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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
Laboratory, 3 hours. Laboratory work to accompany Electronics I. Computer assisted design of analog and digital circuits. Diodes, filters, transistors, oscillators, amplifiers, analog to digital and digital to analog conversion, combinational and sequential logic, programmable logic devices. Cross-listed as ES 231. Must be taken concurrently with Electronics I.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours. Introduction to physical principles encountered in the study of music, applicable laws of mechanics and acoustics, harmonic analysis, musical scales, sound production in musical instruments, and elements of electronic music. Satisfies GE, category B3. Prerequisite: one course in physical science or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 4 hours. The continuation of PHYS 214. Special relativity, elementary quantum mechanics, the Bohr atom and deBroglie waves, the Schr?dinger wave equation with applications to simple one-dimensional problems and to atomic structure, elementary nuclear physics, introduction to equilibrium statistical mechanics, the partition function, and Boltzmann statistics. Prerequisites: PHYS 214; previous or concurrent enrollment in MATH 261.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours. Principles of Newtonian mechanics. Relativistic dynamics. Introduction to Hamiltonian mechanics. Applications to central force problems and small vibrations. Prerequisites: PHYS 114, PHYS 325.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours. Coordinate systems and vectors; vector calculus; series expansions; differential equations; orthonomal functions; matrices and tensors; eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and eigenfunctions; solutions of systems of linear equations; complex numbers, complex plane, polar forms; Fourier series and Fourier integrals; use of mathematical symbolic processing software. Prerequisites: PHYS 214 and MATH 261 or consent of instructor. Sonoma State University 2006-2008 Catalog Physics Page 307
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3.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours. The quantum theory of light, coherence, interference, diffraction and polarization, masers, lasers, geometrical optics, spectroscopy. Prerequisite: PHYS 314 or 325.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours. A descriptive, nonmathematical but analytical treatment of the physical properties of light, the camera, telescope, microscope, and laser; holography, mirages, rainbows and the blue sky; colors in flowers, gems, and pigments; human and animal vision and visual perception. Satisfies GE, category B3. Prerequisite: any physical science course or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Lecture, 2 hours; laboratory, 3 hours. Selected topics in experimental quantum physics, photonics (including fiber optic systems and lasers), materials science (including scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy), X-ray analysis, applied nuclear physics, medical physics, biophysics, and precision machining. Prerequisites: PHYS 314 and 216, or consent of instructor.
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2.00 Credits
Lecture, 1 hour; laboratory, 3 hours. Problem-solving techniques including data reduction and error analysis for the physical sciences. The student is introduced to high-level programming languages such as C++ and various mathematical tools including Excel, Mathematica, and MathCad. Topics include modern programming techniques, use of graphics and mathematical function libraries, linear least squares data fitting techniques, and error analysis. Prerequisites: PHYS 114 and MATH 211.
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1.00 - 2.00 Credits
CIP involves students in basic community problems related to physics and astronomy— performing such tasks as tutoring, reading to the blind, service to local, county, and state agencies, and service as teacher aides to elementary schools. Students receive 1-2 units, depending on the specific task performed. Not more than 4 CIP units will be applicable to the physics major requirements. May be taken by petition only.
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