Teaching
GSCI 101 Physics, Chemistry,
and the Human Experience
This course is a survey of fundamental scientific ideas
and principles, and ideas of chemistry and physics. Particular emphasis is placed
on understanding the development of these principles and their application in
understanding the world around us.
GSCI 121 Physical
Nature of Light and Sound
GSCI121 is designed to acquaint the nonscience
major with some basic concepts in physics as they apply to the production,
propagation, and analysis of light and sound waves. GSCI 121 includes topics on
the physical description of both light and sound waves, the two models needed
for describing the nature of light, methods of light and sound production, the
spectral analysis of sound and light waves, wave propagation in various media,
and some particular applications (e.g., musical instruments, room acoustics,
optical instruments, color).
GSCI 164 Learning
Through Teaching
GSCI164 is a hands-on conversation on how technology, science and
engineering come together to describe our world. The course will cover many of
the traditional concepts presented in an introductory physics course. the
course will treat coordinate systems and their use in describing motion, forces
and energy conservation, thermodynamics (temperature, pressure, heat), light
(color, ray model, wave model), waves (sound), magnetism, and electricity. The
course will indirectly reinforce skills developed in other courses in the
cluster including scientific tools (mathematics, graphing, diagramming,
experimenting and analyzing data) and using informational resources.
PHY240: University Physics I
PHYS
240 fulfills the
Physics Department's mission by serving as:
1.
one of the
starting points for the degree program in physics
2.
a required course for students in certain
other degree program
3.
part of a sequence applicable toward GenEd requirements
The topics covered include kinematics, dynamics, energy and
momentum conservation, oscillatory motion, and waves.
PHY250: University
Physics II
PHYS 250 fulfills the Physics
Department's mission by serving as:
1.
one of the starting points for
the degree program in physics.
2. a required course for students in certain other degree
program.
3.
part of a sequence applicable toward GenEd requirements
PHY270: Modern
Physics I
A course in modern physics, consisting of a discussion of the
experimental basis for and fundamental principles of quantum physics, with
applications to atomic structure and nuclear physics.
PHY333: Particle
Physics
An introduction to current themes and ideas which
confront the fundamental nature of matter and interactions. The most widely
accepted theory, the Standard Model, will be explored. Possible extension,
beyond the Standard Model physics, will be discussed. Basic properties such as
charge, mass, and lepton number will be examined within these frameworks.
Experiments that illuminate the basic nature of matter and ideas such as
symmetry and quantum physics will be reviewed and assessed.
PHY340:
Classical Mechanics I
Application of fundamental laws of mechanics to particles and rigid
bodies. Topics include statics, dynamics, central forces, oscillatory motion
and generalized coordinates.
Principles
and applications of quantum mechanics. Topics include wave packets and
the uncertainty principle, the Schroedinger equation,
one- dimensional potentials, operators and eigenvectors, three-dimensional
motion and angular momentum and the hydrogen atom.
PHY247: Data
Acquisition and Analysis Techniques in Physics II
This laboratory completes the
introductory physics lab sequence and is designed to supplement the PHYS 240
and PHYS 250 lecture courses. Topics include conception, design and performance
of sophisticated experiments in physics, computer simulation of physical
processes, analysis of experimental data, including uncertainty estimation, and
error propagation.
PHYS140L
Revival Project: PHYS140L