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3.00 Credits
In lieu of a formal course, qualified advanced students may, with the approval of the department, substitute a research project under the direction of a member of the department. Prerequisite: psychology major in advanced standing. A student wishing to elect this course will be required to submit a proposal to the department and receive departmental approval prior to registration.
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3.00 Credits
The first semester of a two-semester sequence of research and scholarship. May be taken in the second semester of the junior year or in the first semester of the senior year. Prerequisite: approval by a faculty thesis supervisor.
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3.00 Credits
Continuation of PS 496A. Prerequisite: PS 496A.
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8.00 Credits
A one-year introduction, without calculus, to the elements of physics. Subjects include mechanics, electricity and magnetism, optics, thermodynamics and modern physics. Prerequisite: MA 100A or equivalent. PY 201A and 202A satisfy the math/science distribution requirement. Three lectures, one discussion period, and one laboratory period a week, two semesters.
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4.00 Credits
A one-year introduction with calculus for students in engineering, chemistry, biology, physics, and others. This course includes mechanics, electricity and magnetism, optics, thermodynamics, and modern physics. Co-requisite for PY 211A: MA 117A. Prerequisites for PY 212A: PY 211A, MA 117A, co-requisite MA 118A. PY 211A and 212A satisfy the math/science distribution requirement. Three lectures, one discussion period, one laboratory period a week, two semesters.
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4.00 Credits
A two semester course, required for all physics majors, focused primarily on revolutionary post- 1900 physical theories and their application to understanding the nature of space, time, matter, and energy. Topics include special relativity, thermodynamics, the failure of classical physics (as illustrated by the photoelectric effect and the double slit experiment), the dual wave-particle nature of light and matter, the wave function and its interpretation, the Schr?dinger equation and its solutions for selected bound and unbound problems, and the physics of solids, molecules, atoms, nuclei, and elementary particles. Prerequisites: PY 212A, MA 118A.
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3.00 Credits
An algebra-based course seeking to explain the basic principles behind the use of energy, including the studies of mechanics, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, and atomic and nuclear physics. Prerequisite: MA 116A or permission of instructor. Satisfies the math/science distribution requirement. Three hours per week.
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4.00 Credits
The laws of thermodynamics and their implications for the behavior of physical systems. Heat transfer. Statistical models of physical systems of components having various properties, primarily in equilibrium states. Prerequisites: PY 239A, MA 219A. Four hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
Classical dynamics of point masses and rigid bodies. Formulation of Newton. Prerequisites: PY 239A, MA 219A. Three hours per week.
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3.00 Credits
Small oscillations theory, formulations of Lagrange and Hamilton, variational methods, transformation theory. Prerequisites: PY 239A, MA 219A. Three hours per week.
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