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5.00 Credits
The second half of a standard one-year noncalculus sequence with a laboratory; recommended for life science majors. Electricity and magnetism, fields, simple electrical circuits, light and optics, and introduction to quantum and nuclear phenomena. (2-2-3) Offered every semester. Prerequisite: PHY 220.
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Prerequisite: PHY 220.
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5.00 Credits
The first course in a two-course calculus-based sequence for students of science, mathematics, and engineering with a laboratory. Topics include vectors, kinematics, dynamics, work, conservation of energy, linear and angular momentum, gravitation, mechanical waves and oscillations, and sound. Fulfills Foundations - Physical Sciences with a lab. Offered every semester. Prerequisite: MTH 201. Corequisite: MTH 202.
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Prerequisite: MTH 201. Corequisite: MTH 202.
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5.00 Credits
The second course in a two-semester sequence for students of science and engineering, with a laboratory. Topics include thermodynamics, Coulomb's law, electric fields and potential energy, Gauss's law, circuits, electrical waves and oscillations, Maxwell's equations, and optics. Offered every semester. Prerequisites: PHY 230 and MTH 202.
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Prerequisites: PHY 230 and MTH 202.
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4.00 Credits
A second course in calculus-based physics designed for engineering majors. Topics include electromagnetic theory, optics, and atomic and nuclear physics. Course content emphasizes areas of physics not covered in-depth by the engineering curriculum while minimizing areas of overlap. (3-0-2) Offered fall semester. Prerequisites: PHY 230 and MTH 202.
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Prerequisites: PHY 230 and MTH 202.
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0.50 - 4.00 Credits
Exploration at a moderate level of topics not addressed at the same level in other physics courses.
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4.00 Credits
A course in modern physics for students in science, math, and engineering, with a laboratory. Special relativity, particle-like properties of radiation, wave-like properties of matter, atomic models, and the Schrodinger equation with applications. (3-0-3) Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisite: PHY 231.
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Prerequisite: PHY 231.
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4.00 Credits
Course consists of four modules: Instrumentation, Statistics pertaining to physics, electronics, and an introduction to machine shop methods. Course culminates in a final project that includes the design, implementation, analysis, and written and oral report of an experiment geared toward student interest. (2-0-4) Offered fall semester. Prerequisites: PHY 302 and a Supplemental Writing Skills course.
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Prerequisites: PHY 302 and a Supplemental Writing Skills course.
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2.00 Credits
Experimental laboratory activities related to physics at the intermediate level. The experiments assigned are dependent on student interest and goals. (0-0-6) Offered winter semester. Prerequisites: PHY 309 and a Supplemental Writing Skills course.
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Prerequisites: PHY 309 and a Supplemental Writing Skills course.
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3.00 Credits
Geometric optics, including intermediate study of reflection and refraction. Physical optics, including intermediate study of interference and diffraction. Includes lasers and other applications. Offered fall of odd-numbered years. Prerequisite: PHY 231.
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Prerequisite: PHY 231.
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4.00 Credits
An intermediate-level study of Newtonian classical mechanics for students in science, math, and engineering. Newton's laws of motion, conservation laws, and applications, including conservative and nonconservative forces, velocity-dependent forces, work and energy, linear oscillations, central forces, and noninertial reference frames. Offered fall semester. Prerequisites: PHY 230 and (either MTH 302 or MTH 304) or permission of the instructor.
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Prerequisites: PHY 230 and (either MTH 302 or MTH 304) or permission of the instructor.
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