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3.00 Credits
An experimental course developing laboratory and analytical skills in physics. Includes experiments in kinematics, Newton's laws, uncertainty analysis, momentum and energy conservation, and projectile motion. Prerequisites: /Co-requisite: PHYS 123 or permission of department. Credits: 1(0-3) Offered every fall
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An analytical, calculus-based treatment of charge, electrostatic and magnetostatic fields, simple applications of Maxwell's equations, Lenz's law, basic electrical circuits, mechanical and electromagnetic waves, and geometric optics. Notes: A student may not receive credit for both PHYS 112 and PHYS 125. Prerequisites: PHYS 123 or permission of instructor. Co-requisite: PHYS 126 or permission of department. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: MATH 222 or permission of instructor. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered every spring
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An experimental course developing laboratory and analytical skills in physics. Includes experiments in electric fields, Ohm's law, use of the oscilloscope, and electric circuits. Prerequisites: PHYS 124 or permission of department. Co-requisite: PHYS 125 or permission of department. Credits: 1(0-3) Offered every spring
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This course will include classical physics and some modern physics topics. The analysis of phenomena such as eletromagnetic waves, their interference and diffraction, electromagnetic radiation, blackbody radiation, and interactions of photons with matter, special relativity and gravity will be highlighted. Other topics covered in this course may include geometric optics, thermodynamics, and fluids. Prerequisites: PHYS 125 or permission of department. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered every fall
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This course will include elementary quantum theory, Schrodinger's equation, wave properties of matter, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, atomic structure and the Bohr atom. Special topics may include a survey of material from different subfields of physics such as cosmology, solid state physics, nuclear physics, etc. Prerequisites: PHYS 223, MATH 223, or permission of department. Corequisite: PHYS 228 or permission of department. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered every spring
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Devoted to the understanding of experiments in Optics, Atomic Physics, and Nuclear Physics. Typical experiments would cover composite lens systems, interference effects, e/m, emission spectra, and radioactive decay. Prerequisites: Corequisite: PHYS 223 or permission of instructor. Credits: 1(0-3) Offered every fall
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This course is an introduction to the application of various mathematical tools to specific problems in physics. Methods will include complex numbers, coordinate transformations, vector calculus, matrices, Fourier transforms, series solutions, and probability. This course will also include numerical methods using software including spreadsheets and symbolic mathematical manipulators. Prerequisites: /Corequisities: PHYS 224 or permission of department. Credits: 2(2-0) Offered every spring
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3.00 Credits
The dynamics of a particle subject to vari- ous types of forces: forced and damped harmonic oscillations; conservative forces; vector algebra; kinematics in more than one dimension; multiple-particle systems. Prerequisites: PHYS 224, PHYS 228 and MATH 326, or permission of department. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered every fall
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The statics and dynamics of rigid bodies including simple equilibrium, structural analysis, inertia tensors, centroids, and energy and momentum calculations. Strength of material using concepts of stress and strain and bending and shearing. Prerequisites: PHYS 311 or permission of department. Note: B.A. students may not receive degree credit for both PHYS 313 and PHYS 332. Credits: 3(3-0) Offered every spring
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the topic, and includes an examination of the relevant properties of fluids (density, viscosity, pressure, velocity), common analysis techniques (control systems, control volumes, stream functions, dimensional analysis, non-dimensional parameterization), mathematical modeling (integral and differential forms of mass conservation, momentum conservation, and energy conservation; Bernoulli's equation), and applications. Prerequisites: PHYS 311 or permission of department. Credits: 3(3- 0) Offered spring, odd years
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