PHYS - Physics
PHYS 1111. Introductory Physics 1 (3-0-3)Prerequisite: MATH 1113 with a grade of C or better. Co-requisite: PHYS 1311. An introductory course which will include mechanics (kinematics, dynamics, work and energy, momentum and collisions, and rotational motion and statics), and may also include thermodynamics and waves. Elementary algebra and trigonometry will be used.
PHYS 1112. Introductory Physics 2 (3-0-3)Prerequisites: PHYS 1111 and PHYS 1311 each with a grade of C or better; Co-requisite: PHYS 1312. An introductory course which will include electrostatics, electric current and circuits, and electromagnetism, and may also include optics and modern physics. Elementary algebra and trigonometry will be used.
PHYS 1125. Physics of Color and Sound (3-0-3) A basic physics course intended primarily for non-science majors with little mathematics background. Topics will include properties of waves, sound and light, and the principles and applications of acoustics and optics.
PHYS 1311. Introductory Physics 1 Lab (0-3-1) Pre-requisite: MATH 1113 with a grade of C or better. Co-requisite: PHYS 1111. Selected laboratory experiments paralleling the topics covered in PHYS 1111. (Course fee required.)
PHYS 1312. Introductory Physics 2 Lab (0-3-1)Prerequisites: PHYS 1111 and PHYS 1311 each with a grade of C or better; Co-requisite: PHYS 1112. Selected laboratory experiments in electricity magnetism, optics and modern physics. (Course fee required.)
PHYS 1325. Physics of Color and Sound Lab (0-2-1) Co-requisite: PHYS 1125. Laboratory course to accompany Physics of Color and Sound. Individual laboratory experiments, demonstrations, and discussions relating to acoustics and optics. (Course fee required.)
PHYS 2211. Principles of Physics 1 (3-0-3)Prerequisite: MATH 1131 with a grade of C or better; Co-requisite: PHYS 2311. An introductory course which will include mechanics (kinematics, dynamics, work and energy, momentum and collisions, and rotational motion and statics), and may also include thermodynamics and waves. Elementary calculus will be used.
PHYS 2212. Principles of Physics 2 (3-0-3)Prerequisites: PHYS 2211 and PHYS 2311 and MATH 1132, each with a grade of C or better; Co-requisite: PHYS 2312. An introductory course which will include electrostatics, electric current and circuits, and electromagnetism, and may also include optics and modern physics. Elementary calculus will be used.
PHYS 2311. Principles of Physics 1 Lab (0-3-1)Prerequisite: MATH 1131 with grade of C or better; Co-requisite: PHYS 2211. Selected laboratory experiments in mechanics, fluids and waves. (Course fee required.)
PHYS 2312. Principles of Physics 2 Lab (0-3-1)Prerequisites: PHYS 2211 and PHYS 2311 with a grade of C or better; Co-requisite: PHYS 2212. Selected laboratory experiments in electricity, magnetism and optics. (Course fee required.)
PHYS 3100. Waves and Optics (3-0-3)Prerequisites: Phys 2212 and 2312 or permission of instructor. Mechanical waves; superposition; Fourier analysis. Application of wave techniques to sound and light; electromagnetic spectrum. Refraction, diffraction, reflection, and dispersion as applied to lenses, mirrors.
PHYS 3200. Twentieth Century Physics (3-2-4)Pre-requisites: Physics 2212 and Physics 2312 with a grade of C or better or permission of the instructor. This course will introduce topics of 20th century Physics including special relativity, the photoelectric effect, wave-particle duality, lasers, nuclear and atomic physics and other topics as selected by the instructor.
PHYS 4100. Intuitive Quantum Mechanics (3-0-3)Prerequisites: Phys 2212 and 2312 or permission of instructor. Introduction to basic quantum mechanics; properties of light and matter; models of nuclear and subatomic structure, photon and atomic energy, nuclear reactions, radioactive decay, wave functions.
PHYS 4205. Advanced Laboratory in Physics (1-4-3) Pre-requisites: Physics 2212 and 2312 with a grade of C or better. Pre-requisite or co-requisite: PHYS 3200 or PHYS 4100 or permission of the instructor. Recommended pre-requisite: MATH 1127. Extended laboratory time for advanced physics experiments. Students must develop and perform their own experiment in addition to performing experiments as directed by the instructor. Experiments will range from thermodynamics to optics and fluids.
PHYS 5555. Selected Introductory Topics in Teaching Physics (1-2-2) Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and PHYS 1111/1311/1112/1312 or PHYS 2211/2212/2311/2312. Designed for students who plan to teach physics or physical science at the secondary school level. Introduction to the research about best practices of teaching physics and student learning of physics. Fall term enrollees focus on the topics of mechanics and waves. Spring term enrollees focus on electricity and magnetism. May be repeated once for credit.
