PHYS 310L – Electronics Laboratory
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take PHYS-310. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: ; Max: Description:
PHYS 312 – Lasers & Optics
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take PHYS-202 or PHYS-216. (Required, Previous). | Take MATH-201. (Required, Concurrent). | Take PHYS-312L. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 4; Max: Description: Introduction to lasers and optics. Laser topics include laser emission, holography, fiber optics, laser spectroscopy, and laser applications. Optics topics include geometrical and physical optics with an emphasis on the wave properties […]
PHYS 302L – General Physics II Laboratory
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: ; Max: Description:
PHYS 306 – Computational Physics
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description:
PHYS 201 – Technical Physics II
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take MATH-201. (Required, Previous or concurrent). | Take PHYS-201L. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 4; Max: Description: Calculus-based introduction to classical mechanics and dynamics. Topics include vectors and vector notation; Newton’s Three Laws of Motion; force; motion in one, two, and three dimensions; linear momentum; torque; rotational motion; angular momentum; work-energy; kinetic and potential […]
MATH 201L – Calculus I Workshop
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take MATH-201. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: Description: Intensive calculus workshop for students enrolled in Mathematics 201. Students work collaboratively in small groups on problems that emphasize the key ideas of calculus. The workshop will also introduce students to technology that can automate and help visualize calculus concepts. Assessed as S (Satisfactory) […]
BIOL 415 – Radiation Biology
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take PHYS-316 BIOL-105 BIOL-115L BIOL-107 BIOL-106 or BIOL-108. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Topics include the fundamental physical, chemical, and biological mechanisms that lead to radiation-induced biological damage. The course will begin with interactions and responses at a molecular level and progress towards cellular and systemic responses to the damage. Methods […]
BIOL 402 – Terrestrial Ecology
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take BIOL-105 BIOL-115L BIOL-107 BIOL-106 BIOL-108 CHEM-102. (Required, Previous). | Take BIOL-402L. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 4; Max: Description: Structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems, communities, and populations; relationships of organisms (including human beings) to their environments.
BIOL 115 – Life Science Lab
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: Description:
PHYS 417L – Principles of Health Physics Lab
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take PHYS-417. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: ; Max: Description:
PHYS 419 – Sr Seminar in Physics
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 1; Max: Description: In conjunction with a physics faculty adviser, each student will prepare a formal scientific review article on a physics topic. The topics assigned will be determined based on the interest of the student. The culmination of this course is a detailed written report and an oral presentation.
PHYS 401 – Quantum Mechanics
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take PHYS-220 PHYS-314. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Methods of quantum theory including quantum state vectors, operators, eigenvalue equations, and expectation values. The Schrodinger Equation and applications to quantum spins, bound particles, free particles, and scattering. Three-dimensional problems including the hydrogen atom. Perturbation theory and its application to atoms and molecules. […]