COURSE DESCRIPTIONS (PHYS)

PHYS 2121 General Physics I
(3 hrs. lec., 3 hrs. lab per week)
(4) Fall
A calculus-based introduction to particle dynamics, energy and momentum conservation, rotational dynamics, hydrostatics, and thermodynamics. The three-hour laboratory illustrates the concepts introduced in class.
Prerequisite: MATH 2222

PHYS 2122 General Physics II
(3 hrs. lec., 3 hrs. lab per week)
(4) Spring
A continuation of Physics 2121 covering wave mechanics, electricity and magnetism, simple circuits, optics. The three-hour laboratory illustrates the concepts introduced in class.
Prerequisites: PHYS 2121

PHYS 3201 Introduction to Modern Physics
(3hrs. lec., 3 hrs. lab per week)
(4) Fall
During the early twentieth-century, two momentous theories were proposed: the theory of relativity and the quantum. This course will introduce these theories and supporting experimental evidence, as well, many of the theories that were developed in the twentieth-century. Topics to be studied include: the Birth of Modern Physics, Special Relativity, Quantum Theory, Atomic Physics, General Relativity, and Cosmology. The laboratory involves experiments that explore the quantum nature of matter and energy.
Prerequisites: PHYS 1102 or PHYS 2122 with a grade of C or higher, Corequisite: MATH 2223

PHYS 3302 Physical Chemistry: Chemical Dynamics and Quantum Mechanics
(3 hrs. lec., 3 hrs. lab per week)
(4) Spring of even years
A study of basic principles of physical chemistry focusing on gas kinetics, chemical dynamics, quantum mechanics, and atomic and molecular spectroscopy. This course is co-listed as CHEM 3302.
Prerequisites: MATH 2222, PHYS 1102 or PHYS 2122