, the uncertainty principle, quantum theory of atomic structure, X-rays, lasers, and nuclear reactions. Prerequisites: PS 219 and PS 220.
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3.00 Credits
A survey course in the environmental problems arising from human use and abuse of the environment. Ecological, economic, sociologic, and technologic principles will be applied to the management control of pollution of the atmosphere and water sources of the Earth. Prerequisites: PS 101 or PS 140 and PS 141.
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1.00 Credits
Experiments in atomic and nuclear physics, including spectroscopy, nuclear particle analysis, X-ray analysis, and laser applications. Corequisite: PS 303.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to sources, characteristics, and concerns of hazardous materials in environmental systems. Examination of general approaches toward site assessment, risk analysis, site remediation, and other issues pertinent to hazardous waste management. Development of environmental literacy is emphasized. Prerequisite: One year of high school chemistry or concurrent enrollment in PS 105 or PS 106.
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3.00 Credits
Overview of atmospheric environmental topics on local and regional issues as well as global change issues. Introduction to the chemistry of atmospheric pollution. Examination of sources of air pollution especially from aerospace industries. Includes discussion of monitoring, regulation, and control of air pollution. Prerequisites: PS 108 or equivalent, PS 142, or permission of instructor.
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