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Course Criteria
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisite to 231: MAT 211. Pre- or Corequisite to 232: MAT 212. The first semester involves the study of classical mechanics, wave motion, fluid flow and sound. The second involves the study of temperature and heat, electricity, magnetism, light and optics. Four lectures, one laboratory/week.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHY 232 and MAT 212. Reciprocal credit: EGR 262. See EGR 262 for description.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Lower-level group studies which do not appear in the regular departmental offerings.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHY 111-2. Reciprocal credit: CHE 301. The study of science from a historical and philosophical perspective in an interdisciplinary manner, exploring the complementarity of physical and biological sciences, while addressing relationships to other disciplines such as art, religion, and politics. Examines the role of science in global issues and life issues. Three lecture, 2 lab hours/week.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHY 111. A non-technical course for the general student presenting a broad view of energy and its relationship to man and the environment. Topics: past and future demands, energy sources, storage and transportation of energy, environmental considerations, conservation, politics, economics, and national policy. Three lectures, 3 lab hours/week.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: MAT 212 & PHY 232. An introduction to special relativity, quantum mechanics, atomic, and nuclear physics. The laboratory involves investigations in radioactivity, as well as performing some of the classic experiments of modern physics. Three lectures, one 3-hour lab/week.
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3.00 Credits
F-Even Years Prerequisite: PHY 232 & MAT 212. Introduction to rectilinear and curvilinear dynamics of particles and rigid bodies; both Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of mechanics will be developed and applied.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: MAT 212 & PHY 232. Electric and magnetic fields both in media and a vacuum. Maxwell's equations are used to determine electromagnetic fields produced by a variety of charge and current distributions.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: MAT 212 & PHY 232. An intermediate survey of heat and thermodynamics including the concepts of temperature and heat, the laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamics potentials, the Maxwell relations and statistical methods applied to the thermodynamics of various states of matter, including gases, liquids, and quantum fluids.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: MAT 213, PHY 232. Special differential equations, complex number analysis, linear algebra, group therapy and Fourier analysis applied to advanced topics in physics.
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