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A course in an area of physics not regularly offered. Topic and credit assigned by department each time offered.

Prerequisites:

PHYS 335 and PHYS 336

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Provides a student with the opportunity to gain expertise and experience in a special field under the supervision of a qualified person. Prereq: Usually senior standing

Prerequisites:

Usually Sr. standing

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Special arrangements must be made with an appropriate faculty member of the department office. May be repeated for credit on each new topic.

Prerequisites:

Consent

Areas of Interest:

Education and Training

Programs:

Physics (BS)

This course bridges the gap between introductory physics and its application to the life and biomedical sciences. Topics include fluid flow, membrane transport, nerve conduction, imaging methods including MRI, CT, and nuclear imaging, radiotherapy, and health physics.

Areas of Interest:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

Rectilinear motion of a particle, general motion of a particle in three dimensions. Newtonian mechanics including harmonic oscillations, forced oscillations, central forces and orbital motion, collisions, noninertial reference systems, dynamics of a system particles, rigid body motion, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, normal coordinates.

Areas of Interest:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

Electrostatic fields, magnetostatic fields, steady currents, electromagnetic induction. Review of vector algebra.

Areas of Interest:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

Electromagnetic waves, propagation and radiation of waves, and electrodynamics and relativity.

Areas of Interest:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

Atoms in crystals, wave in crystals, thermal vibrations of the crystal lattice, free electron model, band theory of solids, semiconductors and PN junctions, magnetism, and superconductivity.

Areas of Interest:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

Geometric optics, wave optics, properties of light and matter, optics of transformations, and quantum optics. Lecture and laboratory.

Areas of Interest:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

A systematic development of foundations of quantum mechanics. Observables, operators, state functions, expectation values. Matrix formulation of eigenvalue problems. The hydrogen atom, electron spin, angular momentum, and perturbation theory.

Areas of Interest:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

Numerical solutions of physics problems and computer simulations of physical systems. Lecture and laboratory.

Areas of Interest:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

Fundamental principles of statistical physics, including theory of probability, kinetic theory of transport process, entropy, classical and quantum statistical ensembles, Bose and Fermi systems. Applications to thermodynamics and magnetic properties of solids.

Areas of Interest:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

Experiments in modern physics, including solid-state physics and optics. Requires more independent work than introductory laboratories.

Areas of Interest:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

Current methods of teaching all physical sciences with emphasis on physics and chemistry. For students planning to teach at a middle school, secondary school, college, or university. May not count as a physics elective.

Areas of Interest:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

A course in an area of physics not regularly offered. Topic and credit assigned by department each time offered.

Areas of Interest:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

Use of the library, electronic and machine shop practices, vacuum and cryogenic techniques, research interests of faculty.

Areas of Interest:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

Programs:

Physics (MS)

Mathematical methods necessary for advanced study in physics. Topic include functions of complex variables, calculus or residues, integral transforms and special functions.

Areas of Interest:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

Programs:

Physics (MS)

Variational calculus, Lagrangian mechanics, the motions of particles and rigid bodies, the dynamics of oscillating systems and Hamilton-Jacobi theory. Pre: PHYS 441 or equivalent

Areas of Interest:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

Programs:

Physics (MS)

Bound state and scattering problems in one, two, and three dimensions. Approximation methods for stationary states. Time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory. General formalism of quantum theory. Pre: PHYS 461 or equivalent

Areas of Interest:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

Programs:

Physics (MS)

Electrostatics, magnetostatics, boundary-value problems, Green functions, time-varying fields, Maxwell equations, conservation laws. Pre: PHYS 448 or equivalent

Areas of Interest:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

Programs:

Physics (MS)

A course in an area of physics not regularly offered. Topic and credit assigned by department each time offered.

Areas of Interest:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

Special arrangements must be made with an appropriate faculty member or the department office. May be repeated for credit on each new topic.

Areas of Interest:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

Students will attend research seminars presented by faculty in the department, or speakers from other institutions. Students also make and critique presentations made by themselves and other students. May be repeated for credit. Spring

Areas of Interest:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

Programs:

Physics (MS)

Areas of Interest:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics

Programs:

Physics (MS)

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Areas of Interest:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics