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PHYSICS
PHYSICS
FACULTY: Assistant Professors: Michael Ferralli, David Groh.
Instructor: Perry Hilburn.
PHYS 100: Physics for Respiratory Care
An introductory course for the respiratory care major in the principles of physics in the health sciences.
3 credits
PHYS 101: Physics for Life Sciences
An introductory course in general physics to train allied health students for a qualitative understanding of the basic laws of physics, and how these laws are applied in the medical sciences.
Prerequisite: High School Trig
3 credits
PHYS 105: General Physics I
An introduction to mechanics, fluids and waves. Emphasizes quantitative and conceptual understanding without use of calculus.
Prerequisite: MATH 112
3 credits
PHYS 106: General Physics I Lab
Experimental verification of some topics from PHYS 105. Lab includes computer use in data collection.
1 credit
PHYS 108: General Physics II
An introduction to electricity and magnetism, heat, and optics. Emphasizes quantitative and conceptual understanding
without use of calculus.
Prerequisite: PHYS 105
3 credits
PHYS 109: General Physics II Lab
Experimental verification of some topics from PHYS 108. Lab includes computer use in data collection.
1 credit
PHYS 111: General Physics III
An introduction to mechanics. Topics covered include kinematics, dynamics, energy, momentum and rotation.
Prerequisite: MATH 130
3 credits
PHYS 112: General Physics III Lab
Experimental verification of some topics from PHYS 111. Lab includes computer use in data collection.
1 credit
PHYS 212: General Physics IV
An introduction to fluids, thermodynamics, waves and optics.
Prerequisites: MATH 131, PHYS 111
3 credits
PHYS 213: General Physics IV Lab
Experimental verification of some topics from PHYS 212. Lab includes computer use in data collection.
1 credit
PHYS 214: General Physics V
An introduction to electricity and magnetism.
Prerequisites: MATH 232, PHYS 111
3 credits
PHYS 215: General Physics V Lab
Experimental verification of some topics from PHYS 214. Lab includes computer use in data collection.
1 credit
PHYS 218: Lab for Engineers
A selection of experiments chosen from topics covered in PHYS 111 and PHYS 212. Lab includes computer use in data collection.
Prerequisites: MATH 131, PHYS 111
1 credit
PHYS 300: Introduction to Modern Physics
An historical and quantitative presentation of the events and thinking which led to the twentieth century revision of
Classical Physics. An introduction to Relativity, Planck Quantum Theory, the Bohr atom, de Broglie’s thesis, Schroedinger quantum mechanics, and electronic spin.
Prerequisites: PHYS 111, 212, 214 or equivalent.
3 credits
PHYS 301: Theoretical Mechanics
Particle dynamics, moving reference systems, central forces, collision theory, dynamics of a system of particles, rigid
body motion, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Theory.
Prerequisites: PHYS 111, 212, 214, MATH 232.
3 credits
PHYS 304: Mathematical Methods of Physics
Fourier series, Fourier transform, Laplace transform, vector field theory, complex variables, partial differential equations, special functions, probability, numerical analysis, matrices.
Prerequisite: MATH 232
3 credits
PHYS 321: Statistical Mechanics
Boltzman, Fermi-Dirac, and Bose-Einstein statistics by the combinatorial methods, entropy and probability, partition functions, classical and quantum mechanical specific heats of gases and solids, Planck radiation law, paramagnetic susceptibilities.
Prerequisites: Chem/CHEM 331, MATH 232
3 credits, Spring
PHYS 332: Experimental Physics
Selected experiments from the entire field, designed to develop a facility with laboratory techniques, a critical awareness of the errors of measurements and the consequent limitations on empirical conclusions, and an original initiative toward minimizing these limitations through refinements of techniques and instruments.
Laboratory: Six hours per week.
2 credits
PHYS 406: Optics
Fermat’s principles, thick lens theory, third order aberration theory, interference phenomena, Kirchoff’s integral, Fresnel and Farunhoffer diffraction, Fourier transform optics, coherence times and lengths, holography, polarization, absorption, scattering, dispersion.
Prerequisites: PHYS 212, MATH 232
3 credits
PHYS 430: Quantum Mechanics I
Schrbdinger Quantum Mechanics from an operator standpoint, wells, barriers and the harmonic oscillator, the Hydrogen atom, electric spin, angular momentum, perturbation theory, matrix representations, relativistic corrections, multi-electron atoms, Zeeman and Stark effects, molecular states.
Prerequisites: PHYS 300, 304
3 credits
PHYS 431: Quantum Mechanics II
Schrbdinger Quantum Mechanics from an operator standpoint, wells, barriers and the harmonic oscillator, the Hydrogen atom, electric spin, angular momentum, perturbation theory, matrix representations, relativistic corrections, multi-electron atoms, Zeeman and Stark effects, molecular states.
Prerequisites: PHYS 300, 304
3 credits
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