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4.00 Credits
College: COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS Department: MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Credits: 4.00 Observational Astronomy. Prerequisites: PHYS 191, PHYS 192 or PHYS 193, PHYS 194. Observational techniques for the Moon, planets, satellites of other planets, asteroids, comets, stars, star clusters, and galaxies. 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.
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3.00 Credits
College: COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS Department: MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Credits: 3.00 Computer Simulations of Physical Systems. Prerequisites: MATH 221, PHYS 191, PHYS 192, and CMPT 183. This course applies computer techniques and numerical analysis to model physical systems. Simulations and calculations will be done of falling bodies, gravitational orbits, scattering, oscillations, electrical circuits, molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo techniques, chaos, and quantum systems. 3 hours lecture.
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3.00 Credits
College: COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS Department: MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Credits: 3.00 Computer-Aided Drafting: An Introduction. Prerequisites: PHYS 143. Students will study the command structure of AutoCad to create, modify and manage CAD drawings and designs. Various applications in graphic communication will be explored with practical hands-on lab sessions. Experience with computers or technical graphics is not required. 2 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.
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3.00 Credits
College: COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS Department: MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Credits: 3.00 Micro-Computer Technology. Prerequisites: PHYS 240 and CMPT 184. Manufacturing, design and consumer product application of computer technology will be emphasized. Hands-on experience with micro computers, plotters, digitizers, printers and other peripherals will aid the student in developing an appreciation for the less publicized applications of the computer. Software, firmware and hardware will be illustrated and discussed, especially as related to interfacing. Numerical controlled machining and robotics will also be studied. 3 hours lecture.
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4.00 Credits
College: COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS Department: MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Credits: 4.00 Modern Physics. Prerequisites: PHYS 210, 240. Special fee. Special relativity, kinetic theory of matter; quantization of electricity, light and energy; nuclear atom; elementary quantum mechanics and topics on solid state. (Offered alternate years.) 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.
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4.00 Credits
College: COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS Department: MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Credits: 4.00 Nuclear Physics. Prerequisites: PHYS 210, 240. Special fee. Nuclear radiation; radioactive decay; detectors; nuclear spectroscopy and reactions; theories and models; fission, fusion, reactors; and application of radioisotopes. (Offered alternate years.) Meets the University Writing Requirement for PHYS majors. 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.
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3.00 Credits
College: COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS Department: MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Credits: 3.00 Quantum Mechanics. Prerequisites: PHYS 460. Shroedinger's wave equation, its application and interpretation; Pauli exclusion principle and spectra. (Offered alternate years.) 3 hours lecture.
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3.00 Credits
College: COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS Department: MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Credits: 3.00 Fluid Mechanics. Prerequisites: PHYS 210 or MATH 222. Mechanics of continuous media, liquids and gases; stress, viscosity, Navier-Stokes and Euler Equations, exact solutions, potential flow, circulation and vorticity, dimensional analysis and asymptotic models, boundary layers, stability theory and applications to industrial and environmental problems. Cross listed with MATH 468. 3 hours lecture.
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3.00 Credits
College: COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS Department: MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Credits: 3.00 Solid State Physics. Prerequisites: PHYS 460. Properties of solid state matter are developed from the quantum mechanics of atoms and molecules. (Not offered every year.) 3 hours lecture.
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3.00 Credits
College: COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS Department: MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Credits: 3.00 Astrophysics. Prerequisites: PHYS 191, 192 or PHYS 193, 194; PHYS 280; MATH 221. Prerequisite or corequisite: STAT 401. The laws of physics applied to planetary structure, stars and their evolution in time, the interstellar medium, galaxies, and large-scale structure of the universe. 3 hours lecture.
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