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Oklahoma State University
PHYS 2890 Honors Experience in Physics Prerequisites: Honors Program participation and concurrent enrollment in designated course(s). Description: A supplemental Honors experience in Physics to partner concurrently with designated lower division PHYS course(s). This course adds a different intellectual dimension to designated course(s). Credit hours: 1 Contact hours: Lecture: 1 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics General Education and other Course Attributes: Honors Credit PHYS 3013 Mechanics I Prerequisites: PHYS 2114 or equivalent, and MATH 2233 or concurrent enrollment. Description: Mechanics of particles, systems of particles and rigid bodies. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics PHYS 3113 Heat Prerequisites: PHYS 2114 or equivalent and MATH 2163 or concurrent enrollment. Description: Thermometry, heat transfer, elementary theory of specific heat and the three laws of thermodynamics. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics PHYS 3213 Optics Prerequisites: PHYS 2114 or PHYS 2414 and PHYS 3513, or consent of the instructor. Description: Geometrical optics; interference, diffraction, dispersion, absorption, and polarization of light. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics PHYS 3313 Introduction to Semiconductor Device Physics Prerequisites: PHYS 2114 or equivalent. Description: An introduction to crystal structure, the quantum theory of solids, the physics of semiconductor materials and the pn junction, with an emphasis on applications to semiconductor devices. Same course as ECEN 3903. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3
PHYS 3323 Modern Laboratory Methods I Prerequisites: PHYS 2014, PHYS 2114.
Description: Introduction to electric and electronic measurements and computer applications in experimental control, data collection and laboratory computation. Experiments on test instruments, integrated electronics, signal processing, computer interfacing, and data acquisition. Previously offered as PHYS 3322. Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: Lab: 6 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab Department/School: Physics PHYS 3513 Mathematical Physics
Prerequisites: PHYS 1214, PHYS 2114 or PHYS 2414 and MATH 2163. Description: Physical applications of vectors, vector calculus and differential equations. Fourier analysis. Orbit geometry, coordinate systems and transformation of coordinates. Matrices and determinants. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics
PHYS 3623 Modern Laboratory Methods II Prerequisites: PHYS 2014, PHYS 2114.
Description: Introduction to the operating principles and applications of modern physical methods used in research. Laboratory experiments with lasers, wave propagation, thermometry, radiation detection, optical interferometry, and spectroscopy. Credit hours: 3
Contact hours: Lab: 6 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab
Department/School: Physics PHYS 3713 Modern Physics Prerequisites: PHYS 2213 with a “C” or better. Description: This is the first course in the undergraduate quantum physics sequence. It covers the basic features of quantum mechanics as they relate to atomic systems, nuclear matter, photons, and electrons. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics PHYS 4003 Computer Simulation Methods in Physics Prerequisites: PHYS 3013, PHYS 3113, PHYS 3313 or consent of instructor. Description: Introduction to computer simulation methods used in the physical sciences. Linear systems, nonlinear systems, molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo methods, cellular automata, simple quantum systems. Some knowledge of either C, FORTRAN, Pascal, or BASIC required. Previously offered as PHYS 3993. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics
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