Please note that not all of the courses listed below will be available during the current semester. Please check with the department as to the availability of a particular class.
Lower Level Courses
PHY 0100 - College Prep Phy at a Distance
Description: Open only to incoming freshmen with declared science majors whose acceptance was conditional on completing a high school physics course prior to enrollment in their first semester of college. Assumes no physics background and emphasizes concepts as background for a first year of college physics.
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Credit Hours: 0.0
Last Offered: Summer 2008, Summer 2007
PHY 1020 - Great Ideas in Physics I
Description: General physics at a primarily conceptual level (algebra only). History and Philosophy of science, especially physics and astronomy. Topics include mechanics, optics, and relativity. Personalities include Aristotle, Galileo, Newton, and Einstein. Recommended for Arts majors.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008
PHY 1021 - Great Ideas in Physics Lab I
Description: Experiments designed to complement the topics in PHY 1020. Recommended for Arts majors.
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Credit Hours: 1.0
Last Offered: Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008
PHY 1022 - Great Ideas in Phy II
Description: A continuation of Great Ideas in Physics I. Thermodynamics, earth science, electricity and magnetism, and modern theories of physics. Personalities include Joule, Maxwell, Faraday, Bohr, and Feynman. Recommended for Arts majors.
Prerequisites: (PHY 1020 and PHY 1021)
Corequisites: PHY 1023
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008
PHY 1023 - Great Ideas in Physics Lab II
Description: Experiments designed to complement the topics in PHY 1022. Recommended for Arts majors.
Prerequisites: (PHY 1020 and PHY 1021)
Corequisites: PHY 1022
Credit Hours: 1.0
Last Offered: Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008
PHY 1050 - Nature's Laws I
Description: Evolution of the descriptions given to Nature's laws, from determinism, to uncertainty, and recently to a unified and somewhat beautiful picture, extending from the components of the nucleus to the entire universe. Laboratory experience integrated with lecture.
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Credit Hours: 4.0
Last Offered: Fall 2005, Fall 2004, Fall 2003
PHY 1052 - Nature's Laws II
Description: Continuation of the first semester. Modern applications of the physical laws, with particular topics selected based on the student's interests. Ethical issues associated with the modern discoveries.
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Credit Hours: 4.0
Last Offered: Spring 2005, Spring 2004
PHY 1100 - General Physics I
Description: Mechanics, heat and sound. Recommended for Biology majors.
Prerequisites: (MAT 1310 or MAT 1320 or MAT 1330 or MAT 1500)
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010
PHY 1101 - General Physics I Lab
Description: Selected experiments in mechanics, heat and sound. Recommended for Biology majors.
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Credit Hours: 1.0
Last Offered: Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010
PHY 1102 - General Physics II
Description: A continuation of PHY 1100; light, electricity and modern physics. Recommended for Biology majors.
Prerequisites: PHY 1100 and (MAT 1315 or MAT 1325 or MAT 1335 or MAT 1505)
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010
PHY 1103 - General Physics II Lab
Description: Selected experiments in light and electricity. Recommended for Biology majors.
Prerequisites: PHY 1101
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Credit Hours: 1.0
Last Offered: Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010
PHY 1500 - The Concept of Light
Description: Historical and analytical survey of the concept of light from classical to modern view points. Open to VSB and Arts majors (fulfills Arts core science requirement when taken with PHY 1501).
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2011, Summer 2010, Summer 2009, Summer 2008
PHY 1501 - The Nature of Light
Description: A set of experiments in optics designed to complement the principles and ideas covered in PHY 1500, The Concept of Light lectures. Designed for VSB and Arts majors (fulfills Arts core science requirement).
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Corequisites: PHY 1500
Credit Hours: 1.0
Last Offered: Spring 2005, Spring 2004
PHY 1502 - Gravity
Description: Gravitational force and the laws governing the motion of objects; Newton and Einstein's theories; role in the evolution of the universe; interaction with other forces of nature. Non-calculus based. For VSB and Arts majors (fulfills Arts core science requirement when taken with PHY 1503).
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2011, Summer 2010, Summer 2009, Summer 2008
PHY 1503 - The Nature of Gravity
Description: A set of experiments on gravity and laws of motion designed to complement the principles and ideas covered in PHY 1502. Designed for VSB and Arts majors (fulfills Arts core science requirement).
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Corequisites: PHY 1502
Credit Hours: 1.0
Last Offered: Fall 2004
PHY 2400 - Physics I Mechanics
Description: Introduction to Mechanics. Designed for students in the College of Engineering.
Prerequisites: MAT 1500
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010
PHY 2402 - Physics II Elec & Magnet
Description: Electrostatics, DC Circuits, magnetism, and AC circuits. Designed for students in the College of Engineering.
Prerequisites: MAT 1505 and (PHY 2400 or PHY 2410)
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010
PHY 2403 - Phy Lab for Engineering
Description: Selected experiments illustrating the principles of Mechanics and Electricity and Magnetism. Designed for students in the College of Engineering.
Prerequisites: PHY 2402
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Credit Hours: 1.0
Last Offered: Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010
PHY 2410 - University Phy:Mechanics
Description: Vectors, kinematics, and dynamics of particles, rigid bodies, and fluids. Recommended for Science majors.
Prerequisites: MAT 1500
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010
PHY 2411 - Lab: Mechanics
Description: Selected experiments demonstrating the fundamental principles of Mechanics and Waves with emphasis on techniques of measurements and data analysis. Recommended for Science majors.
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Corequisites: PHY 2410
Credit Hours: 1.0
Last Offered: Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2010, Summer 2010
PHY 2412 - Univ Physics: Elec & Mag
Description: Electrostatics, DC circuits, magnetism, and AC circuits. Recommended for Science majors.
Prerequisites: (PHY 2410 and MAT 1505)
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010
PHY 2413 - Lab: Elec & Magnetism
Description: Recommended for Science majors.
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Corequisites: PHY 2412
Credit Hours: 1.0
Last Offered: Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Summer 2010, Spring 2010
PHY 2414 - Univ Physics: Thermo
Description: Heat, kinetic theory of gases, first and second laws of thermodynamics, wave motion acoustics, geometrical and physical optics. Recommended for Science majors.
Prerequisites: (MAT 2500 and PHY 2410)
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008
PHY 2415 - Lab: Thermodynamics
Description: Selected experiments in heat, waves and optics. Recommended for Science majors.
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Corequisites: PHY 2414
Credit Hours: 1.0
Last Offered: Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008
PHY 2416 - Modern Physics
Description: Special theory of relativity, atomic theory, quantum physics, the Schrodinger equation, solid-state physics, nuclear physics, elementary particles and cosmology. Recommended for Science majors.
Prerequisites: (PHY 2410 and PHY 2412 and PHY 2414) and (MAT 2500 or MAT 2705)
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008
PHY 2417 - Lab: Modern Physics
Description: Interference; Franck Hertz experiment; Photoelectric effect; Michelson interferometry; Millikan oil drop experiment; Electron Spin Resonance (ESR); Ferroelectricity; Superconductivity; Low Temperature physics experiments. A writing enriched course. Recommended for Science majors.
Prerequisites: PHY 2416
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Credit Hours: 1.0
Last Offered: Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008
PHY 2601 - Computational Phy Lab I
Description: Computer applications, data analysis and presentation, algorithms and programming, numerical methods, and basic graphics for Physics and Astronomy majors. Prerequisite:Any Intro Physics course (may be taken con- currently).
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Credit Hours: 1.0
Last Offered: Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008
PHY 2603 - Computational Phy Lab II
Description: Continuation of Computational Physics I.
Prerequisites: PHY 2601
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Credit Hours: 1.0
Last Offered: Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008
PHY 3310 - Electronics
Description: DC and AC analysis including network theorems, power, resonance, filters, bridge circuits, amplifiers, integrated circuits, active devices, digital logic circuits and applications.
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Corequisites: PHY 3311
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008
PHY 3311 - Electronics Lab
Description: Laboratory experiments are chosen to supplement the Physics 3310 lectures and to give experience with sophisticated electronic equipment. A Writing Enriched course.
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Corequisites: PHY 3310
Credit Hours: 1.0
Last Offered: Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008
