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PHYSIC 107 College Physics I
Description:
Non-calculus introductory physics for life-science students and others with a program requirement for a year of physics at this level. Topics include mechanics, fluids, wave motion, kinetic theory of gases, temperature and heat. Students who need or want laboratory work in physics should enroll concurrently in PHYSIC 181. Note: Students may not receive credit for both PHYSIC 107-108 and 113-114. More Info
Offered in:PHYSIC 108 College Physics II
Description:
A continuation of PHYSIC 107. Topics include thermodynamics, electricity, and magnetism; optics; and a preview of modern physics. Students who need or want laboratory work in physics should enroll concurrently in PHYSIC 182. Note: Students may not receive credit for both PHYSIC 107-108 and 113-114. More Info
Offered in:PHYSIC 113 Fundamentals of Physics I
Description:
The first semester of calculus-level introductory physics. Topics include mechanics, fluids, waves, kinetic theory, and heat. Students who need or want laboratory work in physics should enroll concurrently in PHYSIC 181. Note: Students may not receive credit for both PHYSIC 107-108 and 113-114. More Info
Offered in:PHYSIC 114 Fundamentals of Physics II
Description:
The second semester of calculus-level introductory physics. Topics include thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, geometrical and wave optics. Students who need or want laboratory work in Physics should enroll concurrently in PHYSIC 182. Note: Students may not receive credit for both PHYSIC 107-108 and 113-114. More Info
Offered in:PHYSIC 121 Introduction to Astronomy
Description:
Descriptive introduction to astronomy and astrophysics. Topics include introductory material on light, telescopes, and spectroscopy; properties of stars and stellar evolution, including the formation of stars, stellar energy cycles, red giants, white dwarfs, supernovae, neutron stars, and black holes; galactic structure; the expansion of the universe; cosmology; the past and future of the universe. More Info
Offered in:PHYSIC 126 Solar System Astronomy
Description:
Descriptive introduction to the study of the solar system and its structure. Topics include the historical development of early astronomy; the properties of the sun; the planets and their satellites; comets, asteroids, and meteorites; the results of spacecraft exploration. More Info
Offered in:PHYSIC 134 Energy for the Future
Description:
The current means of providing energy for our society are not sustainable. The need for secure, alternative and clean sources of power is increasingly apparent. This course, intended for a general audience, provides an overview of the energy problem. It covers the ways we currently obtain and use power and considers the scientific and technological issues involved in emerging technologies. More Info
Offered in:PHYSIC 181 Physics Laboratory I
Description:
Exploration of basic physical phenomena through laboratory work. Experiments in kinematics, mechanics and hydrostatics. This course is designed to accompany either level of introductory physics. More Info
Offered in:PHYSIC 182 Physics Laboratory II
Description:
Exploration of basic physical phenomena through laboratory work. Experiments in thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism and optics. This course is designed to accompany either level of introductory physics. More Info
Offered in:PHYSIC 211 Introduction to Contemporary Physics
Description:
The third semester of calculus-level introductory physics. Topics include special relativity; the historical development of quantum theory; elements of quantum mechanics; with applications to atomic, molecular, solid state, nuclear and particle physics. Students who need or want laboratory work in modern physics should enroll concurrently in PHYSIC 281. More Info
Offered in:PHYSIC 214 Thermodynamics
Description:
An introduction to the principles of thermodynamics. Concepts include temperature, internal energy, heat, free energy, entropy, work, and the laws which relate them to each other. Application is made to systems including ideal gases, heat engines and refrigerators. More Info
Offered in:PHYSIC 281 Physical Laboratory I
PHYSIC 312 Mechanics
Description:
Principles of Newtonian mechanics, conservation laws, gravitational potential theory, and conservative fields, central forces, oscillatory systems, rigid body rotation, and relativistic mechanics. More Info
Offered in:PHYSIC 321 Theory of Electricity and Magnetism I
PHYSIC 322 Theory of Electricity and Magnetism II
Description:
A continuation of PHYSIC 321. Description of the phenomena of electricity and magnetism in mathematical terms, boundary value problems and boundary conditions, transmission lines, wave guides, radiation from a moving charge, and special relativity. More Info
Offered in:PHYSIC 350 Statistical Physics
Description:
Topics in heat, thermodynamics, kinetic theory, and elementary statistical mechanics. More Info
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PHYSIC 362 Computational Science
Description:
This course provides an introduction to some of the computational techniques employed, as well as illustrative applications in the natural sciences, and is intended to be accessible to majors from all science disciplines. The topics covered will begin with the numerical computation of derivatives and integrals. After discussing methods for finding roots of equations, solutions to systems of linear equations will be studies using matrix methods. These techniques are then extended to the solution of systems of ordinary differential equations with boundary or initial conditions. Scientific applications will include discrete and continuous time population and ecological models; reaction kinetics; radioactive decay; and solutions to one-dimensional Poisson and Schroedinger equations. Students will use MATLAB software as a platform to explore these computational techniques. More Info
Offered in:PHYSIC 382 Intermediate Laboratory
Description:
Experiments in geometrical and physical optics, electronics, atomic physics, and nuclear physics. Individual program of experiments for each student according to his or her interests and previous experience. More Info
Offered in:PHYSIC 421 Atomic Physics and Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
Description:
The fundamental and elementary applications of quantum mechanics with emphasis on physical content rather than formalism. Elementary wave mechanics developed and applied to simple atomic structure. Topics include spectroscopic and other phenomena which form the experimental basis of modern atomic physics, the role of the Pauli principle and spin in determining periodic atomic properties, and radiation phenomena. More Info
Offered in:PHYSIC 479 Readings in Physics I
Description:
Supervised individual study of special topics in physics that are not available in regular courses. More Info
Offered in:PHYSIC 480 Readings in Physics II
Description:
Supervised individual study of special topics in physics that are not available in regular courses. More Info
Offered in:PHYSIC 481 Adv Projects Lab
Description:
Individual projects laboratory under the guidance of faculty in experimental and applied physics. An opportunity for the student to coordinate knowledge from mathematics, basic sciences and engineering sciences in the development of a specific project. Selected projects will emphasize design, analysis, development and evaluation; they will be chosen to simulate, as closely as possible, situations that might occur in industrial research and development. More Info
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PHYSIC 482 Adv Projects Lab
Description:
Individual projects laboratory under the guidance of faculty in experimental and applied physics. An opportunity for the student to coordinate knowledge from mathematics, basic sciences and engineering sciences in the development of a specific project. Selected projects will emphasize design, analysis, development and evaluation; they will be chosen to simulate, as closely as possible, situations that might occur in industrial research and development. More Info
Offered in:PHYSIC 487 Research in Physics I
PHYSIC 488 Research Physics II
