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3.00 Credits
This course includes: 1) an introduction to modern concepts in optics including electromagnetic waves, propagation of light through media, geometrical optics of lenses and mirrors, interference, coherence, Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffractions; and 2) a brief introduction to modern optical applications, including Fourier optics, holography, light scattering, interferometry and laser technology. NOTES: PREREQUISITE: PHYS 321 or DEMONSTRATED SUITABLE MATHEMATICAL ABILITY; RECOMMENDED: PHYS 361 OFFERED INTERIM, ODD YEARS
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3.00 Credits
Historical development of the transition from classical to quantum physics, Bohr's atomic theory, Schr?dinger's Equation and applications to atomic, nuclear, and solid state systems. Introduction to relativity and to elementary particles. NOTES: PREREQUISITES: PHYS 222 AND PHYS 321 OFFERED EVERY FALL SEMESTER
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3.00 Credits
Applications of modern physics to atomic, nuclear, and solid state systems. Introduction to general relativity, elementary particles, and cosmology. NOTES: PREREQUISITES: PHYS 371 OFFERED AS NEEDED
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3.00 Credits
This course will cover the general structure and formalism of quantum mechanics. Topics will include: Schr?dinger's Equation and solutions for one-dimensional problems; Dirac notation and matrix mechanics; the harmonic oscillator; the hydrogen atom; angular momentum and spin; and approximation methods. NOTES: PREREQUISITES: PHYS 371 OR CHEM 302; PHYS 321 OR DEMONSTRATED SUITABLE MATHEMATICAL ABILITY OFFERED SPRING SEMESTER, EVEN YEARS
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3.00 Credits
Continuation of PHYS 281. Includes an emphasis on technical writing. Taken senior year. NOTES: PREREQUISITE: PHYS 281 OFFERED EVERY YEAR
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3.00 Credits
Directed investigations in theoretical or experimental physics for physics majors. Satisfies a requirement for graduation with distinction in physics. Students will propose, carry out, write, and defend a thesis project. NOTES: PREREQUISITE: CONSENT OF DEPARTMENT CHAIR OFFERED EVERY YEAR
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
NOTE: SEE PHYSICS ADVISOR
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3.00 Credits
An introductory course dealing with the attempts of modern psychologists and psychiatrists to understand human nature and the problems involved in helping people lead better lives. The course is concerned with those issues that are of direct relevance to the way we lead our lives and understand ourselves and is taught with a concern for the Christian perspective. Several perspectives are considered, such as psychoanalysis, behaviorism and humanistic psychology. NOTE: OFFERED MOST SEMESTERS
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the scientific study of human thinking, feeling, and behaving. Research from a variety of major areas is surveyed, including topics in biological, cognitive, and social psychology. The course emphasizes the strengths of scientific psychology, as well as the difficulties inherent in humans studying humans. NOTE: OFFERED MOST SEMESTERS
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3.00 Credits
An examination of human development throughout the life span (conception through death), physical, cognitive and psychosocial; developmental processes and the factors that shape individual development including social and cultural forces. NOTE: OFFERED EVERY SEMESTER
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