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4.00 Credits
The study of electricity and magnetism, light-optical instruments, modern physics, and radioactivity. Three hours of lecture and one laboratory per week. Prerequisite: PHYS 102.
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1.00 Credits
Designed to introduce students majoring in physics to the principal areas of physical research and current advances in physics, survey the development of physical knowledge, and define the relationships between physics and the other sciences. (PS)
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5.00 Credits
A calculus-based study of Newtonian mechanics: forces, work, collisions, rotation, oscillation, gravity, and fluids. Thermodynamics: heat, work, and entropy. Four hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite or co-requisite: MATH 210. (GE)
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5.00 Credits
A calculus-based study of electricity and magnetism, light and optics, and special relativity and quantization. Four hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: PHYS 210. Prerequisite or co-requisite: MATH 211.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Selected Topics
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Consent of the divisional chairperson is required.
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3.00 Credits
A quantitative survey of modern physics. Topics include special relativity, wave-particle duality, identical particles, solid state, nuclear, and high-energy physics. Prerequisite: PHYS 211.
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4.00 Credits
Vector analysis, matrices and determinants, tensor analysis, Laplace transforms, Fourier analysis, Green's function, the Lorentz transformation, ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations, vector calculus, integral theorems, complex analytical functions, group theory, and the calculus of variations. Prerequisite: MATH 212.
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3.00 Credits
Vector algebra and calculus; simple harmonic oscillator, forced variations; Hamilton's Principle, the Lagrangian, Hamiltonian dynamics; central force motion, orbits and planetary motion; multi-body systems; Euler' s equations; coupled oscillations, normal modes. Prerequisites: PHYS 211, MATH 212. Prerequisite or co-requisite: PHYS 320.
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2.00 Credits
Experimental techniques of contemporary physics. Rigorous analysis of experimental data and competent scientific writing are essential elements of this course. Prerequisite or co-requisite: PHYS 312. (WI, RM)
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