Physics Minor
Curriculum
Minor Requirements
| General Physics Requirement | Credits: | |
| PHYS 170 | General Physics I | 4 |
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Prerequisite: Co-requisite: MATH 170 A basic course covering vectors, Newton's laws of motion, particle kinematics and dynamics, work, energy, momentum, and rotational motion. Classroom Hours - Laboratory and/or Studio Hours – Course Credits: 4-2-4 |
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| PHYS 175 | General Physics for Pre-Med I | 5 |
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Prerequisite: Co-requisite: MATH 170 A basic course in physics for the student in the Combined Baccalaureate/Osteopathic Physician Program. Covers vectors, forces and torques, dynamics, energy momentum, fluids, gasses, liquids, solids, heat and thermodynamics. Classroom Hours - Laboratory and/or Studio Hours – Course Credits: 5-2-5 |
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| PHYS 180 | General Physics II | 4 |
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Prerequisite: Prerequisite: PHYS 170. Co-requisite: MATH 180. Students in BS Electrical and Computer Engineering and BS Mechanical Engineering must earn a grade of C or better in PHYS 170. A continuation of PHYS 170. Topics include fluids, wave motion, electric fields and electric potential, DC circuits, magnetic fields, capacitance and inductance, AC circuits, and electromagnetic waves. Classroom Hours - Laboratory and/or Studio Hours – Course Credits: 4-2-4 |
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| PHYS 185 | General Physics for Pre-Med II | 5 |
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Prerequisite: Prerequisite: PHYS 175 A continuation of PHYS 175. Includes waves, sound, light, optics, electricity, current, magnetism, instrumentation, atoms and nuclei. Classroom Hours - Laboratory and/or Studio Hours – Course Credits: 5-2-5 |
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| Total: 8–10 Credits | ||
| Laboratory Courses | Credits: | |
| PHYS 225 | Introduction to Modern Physics | 3 |
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Prerequisite: Prerequisite: PHYS 180 This course is designed to familiarize students with the following topics: thermodynamics, optics, relativity, atomic and nuclear physics, fundamental quantum theory of photons, and semiconductors. Classroom Hours - Laboratory and/or Studio Hours – Course Credits: 3-0-3 |
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| PHYS 226 | Introduction to Modern Physics Lab | 1 |
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Prerequisite: Corequisites: PHYS 225 This course introduces students to some of the most important experiments in physics, which signify the transition from classical to modern physics. The experiments include but are not limited to studies of the photoelectric effect, the Millikan oil drop, and wave-particle duality for light and electrons. Classroom Hours - Laboratory and/or Studio Hours – Course Credits: 0-2-1 |
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| Total: 4 Credits | ||
| Physics Elective (choose one) | Credits: | |
| PHYS 320 | Quantum Mechanics | 4 |
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Prerequisite: Prerequisites: PHYS 180, MATH 310 This course motivates from an historical perspective the development of quantum mechanics. We begin by examining early 20th-century experiments that the Newtonian framework could not explain, and then develop a language and a set of rules – or principles – with which one may understand all such experiments to date. Topics include the wavelike property of Nature, the quantization of Nature, the calculation of probabilities, the significance of measurement, wave-versus-particle models, and quantum uncertainty. Illustrative thought experiments will be examined, including Schroedinger’s possibly-unfortunate cat. Classroom Hours - Laboratory and/or Studio Hours – Course Credits: 4-0-4 |
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| PHYS 310 | Optics | 3 |
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Prerequisite: Prerequisites: PHYS 170
Corequisites: PHYS 180 An intermediate course in geometrical and physical optics covering wave motion, interference, diffraction, polarization, spectrometry, and laser optics. Classroom Hours - Laboratory and/or Studio Hours – Course Credits: 3-0-3 |
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| PHYS 341 | Analytical Mechanics | 4 |
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Prerequisite: Prerequisites: PHYS 180 In this intermediate course in classical mechanics, topics include Newton’s equations, conservation laws, central force motions, damped and forced oscillations, non-inertial coordinate systems, rigid body motions, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian methods. Classroom Hours - Laboratory and/or Studio Hours – Course Credits: 4-0-4 |
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| PHYS 370 | Electricity and Magnetism | 4 |
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| PHYS 390 | Statistical Mechanics | 4 |
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Prerequisite: Prerequisites: PHYS 320 Students will study systems containing many particles, using thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. Topics will include thermodynamics of ideal gases, thermal equilibrium, microscopic and macroscopic definitions of entropy, phase transitions, blackbody radiation, and Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac distributions. Classroom Hours - Laboratory and/or Studio Hours – Course Credits: 4-0-4 |
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| Total: 3–4 Credits | ||
| Total Required Credits = 15–18 |