PHY Courses
| COURSE NUMBER | CLASS/DESCRIPTION | HOURS |
| PHY 104 | Physics for Today | Credit: 3 hours |
| This is a survey course designed for non-science majors. The math required for this course is minimal and does not go beyond high school algebra. Syllabus |
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| PHY 151 | General Physics I | Credit: 4 hours |
| Prerequisite: MAT 102 or equivalent. Lecture three hours a week, Laboratory three hours a week. Mechanics, thermodynamics, waves, and sound Syllabus |
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| PHY 152 | General Physics II | Credit: 4 hours |
| Prerequisite: PHY 151. Lecture three hours a week, Laboratory three hours a week. Light, electricity, magnetism, and modern physics. Syllabus |
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| PHY 216 | Astronomy | Credit: 3 hours |
| History, methods, solar system, stars, and cosmology; presented on an elementary level. Night observation. Syllabus |
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| PHY 251 | Fundamentals of Physics I | Credit: 4 hours |
| Co-requisite: MAT 122. Lecture three hours a week, Laboratory three hours a week. Mechanics, thermodynamics, waves, and sound presented with the aid of calculus. Syllabus |
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| PHY 252 | Fundamentals of Physics II | Credit: 4 hours |
| Prerequisite: PHY 251. Lecture three hours a week, Laboratory three hours a week Light, electricity, and magnetism presented with the aid of calculus. Syllabus |
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| PHY 301 | Modern Physics | Credit: 3 hours |
| Prerequisite: PHY 152 or 252 Relativity, quantum theory, atomic, nuclear, and particle physics. Syllabus |
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| PHY 308 | Classical Mechanics | Credit: 3 hours |
| Prerequisites: PHY 151 or 251 and MAT 221 or instructor's consent. Two and three dimensional kinematics and dynamics, curvilinear coordinates, vector analysis, projectile motion, conservative and nonconservative forces, potential theory, rigid bodies. Syllabus |
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| PHY 313 | Optics | Credit: 4 hours |
| Prerequisites: PHY 152 or 252 and MAT 122. Lecture three hours a week, Laboratory three hours a week. Fundamental concepts of simple optical systems, including lenses and mirrors. Physics optics including interference, diffraction, polarization, optical spectra, and lasers. Syllabus |
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| PHY 401 | Quantum Physics | Credit: 3 hours |
| Prerequisite: PHY 301 or instructor’s consent. Schrodinger wave mechanics including application to quantum structure. Schrodinger wave mechanics including application to quantum structure. Syllabus |
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| PHY 402 | Special Projects | Credit: 3 hours |
| Prerequisite: instructor’s consent After consulting with the instructor in charge, the student may be assigned to special study in theoretical physics or may be assigned a research program. Syllabus |
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| PHY 406 | Electricity and Magnetism I | Credit: 3 hours |
| Prerequisites: PHY 152 or 252 and MAT 222 or instructor's consent. The fundamental principles of electrostatic fields, electric potential, electrostatic boundary conditions, work and energy in electrostatics, conductors and insulators, and special techniques in solving electrostatics problems. Syllabus |
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| PHY 407 | Electricity and Magnetism II | Credit: 3 hours |
| Prerequisite: PHY 406 The fundamental principles of magnetostatic fields, electromagnetic induction, magnetic fields in matter, Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves, and radiation. Syllabus |
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| PHY 413 | Nuclear Physics | Credit: 4 hours |
| Prerequisite: PHY 301 or instructor’s consent. Lecture three hours a week. Laboratory three hours a week. Isotopes and nuclear structure, natural radioactivity, induced nuclear transformations, nuclear energy sources, high energy process, and cosmic rays. Syllabus |
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| PHY 417 | Selected Topics | Credit: 3 hours |
| A course offering formal study of selected topics in physics or applications of physics. Syllabus |
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