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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
2 laboratory hours; 1 credit Measurement, pendulum, gravity, projectiles, force equilibria, acceleration, friction, energy, collisions, centripetal force, calorimetry, Boyle’s law. (science) Corequisite: PHY 120
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits Non-calculus physics for technology students. Waves, sound, light, geometrical optics, mirrors, lenses, diffraction; electric charge, potential, capacitance, current, resistance, magnetism, induction. (science) Prerequisite: PHY 110 Corequisite: PHY 151
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1.00 Credits
2 laboratory hours; 1 credit Standing waves, reflection, refraction, lenses, Millikan experiment, electric fields, capacitance, Ohm’s law, Wheatstone bridge, meters, magnetic field, AC circuits. (science) Corequisite: PHY 150
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2.00 Credits
3 class hours, 2 laboratory hours; 4 credits Non-calculus physics for electrical technology students. Simple harmonic motion, wave motion, sound, light, optics, electric and magnetic fields, atomic and nuclear physics. (science) Prerequisite: PHY 110
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4.00 Credits
3 class hours, 2 laboratory hours; 4 credits Continuation of PHY 116 for students requiring one year of physics. Extension of the energy concept to atoms and electricity; nuclear energy and radioactivity; electricity as energy and information transfer in animate and inanimate systems; magnetism; mass spectroscopy and its uses; light, with applications to the eye, the camera, microscopes, fiber-optical diagnostic instruments, and spectroscopy. Articulated experiments include optics, optical and mass spectroscopy, electricity, heat, instrumentation. (science) Prerequisite: PHY 116
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 3 credits Calculus-based physics for science and engineering majors. Electrostatics, potential, Ohm’s law, resistance, capacitance, RC circuits, magnetism, induction, waves, and geometric optics. (science) Prerequisite: PHY 120 Corequisites: MTH 232 or MTH 236, and PHY 161
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1.00 Credits
2 laboratory hours; 1 credit Millikan experiment, electric fields, capacitance, Ohm’s law, Wheatstone bridge, DC circuits, meters, RC circuits, electron beams, CRO, AC circuits, standing waves, spectroscope. (science) Corequisite: PHY 160
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2.00 Credits
(Also SLS 261) 3 class hours, 2 laboratory hours; 4 credits A culturally oriented course and associated laboratory for liberal arts students who seek to deepen their understanding and appreciation of the style and status of modern physical inquiry. Topics will be drawn from Newtonian mechanics, quantum theory, relativity, and nuclear physics. Prerequisites: A minimum GPA of 2.75; MTH 025 or MTH 030 or an appropriate score on the Mathematics Department Placement Examination; and at least one Scientific Analysis course other than ELT, MET, or SCI courses.
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6.00 Credits
6 hours; 4 credits A review of the natural laws necessary for the understanding of engineering and applied problems. Included will be topics in classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and wave motion. Prerequisite: PHY 150 or equivalent Corequisite: ENS 200 or equivalent
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4.00 Credits
4 hours; 3 credits Calculus-based physics for engineering and physical science majors. Wave mechanics, electromagnetic spectrum, radiation, photoelectric and Compton effects, spectra. Introductory quantum mechanics, harmonic oscillator, hydrogen atom, many-electron atoms, binding and energy bands in solids. Prerequisite: PHY 160 or 230 Pre- or corequisite: MTH 330
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