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PHYS 101 - MECHANICS (WITH LAB) Credits: 3 Calculus-based survey of physics. Includes classes and lab exercises on topics chosen from mechanics, electricity, and magnetism. Primarily for physical science and engineering students. May receive credit for only one of PHYS 101, 111, 125, AP Physics-B (PHYS 141), and AP Physics-C, MECH (PHYS 101) College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 102 - ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM (WITH LAB) Credits: 4 Continuation of PHYS 101. May receive credit for only one of PHYS 102, 112, 126, AP Physics-B (PHYS 142), and AP Physics-C, E&M (PHYS 102). College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 111 - MECHANICS (WITH LAB) Credits: 3 Calculus-based survey of physics. Includes classes and lab exercises on topics chosen from mechanics, electricity, and magnetism. Primarily for physical science and engineering students with strong high school backgrounds in physics. May receive credit for only one of PHYS 101, 111, 125, AP Physics-B (PHYS 141), and AP Physics-C, MECH (PHYS 101). College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 112 - ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM (WITH LAB) Credits: 4 Continuation of PHYS 111. May receive credit for only one of PHYS 102, 112, 126, AP Physics-B (PHYS 142), and AP Physics-C, E&M (PHYS 102). College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 125 - GENERAL PHYSICS (WITH LAB) Credits: 4 Calculus-based survey of physics. Includes classes and lab exercises on topics chosen from mechanics, waves, electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics. Primarily for bioscience and premedical students. May receive credit for only one of PHYS 101, 111, 125, AP Physics-B (PHYS 141), and AP Physics-C, MECH (PHYS 101). College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 126 - GENERAL PHYSICS II (WITH LAB) Credits: 4 A continuation of PHYS 125. May receive credit for only one of PHYS 102, 112, 126, AP Physics B (PHYS 142), and AP Physics-C, E&M (PHYS 102). College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 141 - CONCEPTS IN PHYSICS I Credits: 3 For AP credit only. May receive credit for only one of PHYS 101, PHYS 111, PHYS 125, AP Physics-B, and AP Physics-C (Mech). College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 142 - CONCEPTS IN PHYSICS II Credits: 3 For AP credit only. May receive credit for only one of PHYS 102, PHYS 112, PHYS 126, AP Physics-B, and AP Physics-C (E&M). College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 143 - PHYSICS FOR CITIZENSHIP Credits: 3 Physics is critical to our understanding of nuclear weapons, radiation, electronics, energy and global warming. The most interesting and important topics in physics, with applications to current events will be presented. Topics covered may include energy and conservation, radioactivity, nuclear physics, the Theory of Relativity, lasers, explosions and quantum physics. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 201 - WAVES AND OPTICS Credits: 3 Fundamentals of oscillations and waves and properties of electromagnetic waves. Basic principles of geometric optics, interference and diffraction, including Fourier methods. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 202 - MODERN PHYSICS Credits: 3 An introductory course in modern physics. Topics include special relativity, early quantum theory, quantum mechanics, atomic physics, statistical physics, nuclear and particle physics. The course is descriptive in nature with emphasis on phenomena rather than on calculations. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 231 - ELEMENTARY PHYSICS LAB Credits: 1 Laboratory on waves and optics. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 301 - INTERMEDIATE MECHANICS Credits: 4 Classical mechanics and appropriate mathematical methods. Emphasis on problem solving. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 302 - INTERMEDIATE ELECTRODYNAMICS Credits: 4 Classical electrodynamics and appropriate mathematical methods. Emphasis on problem solving. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 311 - INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM PHYSICS I Credits: 3 Fundamentals of quantum mechanics and applications to atomic and molecular structure. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 312 - INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM PHYSICS II Credits: 3 Continuation of PHYS 311. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 331 - JUNIOR PHYSICS LAB I Credits: 2 Lab exercises in electronics, noise reduction, statistics and particle counting. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 332 - JUNIOR PHYSICS LAB II Credits: 2 Lab exercises illustrating topics in the upper-division physics curriculum. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 355 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS Credits: 3 Definition and basic concepts of biological physics. Protein Proteins and nucleic acids. Diffusion and random walks and their application to biological systems. Biological motors and membranes. Folding of biomolecules. Gene regulation. Modern techniques and their applications to biomolecules. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 401 - PHYSICS OF HAM RADIO Credits: 3 Amateur radio for middle-school science teaching. Fundamentals of electromagnetic waves and propagation, the ionosphere and space weather. Basic electronics, antenna design and safety. Provides information necessary to gain the technical level of ham radio license. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 411 - INTRODUCTION TO NUCLEAR & PARTICLE PHYSICS Credits: 3 A broad survey of history and current state of nuclear and particle physics. The emphasis is on experimental results and how they led to our current undertaking of the strong and electroweak interactions. Some recent advances are discussed in detail. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: PHYS 542. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 412 - SOLID STATE PHYSICS Credits: 3 Introduction to topics in solid state physics, including crystal structure, lattice vibrations, electronic band structure and transport. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 416 - COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS Credits: 3 Use of computational techniques to solve selected physics problems. Examine benefits and pitfalls of doing physics by computation. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 425 - STATISTICAL & THERMAL PHYSICS Credits: 3 Includes classical thermodynamics; classical & quantum statistical mechanics; Fermi, Bose, and classical gases; magnetic systems; and phase equilibria. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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PHYS 461 - INDEPENDENT RESEARCH Credits: Hours Variable A reading course in special topics. College: School of Natural Sciences Department: Physics
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