Physics
Physics
The strong emphasis in physics on fundamental concepts and problem solving makes it one of the most versatile majors available. The Physics major provides the basis for careers in applied physics and in interdisciplinary areas such as astronomy, biophysics, environmental science, oceanography, and scientific instrumentation.
This course is the study of mechanics, heat, sound, electricity, modern physics, and light. The laboratory portion of the course involves experiments in mechanics, wave motion, sound, electricity, magnetism, optics, and radioactivity.
This course is the first semester of a two-semester algebra/trigonometry based-sequence. It is intended for students needing a one-year course in general physics as a requirement for their major program (not for students majoring in physics, engineering, or mathematics). Core topics include: kinematics, dynamics, work and energy, momentum, fluids, simple harmonic motion, waves, heat, and temperature.
This is the first semester laboratory course of a two-semester algebra/trigonometry based-sequence. It is intended for students needing a one-year course in general physics as a requirement for their major program (Not for students majoring in physical sciences, engineering, or mathematics). Core topics include: kinematics, dynamics, work and energy, momentum, fluids, simple harmonic motion, waves, heat, and temperature.
This course is the second semester of a two-semester algebra/trigonometry based-sequence. It is intended for students needing a one-year course in general physics as a requirement for their major program (not for students majoring in physical sciences, engineering, or mathematics). Core topics include electricity, magnetism, optics, atomic and nuclear physics, and modern physics.
This is the second semester laboratory course of a two-semester algebra/trigonometry based-sequence. It is intended for students needing a one-year course in general physics as a requirement for their major program (not for students majoring in physical sciences, engineering, or mathematics). Core topics include: electricity, magnetism, optics, atomic and nuclear physics, and modern physics.
This course includes assignments of algebraic and, where applicable, calculus-based problems in the areas of mechanics and properties of matter, wave motion and sound, and heat and temperature.
This is the first semester laboratory course of a two-semester calculus- based sequence. It is intended for students needing a one-year course in general physics as a requirement for their major program (not for students majoring in physical sciences, engineering, or mathematics). Core topics include: kinematics, dynamics, work and energy, momentum, fluids, simple harmonic motion, waves, heat, and temperature.
This course is the second semester of a two-semester calculus-based sequence. It is intended for students needing a one-year course in general physics as a requirement for their major program (not for students majoring in physical sciences, engineering, or mathematics). Core topics include: electricity, magnetism, optics, atomic and nuclear physics, and modern physics.
This is the second semester laboratory course of a two-semester calculus based-sequence. It is intended for students needing a one-year course in general physics as a requirement for their major program (not for students majoring in physical sciences, engineering, or mathematics). Core topics include: electricity, magnetism, optics, atomic and nuclear physics, and modern physics.
This course is the first semester of a three-semester calculus-based sequence intended for students majoring in physical sciences, engineering, and mathematics. Core topics include an introduction to kinematics, dynamics, work and energy, momentum, rotation, gravitation, simple harmonic motion, and the statics and dynamics of ideal fluids.
This is the first laboratory course in a three-semester calculus-based sequence intended for students majoring in physical sciences, engineering, and mathematics. Core topics include experiments in kinematics, dynamics, work and energy, momentum, rotation, gravitation, and simple harmonic motion.
This course is the second semester of a three-semester calculus-based sequence intended for students majoring in physical sciences, engineering, and mathematics. Core topics include electrostatics, magnetism, DC and AC circuits, Maxwell’s equations and electromagnetic waves.
This course is the second semester laboratory portion of a three-semester calculus-based sequence intended for students majoring in physical sciences, engineering, and mathematics. Core activities include investigations in electric and magnetic fields, electronic components, DC and AC circuits, and electrical signal measurements.
This course is the third semester of a three-semester calculus-based sequence intended for students majoring in physical sciences, engineering, and mathematics. Core topics include optics, heat, and modern physics.
This course is the third semester laboratory portion of a of a three-semester calculus-based sequence intended for students majoring in physical sciences, engineering, and mathematics. Core topics include optics, heat, and modern physics.
This course offers specialized study opportunities for students who wish to pursue projects not included in the regular curriculum. Students are accepted only by a written project proposal approved by the discipline prior to enrollment.