One-semester conceptual survey. Topics selected from mechanics, electricity, magnetism and modern physics.
Conceptual survey. Topics selected from mechanics, electricity, magnetism and modern physics. Laboratory content is integrated with the lecture.
Algebra-based survey of electricity, magnetism, optics and modern physics. Appropriate for students in health and life sciences. Counts as a lecture and lab. Optional accompanying problem solving recitation: PHYS 1460. Prerequisites: PHYS 1400, PHYS 1500, or PHYS 1600.
Accompanying lecture PHYS 1450. Co-requisite: Concurrent enrollment in PHYS 1450.
Mechanics including oscillations and waves. With lab. Accompanying optional problem-solving session: PHYS 1510. Prerequisite: MATH 1234 or MATH 1242.
Problem-solving techniques for first semester Physics with calculus. Accompanying lecture PHYS 1500.
Calculus-based introduction to electricity, magnetism and optics. For students in the natural sciences. Laboratory content is integrated with the lecture. Credit not awarded for both PHYS 1550 and PHYS 1650. Prerequisites: PHYS 1500 or PHYS 1600; credit or concurrent enrollment in MATH 1248.
Newtonian dynamics of particles and systems of particles, with applications to problems of special importance, such as driven and coupled harmonic oscillators and central field trajectories. Prerequisites: PHYS 1650 or PHYS 1550; MATH 2248.
Undergraduate student work on individual or small team research projects under the supervision of a faculty member, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion. Prerequisites: PHYS 2500; Department permission.
Explores the theory and practical operation of several advanced techniques to analyze the structure, composition, and surfaces of micro and nano-scale materials. Students will be fully trained as users of a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) including x-ray elemental analysis. Credit will not be given for both PHYS 3175 and PHYS 5185. Prerequisite: PHYS 2500.
Thermodynamics, kinetic theory, statistical mechanics. Prerequisites: PHYS 1650 or PHYS 1550; MATH 2248.
Introduction to theoretical and experimental aspects of nuclear and elementary particle physics. Prerequisite: PHYS 2500; Junior standing.
Covers Energy band theory, effective mass, band structure and electronic properties of semiconductors. Transport of electrons and holes in bulk materials and across interfaces. MOSFETs, BJTs, pn junctions, and Schottky barriers. Experimental portion of course will cover electronic measurements of semiconductor devices. Credit not awarded for both PHYS 3675 and PHYS 5675. Prerequisites: EE 2145, EE 3410, or PHYS 3300. Cross-listed with: EE 3440.
Topics related to the expanding Universe, including: Kinematics and Dynamics of expansion (space-time curvature, Friedmann equation, etc.), Black-body radiation and the early history of the Universe, the Cosmic Microwave Background, Dark Matter, Structure formation, the Cosmological constant problem, Cosmic Inflation and the early Universe, and basic elements of General Relativity. Prerequisites: PHYS 2500, MATH 2248.
Experiments in classical and modern physics. Prerequisites: PHYS 2500; MATH 2248; Junior standing.
Introduction to time dependent electromagnetic fields. Maxwell's equations in vacuum and in matter. Electromagnetic waves and radiation. Prerequisite: PHYS 3300. Credit not given for more than one of PHYS 4300 or EE 241.
Applications of Quantum Mechanics including Quantum Statistical Mechanics, Time-Independent and Time- Dependent Perturbation Theory, WKB Approximation, Variational Principle and Scattering. Prerequisite: PHYS 3500.
Explores the theory and practical operation of advanced techniques to analyze the structure, composition, and surfaces of micro and nano-scale materials. Students will be trained as users of a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) including x-ray elemental analysis. Credit not awarded for both PHYS 3175 and PHYS 5185. Prerequisite: Graduate student in Physics, Materials Science, or related program, or Instructor permission. Cross-listed with: MATS 5185.
Classical mechanics presented as the basis of the concepts and methods of modern physics. Variational, Lagrangian, and Hamiltonian formulations, canonical transformations, continuous systems. Prerequisite: Graduate student or undergraduate student with Instructor permission; knowledge PHYS 2200 topics strongly recommended.
Covers Energy band theory, effective mass, band structure and electronic properties of semiconductors. Transport of electrons and holes in bulk materials and across interfaces. MOSFETs, BJTs, pn junctions, and Schottky barriers. Experimental portion of course will have a laboratory component for electronic measurements of semiconductor devices. Credit not awarded for both PHYS 5675 and PHYS 3675. Prerequisite: Graduate student or Instructor permission. Cross-listed with: EE 5440.
See Schedule of Courses for specific titles. Prerequisites: Department permission, Graduate student.
Research for the Master's Thesis.
Research for the Doctoral Dissertation.