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Physics (PHYS)
PHYS 4010 Special Problems Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Description: Individual laboratory work of an advanced nature. Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 9 credit hours. Credit hours: 1-3 Contact hours: Other: 1
PHYS 4413 Modern Physics II Prerequisites: PHYS 3013 and PHYS 3713.
Description: Atomic and X-ray spectra; one-dimensional Schroedinger equation; nuclear structure; introduction to statistical mechanics and elementary quantum statistics. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics PHYS 4423 Mechanics II Prerequisites: PHYS 3013. Description: Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics, calculus of variations, constrained systems, coupled oscillators, continuous systems and waves. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics PHYS 4513 Introductory Quantum Mechanics Prerequisites: PHYS 3713. Description: Uncertainty principle, setting up Schroedinger equation (time dependent as well as time independent) and solving it for linear oscillator, hydrogen atom, periodic, and other potentials. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics
Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Independent Study Department/School: Physics PHYS 4113 Electricity and Magnetism
Prerequisites: PHYS 2114 and MATH 2233, or their equivalents. Description: Electrostatic fields, magnetic fields of steady currents, induced EMFs, Maxwell's equations and introduction to electromagnetic wave theory. Vector analysis used. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics PHYS 4213 Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics Prerequisites: PHYS 2114 and PHYS 3713 or consent of instructor. Description: Survey of phenomenological aspects of nuclear and particle physics, photon and charged particle interactions with matter, particle detectors, particle accelerators, electromagnetic, strong and weak interactions, models of the nucleus, quark model of mesons and baryons, elementary particles, and symmetries in the Standard Model. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics PHYS 4263 Introduction to Solid State Physics Prerequisites: PHYS 3013, PHYS 3713 or consent of instructor. Description: Structure, specific heat, dielectric properties, lattice vibrations, free electron theory, band structure, and superconductivity of solids. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3
PHYS 4663 Radioactivity and Nuclear Physics Prerequisites: PHYS 3713 or consent of instructor.
Description: Natural and artificial radioactivity, decay laws; absorption, detection and measurement of radiations; nuclear transformations. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics PHYS 4712 Senior Project Description: Advanced individual experimental projects. Project proposal, formal laboratory report, and oral presentation are required. Credit hours: 2 Contact hours: Lab: 4 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lab Department/School: Physics PHYS 4813 Electromagnetic Radiation Prerequisites: PHYS 3213, PHYS 3513, PHYS 4113. Description: Electromagnetic wave theory, reflection and refraction of electromagnetic waves; resonant cavities, wave guides, fiber propagation of electromagnetic waves; radiation sources; relativistic description of electromagnetic fields. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics
Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics PHYS 4313 Molecular Biophysics Prerequisites: PHYS 1214 or PHYS 2114.
Description: Survey of experimental and computational methods for determining the structure and function of biomolecular assemblies such as proteins and membranes. Techniques to be discussed include: X-ray diffraction, nuclear and electron spin resonance, optical spectroscopy, photobiophysics, kinetic modeling, molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo and homology modeling. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Physics
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