PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
PHY 050—0 credits
Topics in Theoretical Physics
Permission of instructor required
Full Semester (May 19-August 8)
Time: TBA; Location: TBA
CRN 19647; S. Rajeev
Description: TBA
PHY 100—4 credits
The Nature of the Physical World
Session A-6wk (May 19–June 27)
MTWR 9:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m.; Bausch & Lomb 315
CRN 19393; D. Berdine
This is an introductory course designed especially for students in the humanities and other non-scientific fields who are interested in learning something about the physical world in perspective. Topics include the scale of the universe from galaxies to atoms and quarks; the fundamental forces of nature, motion and relativity, energy, electromagnetism and its everyday applications, the structure of matter, atoms, light and quantum mechanics. There are no prerequisites, no background knowledge is required and the material will be presented essentially without mathematics. Substantial use will be made of demonstrations and movies.
PHY 113—4 credits
General Physics I
Session A-6wk (May 19–June 27)
MTWR 9:30 a.m.–11:45 a.m.; Bausch & Lomb 269
CRN 17187; Staff
This course is the first of a two-course sequence suitable for students in the life sciences. It will cover Newtonian particle mechanics, including Newton’s laws and their applications to straight-line and circular motions; energy; linear momentum, angular momentum; and harmonic motion; Kepler’s laws; planetary and satellite motions. Calculus will be used and introduced as needed. There are five laboratories required for this course. The time and day for the laboratories and recitation or workshop are determined the first week of classes. Prerequisites: MTH 141 or MTH 161 (may be taken concurrently).
PHY 114—4 credits
General Physics II
Session B-6wk (June 30-August 8)
MTWR 9:30 a.m.–11:45 a.m.; Bausch & Lomb 269
CRN 17245; Staff
The course is the second of a two-course sequence suitable for students in the life science. Topics covered are: electricity and magnetism, optics, electromagnetic waves; and modern physics (introduction to relativity, quantum physics, etc). There are five laboratories required for this course. The time and day for the weekly laboratory and recitation or workshop are determined the first week of classes. Prerequisites: PHY 113, MTH 142-143, or 162 (may be taken concurrently).
PHY 121—4 credits
Mechanics
Session A-6wk (May 19-June 27)
MTWR 9:30–11:45 a.m.; Bausch & Lomb 270
CRN 17286; Staff
The course is the first of a three-course sequence for students planning to major in physics, other physical sciences, and engineering. It will cover motion in one and two dimensions; Newton’s laws; work and energy; conservation of energy; systems of particles; rotations; oscillations; gravity; and thermodynamics. There are five laboratories required for this course. The time and day for the weekly laboratory and recitation or workshop are determined the first week of classes. Prerequisites: MTH 141 or 161 (may be taken concurrently) and knowledge of introductory calculus (simple integration and differentiation).
PHY 122—4 credits
Electricity and Magnetism
Session B-6wk (June 30-August 8)
MTWR 9:30–11:45 a.m.; Bausch & Lomb 270
CRN 17290; Staff
The course is the second of a three-course sequence for students planning to major in physics, other physical sciences and engineering. It will cover Coulomb’s Law through Maxwell’s equations; electrostatics, electrical potential; capacitors; electric fields in matter; current and circuits; magnetostatics; magnetic fields in matter; induction, A.C. circuits; and electromagnetic waves. There are five laboratories required for this course. The time and day for the weekly laboratory and recitation or workshop are determined the first week of class. Prerequisites: PHY 121, MTH 143 or MTH 162 (may be taken concurrently)
PHY 123—4 credits
Waves and Modern Physics
Session B-6wk (June 30-August 8)
MTWR 9:30 a.m.–11:45 a.m.; Bausch & Lomb 315
CRN 17341; Staff
The course is the third of a three-course sequence for students planning to major in physics, other physical sciences and engineering. It will include wave motion, physical optics, special relativity, photoelectric effect, Compton effect, X-rays, and wave properties of particles. It will also cover Schrodinger’s equation applied to a particle in a box, penetration of a barrier, the hydrogen atom, the harmonic oscillator, the uncertainty principle, Rutherford scattering, the time-dependent Schrodinger equation and radioactive transitions, many electron atoms and molecules, statistical mechanics and selected topics in solid state physics, nuclear physics and particle physics. There are five laboratories required for this course. The time and day for the weekly laboratory and recitation or workshop are determined the first week of classes. Prerequisites: PHY 121-PHY 122, MTH 163 or 165 (may be taken concurrently).