POLI 314 – United States Foreign Policy
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take POLI-101 or POLI-103. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: The principles and machinery of the conduct of American foreign relations. Primary emphasis is on United States foreign policy since World War II.
POLI 202 – State and Local Government
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take POLI-101 or POLI-103. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Survey of the functioning and problems of state and local government in the United States, with illustrations from South Carolina jurisdictions.
POLI 203 – International Relations
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take POLI-101 or POLI-103. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Examines the major factors underlying international relations, methods of conducting foreign relations, foreign policies of the major powers, and the means of avoiding or alleviating conflicts.
POLI 204 – Political Geography
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take GEOG-101 or GEOG-102. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: The physical and cultural factors of various countries and regions have greatly influenced political relations among these countries. Study of the development of the modern state and the relationships between political blocs in this context.
POLI 215 – Intro to Public Administration
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take POLI-101 or POLI-103. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Study of the nature of public administration in the United States with attention to policies of organization and management and to fiscal, personnel, planning, and public relations practices.
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.
POLI 101 – United States Government
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: An examination of United States political institutions with particular attention to the principles, processes, structure, and functions of the national government. This course includes an examination of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the Emancipation Proclamation, and other documents pertinent to the founding of the United States […]
POLI 103 – Introduction to Political Science
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Introductory study of the normative origins of government, structure and function of different political systems, relations between nation states, and various methods and approaches to the study of politics. This course includes an examination of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the Emancipation Proclamation, and other documents […]
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. […]
PHYS 406 – Advanced Computational Phys
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take PHYS-220 PHYS-301 PHYS-302 PHYS-314 MATH-301 CS-190 CS-212 or CS-226. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: A survey of advanced topics in computational physics including chaotic motion, mechanical and electromagnetic waves, diffusion, and fluid dynamics. Problems are solved using numerical methods involving ordinary and partial differential equations, linear algebra, and fast Fourier […]
PHYS 316 – Nuclear Physics
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take PHYS-314. (Required, Previous). | Take PHYS-316L. (Required, Concurrent). Credit Hours: Min: 4; Max: Description: Topics include: natural and artificial radioactivity, nuclear reactions, nuclear models and structure, particle accelerators and detectors, neutron physics and reactors, and an introduction to elementary particles.