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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): One semester of calculus. A survey of physics for students majoring in technical fields, such as physics, chemistry, engineering, etc. Also intended for pre-professional students (pre-med, pre-dentistry, etc.) who desire a stronger preparation for professional school. Three (1) one credit lecture and (3) three credits of laboratory/recitation each week.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: MATH 1910 and 1920; Corequisite: PHYS 2110. This is a calculus-based course in applied mechanics of engineering statics. Topics covered will include vectors, Newton's laws, moments (torque), equilibria of rigid bodies, and aspects of friction.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: MATH 1910 and 1920; Corequisite: PHYS 2120. This is a calculus-based course in applied mechanics of engineering dynamics. Topics covered will include kinematic equations of motion, Newton's laws, rotational motion, energy, collisions, and vibrations.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2110/20. Statics and dynamics of particles and systems of particle. An introduction to Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of Newtonian mechanics. Three (1) one credit lectures and one (2) two credit recitation session each week.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2110/20. Geometrical optics including reflection, refraction, dispersion, thin and thick lenses, optical instruments. Physical optics including electromagnetic character of light, interference, diffraction, polarization, and related topics. Three (1) one credit lectures and one (3) three credit lab sessions, or equivalent, each week.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2110/20. AC/DC circuit analysis, basic electrical measurements, fundamentals of electronic circuits, with applications to devices of special interest. Two (1) one credit lectures and two (2) two-credit lab sessions, or equivalent, each week.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2010/20 or PHYS 2110/20. Underlying principles of physics used to explore and explain biological systems. Techniques discussed include energetics, X-ray analysis, absorption spectroscopy, etc., applied to cellular processes. Three (1) one credit lectures or equivalent each week.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2110/20. A semiquantitative introduction to the physics of the atom and its nucleus: constituent parts of atoms, atomic transmutation, nuclear fission and fusion, and related topics. Three (1) one credit lectures each week.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2110/20. An intermediate-level course in electromagnetism: electrostatics, dielectrics, magnetic materials and effects, development of Maxwell's equations. Three (1) one credit lectures and one two-credit recitations/laboratory session each week.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 2110/20 or MATH 3200. This course is designed to cover techniques used in modeling physical systems numerically. Topics include data fitting, error analysis, numerical differentiation and integration, techniques to solve systems of linear equations, ODEs, and PDEs, oscillatory motion and Fourier analysis, and random systems. Prior computer programming experience is desirable, but not mandatory.
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