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1.00 Credits
This seminar will focus on the development and use of the atomic bomb during the Second World War with an emphasis on the life of Robert Oppenheimer. Ethical considerations based on historical documents are explored.1 credit.
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3.00 Credits
The study of wave motion, analysis, and synthesis of waves and signals, physical characteristics of musical sounds, musical instruments, the acoustical properties of rooms and studio design principles. Prerequisite: PHY 102, 104 or 112 or permission. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to modern physics, including special relativity, the foundation of atomic physics, quantum theory of radiation, the atomic nucleus, radioactivity and nuclear reactions, with laboratory work in each area. Prerequisite: PHY 102, 104 or 112, MAS 111 or 161 or permission. 4 credits.
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3.00 Credits
The physics of electrons and electronic devices, including diodes, transistors, power supplies, amplifiers, oscillators, switching circuits, and integrated circuits, with laboratory work in each area. Prerequisite: PHY 102, 104 or 112, or permission. 4 credits.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the approximate numerical solution of physical problems with computers. The course focuses on problems from mechanics, electromagnetics, and quantum mechanics that are not analytically solvable. Topics include realistic projectile motion, planetary motion, and electromagnetic fields produced by charge and current distributions. Prerequisites: PHY 102, 104 or 112 and MAS 111 or 161. 3 credits
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3.00 Credits
A study of the physics of light, with emphasis on the mathematics of wave motion and the interference, diffraction and polarization of electromagnetic waves. The course also includes geometric optics with applications to thick lens, lens systems and fiber optics. Prerequisite: PHY 112 and either MAS 112 or MAS 162. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the physics of heat, with emphasis on the first and second laws of thermodynamics. Applications of thermodynamics to physics and engineering are included. Elements of kinetic theory and statistical physics are developed. Prerequisite: PHY 112 and either MAS 112 or MAS 162. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
A rigorous study of classical mechanics, including the motion of a single particle, the motion of a system of particles and the motion of a rigid body. Damped and forced harmonic motion, the central force problem, the Euler description of rigid body motion and the Lagrange generalization of Newtonian mechanics are among the topics treated. Prerequisite: PHY 111 and MAS 266. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Second semester of a rigorous study of classical mechanics, including the motion of a single particle, the motion of a system of particles and the motion of a rigid body. Damped and forced harmonic motion, the central force problem, the Euler description of rigid body motion and the Lagrange generalization of Newtonian mechanics are among the topics treated. Prerequisite: PHY 111 and MAS 266. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
Theory of the basic phenomena of electromagnetism together with the application of fundamental principles of the solving of problems. The electric and magnetic properties of matter, direct current circuits, alternating current circuits, the Maxwell field equations and the propagation of electromagnetic waves are among the topics treated Prerequisite: PHY 112 and MAS 266. 3 credits.
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