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Course
Descriptions
201 College Physics 1.
Algebra-based treatment of the laws of motion, energy, momentum, rotational
motion, gravitation, mechanical waves, wave interference, and sound.
Prerequisite: Math 112 Trigonometry or satisfactory completion of a
trigonometry competency test. Lecture and laboratory. Textbook: College
Physics by Sears & Zemansky. Offered every fall
semester. Instructor: George Gangwere. Credit 4 hours.
202 College Physics 2.
Algebra-based treatment of electricity, direct current circuits, magnetism,
geometric optics, and interference. Prerequisite: Phys 201 College Physics
1. Lecture and laboratory. Textbook:
College Physics by Sears & Zemansky. Offered
every spring semester. Instructor: George Gangwere.
Credit 4 hours.
211 General Physics 1.
Calculus-based treatment of the laws of motion, energy, momentum, rotational
motion, gravitation, mechanical waves, wave interference, and sound.
Prerequisite: Math 222 Calculus 1. Lecture and laboratory. Textbook:
University Physics by Young & Freedman.
Offered every fall semester. Instructor: George Gangwere.
Credit 5 hours.
212 General Physics 2.
Calculus-based treatment of electricity, Gauss’s Law, direct current
circuits, magnetism, geometric optics, and interference. Prerequisite: Phys
211 General Physics 1. Lecture and laboratory.
Textbook: University Physics by Young & Freedman.
Offered every spring semester. Instructor: George Gangwere.
Credit 5 hours.
213 General Physics 3.
Calculus-based treatment of statics, periodic motion, fluid mechanics,
temperature and heat, thermal properties of matter, inductance, and
alternating current. Prerequisite: Phys 212 General Physics 2.
Textbook: University Physics by Young & Freedman.
Offered every fall semester. Instructor: George Gangwere.
Credit 3 hours.
310 Mathematical Physics.
Complex numbers, determinants, matrices, eigenvectors and eigenvalues,
vector calculus, Lagrange multipliers, Fourier series, Fourier and Laplace
transforms, and probability. Prerequisites: Phys 212 General Physics 2,
Math 224 Calculus 3, Math 321 Ordinary Differential Equations. Textbook: Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences by Boas. Offered
every fall semester. Instructor: Bob
Gallup. Credit 3
hours.
320 Modern Physics.
Foundations of modern physics including the special theory of relativity,
quantum physics, wave mechanics, and the hydrogen atom. Prerequisites:
Phys 212 General Physics 2, Math 224 Calculus 3, Math 321 Ordinary
Differential Equations. Lecture and laboratory. Textbook: Concepts of
Modern Physics by Beiser.
Offered every fall semester.
Instructor: George Gangwere. Credit
5 hours.
380 Optics.
Geometric and physical optics - lenses, mirrors, lens aberrations, optical
instruments, interference, and diffraction. Prerequisites: Phys 310
Mathematical Physics, Phys 320 Modern Physics. Lecture and laboratory.
Textbook: Fundamentals of Optics by Jenkins & White.
Offered in the spring semester on even years.
Instructor: George Gangwere. Credit
4 hours.
410 Thermal and Statistical Physics.
Classical thermodynamics,
kinetic theory, and classical and quantum statistical mechanics.
Prerequisites: Phys 310 Mathematical Physics, Phys 320 Modern Physics.
Instructor: Bob Gallup. Credit 3
hours.
440 Mechanics.
Newton’s Laws, rectilinear motion, oscillations, general motion in three
dimensions, noninertial reference systems, central force motion, and the
dynamics of a system of particles. Prerequisite: Phys 310 Mathematical
Physics (or concurrent enrollment). Lecture and laboratory.
Offered in the fall semester on odd years. Instructor: Bob Gallup.
Credit 4 hours.
470 Electricity and Magnetism.
Electrostatics, electrostatic fields in matter, magnetostatics,
magnetostatic fields in matter, and electrodynamics. Prerequisite:
Phys 310 Mathematical Physics, Phys 320 Modern Physics. Lecture and
laboratory. Textbook: Introduction to Electrodynamics by Griffiths. Offered in the
spring semester on odd years. Instructor: George Gangwere.
Credit 4 hours.
480 Quantum Mechanics.
The Schrödinger equation, wave packet motion, operator methods, bracket
notation, the harmonic oscillator, angular momentum, and spin.
Prerequisites: Phys 310 Mathematical Physics, Phys 320 Modern Physics.
Offered in the spring semester on even years.
Instructor: Bob Gallup. Credit 3
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