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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PHYS 2321, 2121, ASTR 1301, 1101. The development of astronautics with emphasis on the extension of aviation into aerospace and the impact of the space age on our society and culture. An introduction to the fundamentals of rocket and space vehicle development, propulsion, dynamics, transfer orbits, and space navigation. Three hours lecture. Three credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: major in physics, junior standing, and consent of department chairperson. Further work experiences to enhance college education through an internship in astronomy, engineering physics, or physics. A minimum of nine hours work per week. The exact number of hours will depend on the nature of the work experience and will be specified by a contract. Three credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: consent of chairperson. Individual research by the advanced student. Topics determined on the basis of faculty interests and availability. One to three hours per credit hour. Exact time and nature of the experience will depend on the particular subject of the independent study and will be agreed on at the beginning of the term by the student and the instructor. One, two, or three credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Advanced experiments to acquaint the student with the problems and techniques of research activities. Equipment such as a 12- inch computer-controlled telescope with electronic camera, a 17-inch heliostat,and audio spectrum analyzers are available for student use. The advanced laboratory exposes the student to modern research techniques and provides many traditional laboratory experiences. Three to six hours of laboratory. One or two credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHYS 4111 or 4211. Continuation of PHYS 4111 or 4211. Three to six hours laboratory. One or two credit hours.
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1.00 Credits
Presentation of selected papers by students, faculty members, and invited speakers at weekly departmental meetings. Discussions, analysis, and implications of theoretical and experimental studies in the physical sciences. One hour. One credit hour.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Advanced, specialized topics of current interest in physics and astronomy. Dual-listed in the UALR Graduate Catalog at the 5000-level. One, two, three, or four hours of lecture or equivalent per week. One, two, three, or four credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: consent of department chairperson, junior or senior standing, compliance with approved guidelines (available from chairperson). Trains the student to analyze, plan and conduct experimental work on a research problem. Frequent conferences and a study of research literature with a final report are required. May extend over two semesters. Four to six hours per week for each hour of credit earned. Exact hourly commitment per week will depend on the nature of the project and will be agreed on in advance by the student and the instructor. Two, three, or four credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PHYS 2322, 3323. A microscopic, unified approach to thermodynamics and statistical mechanics with applications to ideal gases, including blackbody radiation and conduction electrons, magnetic systems, the Debye model, and chemical and phase equilibria. Dual-listed in the UALR Graduate Catalog as PHYS 5310. Three hours lecture, one hour optional discussion. Three credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PHYS 2321, MATH 2306 or 1452, or consent of the instructor. Concepts of Newtonian mechanics, dynamics of particles and systems of particles, gravitation, vector analysis, dynamics of rigid bodies, moving coordinate systems, continuous media, small oscillations, and the methods of Lagrange and Hamilton. Dual-listed in the UALR Graduate Catalog as PHYS 5311. Three hours lecture, one hour optional discussion. Three credit hours.
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