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Course Criteria
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2.00 Credits
Spring alternate years. Current topics in astronomy, which may include solar system exploration, extrasolar planets, pulsars, gravitational collapse and black holes, galaxies, large-scale structure in the universe, active galaxies and quasars, and cosmology. Prerequisites: PHYS 202 or PHYS 212; ASTR 201. Not open to students with credit for ASTR 321.
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3.00 Credits
Spring alternate years. Nature of vibration; sound waves, sources of musical sounds-strings, air columns, percussion, voice and noise; acoustics of rooms; recording, reproduction and synthesis of sound. Not open to students majoring in physical sciences.
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3.00 Credits
Spring alternate years. Applications of physics concepts to problems in the natural world. Topics such as greenhouse effect, acid rain, ozone depletion, electromagnetic fields, solar power, nuclear energy and radiation are examined from both environmental and scientific perspectives. Prerequisites: junior standing and ENVS 101 or consent of instructor. Not acceptable toward physics major or minor in Arts and Sciences.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
On demand. May be repeated to six hours. Special topics in physics or astronomy of current or unique interest to students. Does not apply to first 22 hours of minor or first 32 hours of major.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
On demand. Selected topics not included in existing courses. Scheduling of course may be initiated by department staff or by students. May be repeated as different subjects are offered. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Fall. Survey of basic methods of mathematical techniques applied to physics, including linear algebra, ordinary differential equations and vector calculus with emphasis on how these concepts are used in physics. Parallel development is given to numerical methods used to solve physical problems. Use of an appropriate scientific programming language is included. Three lecture-recitations. Prerequisites: PHYS 212; or PHYS 202 and MATH 232.
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3.00 Credits
Spring alternate years. Survey of mathematical and computational techniques for solving partial differential equations, including the wave equation, Poisson's equation and the heat equation. Introduction to the Fourier analysis with applications and the Fast Fourier Transform algorithms and their implementation. A rudimentary treatment of special functions, as they arise in solving physical problems, will be given. Prerequisite: PHYS 401 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Spring alternate years. Basic data, stellar interiors, theoretical models; advanced evolutionary states: red giants, white dwarfs, neutron stars, supernovas, black holes. Prerequisites: PHYS 301 and consent of instructor. Not open to students with credit for ASTR 403.
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3.00 Credits
Spring alternate years. Continuum and atomic theories of solids, lattice vibrations, specific heat of solids, electron theory of metals and semi-conductors. Superconductivity. Three lecture-recitations. Prerequisites: PHYS 302.
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3.00 Credits
Fall alternate years. Newtonian particle mechanics in one, two and three dimensions; non-inertial reference frames. Central forces and celestial mechanics. Dynamics of a system of particles; rigid body motion. Lagrangian and Hamiltonianformulations of dynamics. Theory of small oscillations. Three lecture/recitations. Corequisite: PHYS 401.
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