2024-2025 Academic Catalog

BEGINNING COURSE IN MECHANICS AND THERMODYNAMICS. 3 HOURS LECTURE, 2 HOURS LAB. (NOTE: DEGREE CREDIT NOT ALLOWED IN BOTH PHYS 1114 AND PHYS 2115.) Required Previous: Must remediate science deficiency by completing PHSCI-0123 or passing placement test.

LAB COURSE FOR PHYS 1114. Required Previous: MATH-1513 or departmental approval

BEGINNING COURSE IN ELECTRICITY, MAGNETISM, WAVES AND SOUND, AND OPTICS. 3 HOURS LECTURE, 2 HOURS LAB. (NOTE: DEGREE CREDIT NOT ALLOWED IN BOTH PHYS 1214 AND PHYS 2225.) Required Previous: PHYS-1114

LAB COURSE FOR PHYS 1214. Required Previous: PHYS-1114

A NON-MATHEMATICAL TREATMENT OF INTRODUCTORY ASTRONOMY. TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE A STUDY OF THE CONSTELLATIONS, THEORIES OF PLANETARY MOTION, THEORIES OF EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE, AND SUCH EXTRAGALACTIC OBJECTS AS NEBULAE, STAR CLUSTERS, VARIABLE STARS, BINARY STARS AND QUASISTELLAROBJECTS. LABORATORY WORK INCLUDED. Required Previous: Must remediate science deficiency by completing PHSCI-0123 or passing placement test.

VECTORS, KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS OF PARTICLES, WORK AND ENERGY SYSTEMS OF PARTICLES, ROTATIONAL KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS, GRAVITATION, FLUID MECHANICS AND HEAT. 4 HOURS LECTURE, 2 HOURS LABORATORY. (NOTE: DEGREE CREDIT NOT ALLOWED IN BOTH PHYS 1114 AND PHYS 2115) Required Previous: MATH-2825

LAB COURSE FOR PHYS 2115. Required Previous: MATH-2825

THERMODYNAMICS, VIBRATIONS, WAVES AND SOUND, ELECTRICITY, MAGNETISM, OPTICS, AND RADIOACTIVITY. 4 HOURS LECTURE, 2 HOURS LAB. (NOTE: DEGREE CREDIT NOT ALLOWED IN BOTH PHYS 1214 AND PHYS 2225.) Required Previous: MATH-3025

LAB COURSE FOR PHYS 2225.

APPLICATIONS OF DIFFERENTIAL AND INTEGRAL CALCULUS TO SELECTED TOPICS IN MECHANICS, THERMODYNAMICS, WAVES, ELECTRICITY, AND MAGNETISM. Required Previous: PHYS-1114

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

THE QUANTUM THEORY, BORH'S THEORY OF THE HYDROGEN ATOM, EINSTEIN'S THEORY OF RELATIVITY. Required Previous: PHYS-2225

LINEAR MOTION, MOMENTUM, POTENTIAL THEORY, CONSERVATIVE FORCES. Required Previous: PHYS-2115

LANGRANGIAN AND HAMILTONIAN MECHANICS. Required Previous: PHYS-3113

AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN ELECTRONICS WHICH COVERS SUCH TOPICS AS DIGITAL ELECTRONICS, CIRCUIT THEORY, SOLID STATE THEORY, COMMONLY USED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION, MICROPROCESSOR BASICS, AND POWER SUPPLIES. Required Previous: PHYS-1214 or PHYS-2225

BASIC EXPERIMENTS IN ANALOG AND DIGITAL ELECTRONICS TO ACCOMPANY PHYS 3213 BASIC ELECTRONICS. Required Previous or Concurrent: Take PHYS-3213

INTENDED FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN MEDICAL PHYSICS, RADIOLOGY, PRE-MEDICINE, AND BIOLOGY. INTRODUCTION TO X-RAYS, MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, ULTRASOUND, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, GAMMA KNIFE, RADIATION THERAPY, RADIOISOTOPES, AND BRACHYTHERAPY. VARIOUS CAREERS IN MEDICAL PHYSICS AND MEDICINE WILL ALSO BE EXAMINED AS WELL AS THE PREPARATION REQUIRED IN THESE FIELDS. Required Previous: PHYS-1214 or PHYS-2225

ADVANCED EXPERIMENTS IN CLASSICAL AND MODERN PHYSICS. Required Previous: PHYS-1214 or PHYS-2225

PRINCIPALLY ELECTRICITY AND LIGHT, VARIED AS NECESSARY. OPEN TO UNDERGRADUATES ONLY. Required Previous: PHYS-1214 or PHYS-2225

LABORATORY COURSE IN ULTRASOUND PHYSICS WHICH COVERS GENERAL DESIGN AND FUNCTION OF TRANSDUCERS, ECHO SIGNAL DESCRIPTION, MEASURING DEPTH IN TIME, DEPTH, BUILD, AND MOTION MODES, FOURIER TRANSFORM CALCULATIONS OF FREQUENCY, EFFECTS OF SOUND IN VARIOUS MEDIA, CALCULATION OF VARIOUS PROPERTIES OF MATTER USING SOUNDWAVES, USE OF PHANTOMS IN IMAGING, PROPAGATION OF SOUND IN MATTER, USE OF CONTINUOUS AND PULSED WAVE TRANSDUCERS, AND DELIVERY OF ENERGY VIA SOUND WAVES. Required Previous: PHYS-1214 or PHYS-2225

PROPERTIES OF SUBSTANCES AND PRINCIPLES GOVERNING CHANGES IN FORM OF ENERGY. FIRST AND SECOND LAWS. Required Previous: PHYS-2225

GEOMETRICAL AND PHYSICAL OPTICS. Required Previous: PHYS-1214 or PHYS-2225

ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS. GAUSS'S THEOREM, POTENTIAL THEORY, MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS. Required Previous: PHYS-2225

COURSE INVOLVES LABORATORY EXPERIENCE IN THE STUDY OF GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY USING A NAI DETECTOR, X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES, AND OTHER NUCLEAR PHYSICS TOPICS. Required Previous: PHYS-3013

NUCLEAR DISINTEGRATIONS, NUCLEAR STRUCTURE, NEUTRON PHYSICS. Required Previous: PHYS-3013

A CONTINUATION OF THE TOPICS INTRODUCED IN PHYS 3213 BASIC ELECTRONICS. Required Previous: PHYS-4113

THE SCHRODINGER EQUATION, ITS STATISTICAL INTERPRETATION, PHYSICAL MEANING OF QUANTUM MECHANICS. Required Previous: PHYS-3013

FUNCTIONS OF A REAL VARIABLE, ELLIPTIC FUNCTIONS, BESSEL FUNCTIONS, THEORY OF INTEGRATION, FOURIER SERIES AND THE LAPLACE TRANSFORM. Required Previous: PHYS-3113

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

THE HAMILTONIAN EQUATIONS, LAGRANGE'S FORMULATION, CANONICAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND RELATIVITY MECHANICS. Required Previous: PHYS-3123

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON SELECTED PROBLEM OR SPECIAL TOPIC.

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON SELECTED PROBLEM OR SPECIAL TOPIC.

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON SELECTED PROBLEM OR SPECIAL TOPIC.

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON SELECTED PROBLEM OR SPECIAL TOPIC.

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON DEFINITE PROBLEM OR SPECIAL SUBJECT, BASED ON APPROVED OUTLINE OR PLAN, CONFERENCES, ORAL AND WRITTEN REPORTS. Required Previous: Twelve (12) hours of Physics

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON DEFINITE PROBLEM OR SPECIAL SUBJECT, BASED ON APPROVED OUTLINE OR PLAN, CONFERENCES, ORAL AND WRITTEN REPORTS. Required Previous: Twelve (12) hours of Physics

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON DEFINITE PROBLEM OR SPECIAL SUBJECT, BASED ON APPROVED OUTLINE OR PLAN, CONFERENCES, ORAL AND WRITTEN REPORTS. Required Previous: Twelve (12) hours of Physics

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON DEFINITE PROBLEM OR SPECIAL SUBJECT, BASED ON APPROVED OUTLINE OR PLAN, CONFERENCES, ORAL AND WRITTEN REPORTS. Required Previous: Twelve (12) hours of Physics

A NON-MATHEMATICAL TREATMENT OF INTRODUCTORY ASTRONOMY. TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE A STUDY OF THE CONSTELLATIONS, THEORIES OF PLANETARY MOTION, THEORIES OF EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE, AND SUCH EXTRAGALACTIC OBJECTS AS NEBULAE, STAR CLUSTERS, VARIABLE STARS, BINARY STARS AND QUASISTELLAR OBJECTS. LABORATORY WORK INCLUDED.

THERMODYNAMICS, VIBRATIONS, WAVES AND SOUND, ELECTRICITY, MAGNETISM, OPTICS, AND RADIOACTIVITY. 4 HOURS LECTURE, 2 HOURS LAB. (NOTE: DEGREE CREDIT NOT ALLOWED IN BOTH PHYS 1214 AND PHYS 2225.) Required Previous: MATH-3025

THE QUANTUM THEORY, BORH'S THEORY OF THE HYDROGEN ATOM, EINSTEIN'S THEORY OF RELATIVITY. Required Previous: PHYS-2225

LANGRANGIAN AND HAMILTONIAN MECHANICS Required Previous: PHYS-3113

AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN ELECTRONICS WHICH COVERS SUCH TOPICS AS DIGITAL ELECTRONICS, CIRCUIT THEORY, SOLID STATE THEORY, COMMONLY USED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION, MICROPROCESSOR BASICS, AND POWER SUPPLIES. Required Previous: PHYS-1214 or PHYS-2225

GEOMETRICAL AND PHYSICAL OPTICS. Required Previous: PHYS-1214 or PHYS-2225

ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS. GAUSS'S THEOREM, POTENTIAL THEORY, MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS. Required Previous: PHYS-2225

NUCLEAR DISINTEGRATIONS, NUCLEAR STRUCTURE, NEUTRON PHYSICS. Required Previous: PHYS-3013

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED GROUP STUDY ON SPECIAL SUBJECT OR PROBLEM.

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON SELECTED PROBLEM OR SPECIAL TOPIC.

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON SELECTED PROBLEM OR SPECIAL TOPIC.

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON SELECTED PROBLEM OR SPECIAL TOPIC.

DIRECTED INTENSIVE STUDY ON SELECTED PROBLEM OR SPECIAL TOPIC.