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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: MAT 016, or equivalent LEC 3 hrs., LAB 3 hrs., Course fee $35 This course is an introduction to meteorology. Topics include observing the weather, clouds and precipitation, winds and the circulation of the atmosphere, air masses and fronts, cyclones and anticyclones, historic weather events, hurricanes, thunderstorms and tornadoes, atmospheric stability, weather maps and weather forecasting, radar and Doppler radar, air pollution, climate and seasons. Laboratory work will include the analysis and understanding of weather maps, the measurement of meteorological variables as well as Internet activities.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: MAT 123 Corequisite: PHY 126 LEC 3 hrs., LAB 0 hrs. This is the first course of a two-semester sequence in general physics. Topics include kinematics and dynamics of translational and rotational motion, conservation of energy, conservation of momentum, fluid statics and dynamics, and heat.
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1.00 Credits
Corequisite: PHY 125 LEC 0 hrs., LAB 3 hrs., Course fee $35 This is the first course of a two-semester sequence in laboratory physics for students who are enrolled concurrently in General Physics I (PHY 125). Laboratory experiments will demonstrate concepts covered in the accompanying lecture course, while introducing techniques of observation, data recording, data analysis and formal communication of experimental results.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PHY 125 and 126 Corequisite: PHY 128 LEC 3 hrs., LAB 0 hrs. This is the second course of a two-semester sequence in general physics. Topics include vibratory and wave motion, electricity, magnetism, optics and essentials of modern physics.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PHY 126 and 125 Corequisite: PHY 127 LEC 0 hrs., LAB 3 hrs., Course fee $35 This is the second course of a two-semester sequence in laboratory physics for students who are enrolled concurrently in General Physics II (PHY 127). Experiments will demonstrate concepts covered in the accompanying lecture course, while continuing to develop laboratory skills introduced in PHY 126.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: MAT 131 Corequisite: MAT 132 LEC 4 hrs., LAB 0 hrs. This is the first course of a three-semester, calculus-based physics sequence. Topics include particle kinematics and dynamics in one and in two dimensions, work and energy, impulse and momentum, rotational motion, kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies and elements of thermodynamics.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PHY 130 and MAT 132 Corequisites: MAT 230 and PHY 134 LEC 4 hrs., LAB 0 hrs. This is the second course of a three-semester, calculus-based physics sequence. Topics include simple harmonic motion, waves, electromagnetic theory and applications, Maxwell's equations in integral form.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHY 130 Corequisite: PHY 133 LEC 0 hrs., LAB 3 hrs., Course fee $35 This is the first course of a two-semester laboratory sequence designed for students who are enrolled concurrently in the Engineering Physics lecture sequence. The course emphasizes fundamental physics principles through experimentation, principles of experiment design, instrumentation, techniques of observation, data recording, data analysis, and formal communication of experimental results. Experiments study selected mechanical, electrical and magnetic phenomena.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PHY 133 and MAT 230 Corequisite: PHY 233 LEC 3 hrs., LAB 0 hrs. This is the final course of a three-semester, calculus-based physics sequence. Topics include geometric optics, Maxwell's equations in differential form, electromagnetic radiation and fundamentals of physical optics, the development of the Schroedinger Equation approach to quantum mechanics and selected applications of quantum theory to the understanding of atomic and nuclear structure.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHY 134 Corequisite: PHY 232 LEC 0 hrs., LAB 3 hrs., Course fee $35 This course is a continuation of the Engineering Physics laboratory sequence. The course continues to develop professional laboratory technique through experiments on selected topics in geometric optics, physical optics and modern physics.
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