Companion course to PHYS that includes laboratory experiments on introductory quantum theory and modern physics. Requires concurrent registration in PHYS or approval of the department. Introduction to Vibrations, Waves, and Thermal Physics. Free, forced, damped, and coupled oscillations; normal modes; Fourier analysis; resonance; waves; interference; diffraction; heat energy; entropy; introduction to thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases, and basic statistical physics.
Introduction to Thermal Physics. Calculus-based introduction to thermal physics. The first and second laws of thermodynamics, entropy, free energy, statistical physics, and their applications. Computer and internet access are required. This course does not satisfy the requirements for BA and BS degrees in physics. Class Schedule Information: To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Discussion. Preparation and presentation by students of talks on topics of current interest in physics.
May be repeated to a maximum of 4 hours. Prerequisite s : Senior standing. Research under the close supervision of a faculty member. Course Information: Prerequisite s : Approval of the department. Class Schedule Information: This course counts toward the limited number of independent study hours accepted toward the degree and the major.
Special problems or reading in modern physics under individual arrangement with a faculty member. Vector calculus; electrostatic and magnetostatic fields in vacuum; electrostatic boundary-value problems; electrodynamics; Maxwell's equations; electromagnetic waves in vacuum; reflection and transmission phenomena in linear media. Electrostatics, mangetostatics, and electromagnetic waves in matter; radiation; relativistic electrodynamics; special topics chosen by the instructor.
Recommended background: MATH This is the second semester of a two-semester undergraduate level sequence on the concepts and methods of Quantum Mechanics and their applications. Modern Physics: Atoms and Molecules. Hydrogenic atoms, electron spin, external fields, multi-electron atoms, diatomic molecules, line widths, photons, radiation from atoms and other electromagnetic processes, positrons, positronium, elastic electron scattering.
Review of electromagnetic wave theory and introductory optics; advanced geometrical optics; Fourier transforms and optics; interference and diffraction; solar cells and LEDs; laser cavities and gain media; introduction to nonlinear and fiber optics.
Class Schedule Information: To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Discussion, one Laboratory and one Lecture. Modern Physics: Condensed Matter.
Crystal structures; interatomic binding; lattice vibrations; thermal and magnetic properties; quantum statistical mechanics; free electron theory of metals; electronic band theory; semiconductors and insulators; superconductivity. Review of Newtonian mechanics, variational calculus, Lagrangian mechanics, central force problems, non-inertial frames, rigid body motion, coupled oscillators, non-linear mechanics, Hamiltonian mechanics, and numerical examples.
Molecular Biophysics of the Cell. Introduction to force, time energies at nanometer scales; Boltzmann distribution; hydrodynamic drag; Brownian motions; DNA, RNA protein structure and function; sedimentation; chemical kinetics; general aspects of flexible polymers. Prerequisite s : PHYS or the equivalent; or approval of the department. Modern Physics: Nuclei and Elementary Particles.
Accelerators, detectors, symmetries, conservation laws, leptons, weak interactions, electroweak theory, strong interactions, hadrons, nuclear forces, systematics and reactions, nuclear models, nuclear astrophysics, quarks, quantum chromodynamics.
Thermal and Statistical Physics. Thermal equilibrium Zeroth Law ; thermodynamic states First Law ; irreversibility; entropy Second Law ; thermodynamic potentials and properties; phase transitions; kinetic theory of gases; classical statistical mechanics. The Learning and Teaching of Physics. Provides teacher candidates with the foundations and experiences necessary for teaching physics in secondary schools.
For those currently teaching, it will also provide tools and background to improve their physics instruction. Course Information: 4 hours.
Extensive computer use required. Class Schedule Information: To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture-Discussion and one Laboratory. Educational Practice with Seminar I. The first half of a two-segment sequence of practice teaching, including seminar, to meet certification requirements for teaching in grades six through twelve. Course Information: Graduate credit only with approval of the department. Prerequisite s : Good academic standing in a teacher education program, completion of clock hours of pre-student-teaching field experiences, and approval of the department.
Class Schedule Information: To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture-Discussion and one Practice. Educational Practice with Seminar II. The second half of a two-segment sequence of practice teaching, including seminar, to meet certification requirements for teaching in grades six through twelve.
Prerequisite s : Good academic standing in a teacher education program, completion of clock hours of pre-student-teaching field experiences, credit or concurrent registration in PHYS , and approval of the department.
Class Schedule Information: To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Conference and one Practice. Learning and Teaching of Physical Sciences. Provides teacher candidates with the foundation and experience necessary to teach physical sciences in secondary schools.
Prerequisite s : Senior standing or above; or approval of the department. Recommended background: Knowledge of first-year college physics and chemistry.
Rules for setting the signs in-front of the velocities and acceleration in one dimensional motion. Outline of the main equations for the projectile motion. Three short problems on the topics discussed.
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