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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Physical perspective of the universe designed for liberal arts students. Topics from mechanics, wave motion (including sound and light), and atomic and nuclear physics. Lecture demonstrations and laboratories stress a clear understanding of observed phenomena. Includes 2 lab hrs.
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4.00 Credits
For nonscience students, the concepts, techniques, and tools of astronomy and astrophysics. Includes historical overview; identification of constellations; telescopes; the nature of light, atomic spectra, and structure; the nuclear physics of stars; the life cycle of stars; and current theories of the fate of the universe. Laboratory includes optics, atomic spectra, and observations with simple instruments and telescopes. Includes 2 lab hrs.
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4.00 Credits
Mechanics, thermal properties of matter, and mechanical waves, including laboratory exercises. Includes 2 lab hrs. Prerequisite: MAT110M, MAT122M, or MAT124M. Students may not receive credit for both PHY200D and PHY290D.
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4.00 Credits
Electricity and magnetism, sound waves, optical phenomena, and modern physics, including laboratory exercises. Includes 2 lab hrs. Prerequisite: PHY200D. Students may not receive credit for both PHY205 and PHY295.
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4.00 Credits
Mechanics, thermal properties of matter, and mechanical waves, including laboratory exercises. Includes 2 lab hrs. Prerequisite: MAT124M (may be taken concurrently). Students may not receive credit for both PHY200D and PHY290D.
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4.00 Credits
Electricity, magnetism, sound waves, and optics. Includes 2 lab hrs. Prerequisites: PHY290D; MAT125 (may be taken concurrently). Students may not receive credit for both PHY205 and PHY295.
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4.00 Credits
Fundamentals of digital and analog electronics intended for scientists and engineers. Extensive laboratory exercises and a choice of projects provide hands-on experience with circuits using transistors, operational amplifiers, logic gates, flip-flops, and other devices. Includes 4 lab hrs. Prerequisites: PHY205 or PHY295; MAT124M.
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4.00 Credits
Relativity, quantum theory, atomic structure, nuclear structure, and elementary particles. Atomic and nuclear laboratory experiments. Includes 3 lab hrs. Prerequisites: PHY205 or PHY295; MAT125.
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4.00 Credits
Development of skill in mathematical techniques useful in the solution of physics and engineering problems. Included are vector analysis, line and surface integrals, Fourier analysis, partial differential equations, and linear algebra topics such as basis, dimension, matrices, eigenvalues/eigenvectors. Prerequisite: MAT223.
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4.00 Credits
Principles of geometrical and physical optics including a laboratory that emphasizes physical optics measurements, laser technology, and holography. Includes 3 lab hrs. Prerequisites: PHY310; MAT223.
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