Basic physical principles underlying the production, transmission and perception of musical sound. Vibrations, waves, elementary acoustics with applications to a wide range of musical topics. Prerequisite: High school algebra.
Forms of energy as defined in physics; sources, uses, and transformations of energy: introductory seminar will place emphasis on environmental issues. Limited use of algebra and geometry.
Algebra-based survey of mechanics, oscillations, waves and thermal physics. Appropriate for students in health and life sciences. Counts as lecture and lab. Optional accompanying problem solving recitation section: PHYS 1410. Prerequisites: High school algebra and trigonometry.
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.
Electricity, magnetism, electromagnetic waves, optics. Without lab. Accompanying optional problem-solving session: PHYS 1560. Prerequisites: PHYS 1500; MATH 1248 or MATH 1242. Co-requisite: MATH 2248.
Problem-solving techniques for second semester Physics with calculus. Accompanying lecture PHYS 1550.
Calculus-based introduction to kinematics, dynamics, oscillations, thermal physics. For students in the natural sciences. With lab. Credit not awarded for both PHYS 1600 and PHYS 1500. Pre/co-requisite: Credit or concurrent enrollment in MATH 1234.
Classic physics experiments with a strong emphasis on experimental setup, data collection and analysis, error estimation, and writing/presentation of results. The laboratory work is centered around three experiments: Poisson statistics, Cavendish balance, and Kater pendulum. Prerequisite: PHYS 1650 or PHYS 1550.
Classical and electromagnetic waves, relativity, wave-particle phenomenology, wave mechanics, and applications of the Schrodinger equation. With laboratory. Prerequisites: PHYS 1650 or PHYS 1550. Co-requisite: 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.
Introduction to modern computational techniques focusing on the simulation or solution of the behavior of physical systems. Examples will be drawn from classical, statistical, and quantum mechanics, electromagnetism, and chaos. Prerequisites: PHYS 1550 or PHYS 1650; MATH 2248.
Science and technology of integrated circuit fabrication. Interaction of processing with material properties, electrical performance, economy, and manufacturability. Study of unit processes used to make semiconductor chips. Prerequisite: PHYS 1550 or PHYS 1650. Cross-listed with: EE 3420.
Fundamental principles of electricity and magnetism; electrostatic fields, and magnetic fields of steady currents. Electric and magnetic properties of matter and electromagnetic energy. Prerequisites: PHYS 1650 or PHYS 1550 and MATH 2248. Credit not given for more than one of PHYS 3300 or EE 3100.
Introduction to nonrelativistic quantum mechanics. Schrodinger equation and applications to simple systems. Prerequisite: PHYS 2500, PHYS 2200.
Introduction to crystal structures, reciprocal lattices, lattice vibrations. Thermal properties of solids and free electron theory of metals and semiconductors. Elementary band theory and introduction to electronic transport theory. Prerequisite: PHYS 2500.
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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.
Following a review of thermodynamics, covers the fundamentals of classical and quantum statistical mechanics including ensembles, identical particles, Bose and Fermi statistics, phase-transitions and critical phenomena, renormalization group, irreversible processes and fluctuations. Prerequisite: Graduate student or undergraduate student with Instructor permission; knowledge of PHYS 3400 topics strongly recommended.
See Schedule of Courses for specific titles. Prerequisites: Department permission, Graduate student.
Instructional strategies and techniques with application to the teaching of laboratories and recitations. Prerequisites: Undergraduate degree in Physics; Instructor permission.
Research for the Master's Thesis.
Research for the Doctoral Dissertation.