Course Number: 1305
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Elementary Physics I Lecture Course Description: Designed for non-science/non-engineering majors. The basic interactions in nature, how things move and why, are studied. |
Course Number: 1307
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Elementary Physics II Lecture Course Description: Designed for non-science/non-engineering majors. Topics covered are heat, vibrations and waves, sound, light. |
Course Number: 1311
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Introduction to Astronomy Lecture Course Description: A survey of facts and an introduction to important astronomical theories. The solar system, stars, nebulae and star systems. |
Course Number: 1370
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Preparatory Physics: Foundations and Applications Course Description: Mathematics applied to physics problems, graphical analysis, vector operations, fields and potentials. |
Course Number: 1401
Credit Hours: 4 Title: College Physics I Course Description: Designed for majors in the physical or natural sciences. Emphasis is placed upon understanding and application of basic physical laws. |
Course Number: 1402
Credit Hours: 4 Title: College Physics II Course Description: A continuation of College Physics I, PHYS 1401. |
Course Number: 1405
Credit Hours: 4 Title: Elementary Physics I Course Description: Designed for non-science/non-engineering majors. Subject matter covers the basic interactions in nature, how things move and why, are studied. |
Course Number: 1407
Credit Hours: 4 Title: Elementary Physics II Course Description: Designed for non-science/non-engineering majors. Topics covered are heat, vibrations and waves, sound, light. (PHYS 1405 is NOT a pre-requisite for PHYS 1407) |
Course Number: 1411
Credit Hours: 4 Title: Intro Astronomy Course Description: A survey of facts and an introduction to important astronomical theories. The solar system, stars, nebulae and star systems. This course includes a lab component. |
Course Number: 2170
Credit Hours: 1 Title: Supplemental Lab Course Description: Designed to allow a transfer student to make up one laboratory deficiency at the introductory level. |
Course Number: 2425
Credit Hours: 4 Title: University Physics I Course Description: Subject matter covers mechanics, vibrations and heat. |
Course Number: 2426
Credit Hours: 4 Title: University Physics II Course Description: Subject matter covers electricity, magnetism, sound waves and optics. |
Course Number: 3314
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences Course Description: The goal of this class is for the student to acquire a deeper understanding of mathematical theory and the subsequent applications of advanced mathematical techniques to the physical sciences. The successful modeling of physical problems requires adept application of a wide range of mathematical concepts. Mathematics is the language of physics. |
Course Number: 3350
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Modern Physics Course Description: Special relativity; duality particle-wave; elements of quantum physics; atomic and molecular structure; solid state and statistical physics. |
Course Number: 3380
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Electricity & Magnetism Course Description: Subject matter covers electrostatic fields; potential; capacitance; dielectrics; electromagnetic waves. Maxwell's equations; conduction in gases; and thermoelectricity. |
Course Number: 3390
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Statistical Physics Course Description: Subject matter includes: temperature and thermometry; internal energy, entropy, and thermodynamic potentials; introduction to the kinetic theory of gases and the Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac statistics. |
Course Number: 3430
Credit Hours: 4 Title: Analytical Mechanics Course Description: The use of vector notation in formulating and applying Newton's laws and the principles of momentum and energy. Dynamics of particles and rigid bodies emphasized with statics treated briefly. |
Course Number: 4301
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Special Topics Course Description: Topics in undergraduate mechanics, electromagnetism, energy conversion or particle physics. Library work and conferences with a faculty member. Student may repeat the course for credit when the area of study is different. |
Course Number: 4310
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Experiments in Physics Course Description: Selected experiments in mechanics, electromagnetics, waves and nuclear physics which reach beyond the scope of introductory laboratories. |
Course Number: 4320
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Introduction Quantum Mechanics Course Description: Basic concepts of quantum mechanics; Schrodinger's equation and wave functions. |
Course Number: 4370
Credit Hours: 3 Title: Solid State Phys Course Description: Crystal structure, crystal dynamics, energy bands in crystalline solids, semiconductors and magnetism superconductivity. |
Course Number: 4480
Credit Hours: 4 Title: Optics Course Description: Physical and Quantum Optics; light-matter interaction; interference; diffraction; spectroscopy; photonics and lasers; fiber optics. |