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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Systems of coordinates, kinematics, and transformations: Newtonian dynamics of particles and systems of particles; linear systems, oscillations, and series techniques; calculus of variations and the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations; application of Lagrangians to gravitation/central force motion. Optional: non-linear oscillations.
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3.00 Credits
Principles and laws of classical thermodynamics applied to simple irreversible processes, including chemical, elastic, electric and magnetic phenomena; thermodynamic functions and Maxwell's relations; the conservation equations in elementary kinetic theory; fluctuations; and irreversible transfer effects. May be taken concurrently with PHYS 243 or by permission. Three lecture hours. Prerequisites: PHYS 212 or PHYS 243, MATH 274.
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4.00 Credits
Electrostatics, magnetostatics and electromagnetic radiation, including Divergence Theorem and Stokes' Theorem, electrostatics in free space and dielectric materials, the Biot-Savart Law, the magnetic vector potential, inductance and electomotance, magnetic materials, Maxwell's Equation in free space and in materials, boundary value problems (Snell's and Fresnel's Law). Prerequisites: PHYS 243; PHYS 307 or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Geometric, wave and quantum optics; lenses and mirrors, lens aberrations and design, optical instruments, interference diffraction, polarization, absorption and scattering, lasers, holography, and the dual nature of light. Three lecture hours and one three-hour laboratory each week. Prerequisites: PHYS 243, COSC 165, and PHYS 341 or consent of the instructor.
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1.00 Credits
Students participate in colloquia on topics of current interest in physics research under guidance of instructor. One lecture hour. Prerequisite: at least junior standing.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Practical experience in industry, public and private agencies. Not for major or minor credit. Special permit and fee required. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units. Graded S/U. Prerequisites: 2.70 GPA, junior or senior standing,major in Physics, consent of department.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Individual project in any branch of physics. Students can choose to work either on projects or in areas suggested by physics faculty. At the completion of a project, the student must write a formal research paper on the work done. Repeatable for a maximum of 6 units. Prerequisite: permission of the faculty member who will direct the proposed work.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Individual project in any branch of physics. Students can choose either to work on projects or in areas suggested by physics faculty. At the completion of a project, the student must write a formal research paper on the work done. Repeatable for a maximum of 6 units.
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3.00 Credits
A continuation of PHYS 351. Rotation transformations; perturbation and Green's function techniques in solution of oscillating systems; collision; rotating frames of reference and dynamics of rigid bodies (including Euler's angles, precession, mutation); theory of coupled small oscillations. Optional: special relativity; continuum mechanics. Prerequisite: PHYS 351.
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3.00 Credits
Electromagnetic theory of light, wave solutions, interference, diffraction, scattering, radiation from coherent and incoherent sources, elementary theory of masers and lasers. Three lecture hours. Prerequisite: PHYS 354 or consent of instructor.
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