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3.00 Credits
This course provides a calculus-based introduction to astronomy and astrophysics for all science and engineering students, including qualified freshmen. Topics include celestial mechanics, planets and the solar system, the Sun and energy generation, electromagnetic radiation, optics, stars and stellar evolution, the Milky Way and other galaxies, cosmology, and the start of the Universe. Evening observation sessions using the 16-inch telescope at the Widener Observatory are a required part of the course. Corequisite: MATH 131 or MATH 141. 3 hours lecture. 1 hour observing. 3 semester hours
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3.00 Credits
This introductory course teaches an understanding of the Earth's atmosphere, including the forces producing weather and climate, the dynamics of air movements, pressure changes, mass density, volume relationships, as applied to the changing atmosphere, and the production of hurricanes, tornadoes, and thunderstorms. Also studied are atmospheric structure, the effects produced by solar radiation on the Earth's magnetic field-auroras, Van Allen belts,and similar phenomena. Meteorological instrumentation is studied in laboratory experiments designed to integrate theory with practice, together with the production of weather maps by students from empirical data recorded in the laboratory. This course is designed primarily for students majoring in science or engineering. 3 hours lecture. 2 hours laboratory. 4 semester hours
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5.00 Credits
The first course in a two-semester calculus-based physics sequence that covers both classical and modern physics designed for science majors. Topics include classical mechanics, special theory of relativity, elementary fluids, thermodynamics and kinetic theory, wave motion, and sound. Prerequisite: MATH 142 or MATH 132. 3 hours lecture. 1.5 hours recitation. 6 threehour labs. 5 semester hours
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5.00 Credits
Continuation of PHYS 231. Topics include the following: classical electromagnetic theory, DC and AC circuits, geometrical and physical optics, quantum phenomena, introduction to atomic, molecular, and solid state physics, and nuclear and elementary particle physics. Prerequisite: PHYS 231. 3 hours lecture. 1.5 hours recitation. 6 three-hour labs. 5 semester hours
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3.00 Credits
This course begins with an introduction to quantum physics, including the quantum theory of light, matter waves and the study of solutions to the Schr?dinger equation for free electrons, the "particle in the box," tunneling phenomena and atomic hydrogen.This is followed by a study of statistical physics and solids accompanied by a wide variety of applications. Applications include solid state electronic devices such as the diode, transistor, JFET, MOSFET, diode laser, solar cells, photodetectors, and CCDs. Prerequisite: PHYS 162 and MATH 133 or MATH 142. 3 hours lecture. 1 hour recitation. 3 semester hours
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1.00 Credits
A laboratory course in classic modern physics to be taken concurrently with PHYS 261. Required for physics majors. Students not majoring or minoring in physics may elect to take this lab. 1 semester hour
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the use of the desktop computer programs Mathematica and Matlab in solving problems in physics. Topics include numerical integration and differentiation, algebraic manipulation, and graphical presentation. Prerequisites: PHYS 162 and 164. 3 hours of laboratory/lecture weekly. 1 semester hour.
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1.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to experimental design and techniques. Topics include electronics and circuit design, and signal detection and data collection instrumentation. Prerequisites: PHYS 162 and 164. 3 hours of laboratory/lecture weekly. 1 semester hour
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1.00 Credits
This course provides a hands-on, practical laboratory experience in astrophysics. Students become proficient in planning to take data, using a telescope to obtain their own data, reducing their data using software packages, and presenting results. Some of the laboratory time is spent at the telescope taking the data. Topics include creating finding charts, observing standard stars, photometry of variable stars, photometry of visual binaries, color-magnitude relation of open clusters, surface brightness profile of globular clusters, and spectroscopy of bright stars. Students are expected to write up their results in the format of a journal including abstract, introduction, results, discussion, and bibliography. Prerequisite: PHYS 208. 1 semester hour
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3.00 Credits
Asurvey of mathematical techniques useful in physics, including vector analysis, matrices, coordinate transformations, Sturm- Liouville problems, Fourier series, Fourier transforms, boundary value problems, and complex variables. Prerequisite: MATH 241. 3 semester hours
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