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.
PHY 4000 - Elec & Magnetism I
Description: Electrostatics, Coulomb's and Gauss' Laws, Maxwell's first two equations, Laplace's equation and boundary value problems, dielectrics, currents in conductors.
Prerequisites: (PHY 2414 and PHY 4200)
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008
PHY 4001 - Elec & Magnetism I Lab
Description: Selected experiments in the field. A Writing Enriched course.
Prerequisites: (PHY 2414 and PHY 4200)
Corequisites: PHY 4000
Credit Hours: 1.0
Last Offered: Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008
PHY 4002 - Elec & Magnetism II
Description: Magnetism, Biot-Savart's law, Faraday's law, Maxwell's third and fourth equations, electromagnetic wave equation, radiation.
Prerequisites: PHY 4000
Corequisites: PHY 4003
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008
PHY 4003 - Elec & Magnetism II Lab
Description: Selected experiments in the field. A Writing Enriched course.
Prerequisites: (PHY 4000 and PHY 4001)
Corequisites: PHY 4002
Credit Hours: 1.0
Last Offered: Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008
PHY 4100 - Mechanics I
Description: Newtonian Mechanics, oscillations (simple, non-linear and driven), Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics, central force motion and scattering, special theory of relativity.
Prerequisites: PHY 2414
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008
PHY 4102 - Mechanics II
Description: Dynamics of rigid bodies, coupled oscillations, wave phenomena, fluid mechanics (steady and turbulent flow, the equations of Euler and Navier-Stokes).
Prerequisites: PHY 4100
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2010, Spring 2008, Spring 2006, Spring 2004
PHY 4200 - Mathematical Physics I
Description: Vector and tensor analysis, matrices and determinants, infinite series, functions of a complex variable.
Prerequisites: (PHY 2414 and MAT 2500)
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008
PHY 4202 - Mathematical Physics II
Description: A continuation of PHY 4200; second order differential equations, orthogonal functions, integral transforms, integral equations.
Prerequisites: PHY 4200
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2011, Fall 2009, Fall 2007, Fall 2005
PHY 4301 - Experimental Methods I
Description: Introduction to experimental methods in Physics. Applications of spectroscopic techniques in nuclear, solid-state, and materials Physic. Detection of particle and electromagnetic radiation, signal processing, spectral analysis and interpretation.
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Credit Hours: 2.0
Last Offered: Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008
PHY 4303 - Experimental Methods II
Description: Introduction to experimental methods in Physics continued: X-Ray and Mossbauer Spectroscopy; interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter; resonant versus non-resonant scattering cross-sections; hyperfine interactions in solids, crystal field splittings and dynamic magnetic relaxation phenomena in nonoscale systems; introduction to nanotechnology. Course is Writing Intensive.
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Credit Hours: 2.0
Last Offered: Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008
PHY 5100 - Quantum Mechanics
Description: Operators, Schrodinger Equation, one dimensional problems, harmonic oscillator, angular momentum, hydrogen atom, scattering theory.
Prerequisites: PHY 4100 and PHY 4200
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Spring 2008
PHY 5102 - Quantum Mechanics II
Description: A continuation of Quantum Mechanics.
Prerequisites: PHY 5100
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
PHY 5200 - Thermo/Statistical Mech
Description: Statistical methods, statistical thermodynamics, Ensembles, Partition functions. Quantum statistics. Kinetic theory of transport processes.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2010, Fall 2008, Fall 2006, Fall 2004
PHY 5300 - Subatomic Physics
Description: Structure of subatomic particles and nuclei, symmetries and conservation laws, interactions and nuclear models, radioactivity and passage of radiation through matter. A writing intensive course.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 2011, Spring 2009, Spring 2007, Spring 2005
PHY 5500 - Solid State Physics I
Description: Description of crystal structure, diffraction of X-rays, classification of solids, thermal properties of solids, dielectric properties, diamagnetism and paramagnetism, free electron theory of metals, band theory of solids.
Prerequisites: PHY 5100
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
PHY 5502 - Solid State Physics II
Description: A continuation of PHY 5500. Brillouin zones. Band structure of solids. Semiconductor crystals, rectifiers and transistors. Ferromagnetism. Superconductivity. Applications.
Prerequisites: PHY 5500
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
PHY 5701 - Advanced Lab I
Description: Techniques and instrumentation of advanced experiments.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
PHY 5703 - Advanced Lab II
Description: A continuation of PHY 5701.
Prerequisites: PHY 5701
Corequisites:
Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
PHY 5800 - Advanced Mechanics
Description: Lagrange, Hamilton and Hamilton-Jacobi forms of mechanics.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
PHY 5900 - Adv Quantum Mechanics
Description: Abstract formulation of quantum mechanics, perturbation and variational methods; applications to atomic and molecular structures.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
PHY 6000 - Advanced Optics
Description: Topics in geometrical and physical optics.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Spring 1999
PHY 6001 - Advanced Optics Lab
Description:
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Corequisites: PHY 6000
Credit Hours: 1.0
Last Offered:
PHY 6100 - Acoustics
Description: Transmission, reflection, refraction, absorption and generation of sound waves, acoustical measurements.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
PHY 6101 - Acoustics Lab
Description:
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Corequisites: PHY 6100
Credit Hours: 1.0
Last Offered:
PHY 6400 - Relativity Theory I
Description: Introduction to Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity, Relativistic kinematics and dynamics. Lorentz invariance. Relativity and electromagnetism. Tensor analysis.
Prerequisites: (PHY 4100 and PHY 4200)
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 1998, Spring 1996
PHY 6402 - Relativity Theory II
Description: Introduction to Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, Newtonian Gravitational and Tidal Forces. Linear Field Approximation. Gravitational Waves. Space-Time Measurements. Riemannian Geometry. Schwarzchild Solution. Black Holes and Gravitational Collapse. Cosmology.
Prerequisites: PHY 6400
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered:
PHY 6500 - Supervised Study in Physics
Description: Reading and/or laboratory work in a selected branch of physics under the direction of a member of the staff.
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Credit Hours: 2.0
Last Offered: Summer 1997, Summer 1996, Summer 1995
PHY 6600 - Supervised Study in Physics
Description: Same as PHY 6500 with increased number of hours.
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Credit Hours: 3.0
Last Offered: Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2010
PHY 6700 - Supervised Study Physics
Description: Same as PHY 6500 with increased number of hours.
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Credit Hours: 4.0
Last Offered: Spring 2007
