Physics Courses 100 - 299

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101 (020) Basic Concepts of Physics (4). Basic principles of physics with introduction to quantum physics, atoms, nuclei, and relativity. Not to be taken for credit after Physics 104-105 (024-025), or 116-117 (026-027). Three lecture and two laboratory hours a week. Fall and spring. Iliadis, Ludwig, staff.

102 (024E) General Physics (-).

103 (025E) General Physics (-).

104 (024) General Physics (4). Corequisite, Mathematics 130 (030) or equivalent. Only one of Physics 104 (024), 116 (026), and 116H (026A) may be taken for credit. Three lecture hours a week, and two laboratory hours a week. Fall and spring. Rowan, staff.

104L (024L) General Physics Laboratory (1). Prerequisite, permission of department. This section is only for students who have completed the lecture section through transfer credit, BE credit, etc. Fall and spring. Staff.

105 (025) General Physics (4). Prerequisite, Physics 104 (024). Only one of Physics 105 (025),117 (027), and 117H (027A) may be taken for credit. Three lecture hours a week and two laboratory hours a week. Fall and spring. Rowan, staff.

105L (025L) General Physics Laboratory (1). Prerequisite, permission of department. This section is only for students who have completed the lecture section through transfer credit, BE credit, etc. Two laboratory hours a week. Fall and spring. Staff.

108 Our Energy and Environmental Crises (4). Explore and quantify global depletion of energy reosurces and the accompanying environmental degradation. Examine traditional and alternative sources of mechanical power used in buildings, vehicles, and agriculture. Understand the physical basis for climate change and the uncertainties in our current knowledge. Three lecture hours a week, 1 hr discussion period. Fall. Cecil, Bane.

116 (026) Mechanics (4). Prerequisite, Mathematics 231 (031) or permission. Corequisite, Mathematics 32. Only one of Physics 24, 26, and 26A may be taken for credit. Mechanics of particles and rigid bodies. Newton's laws; conservation principles. Oscillatory and wavemotion. Sound. Three hours of lecture, two hours of lab, and one hour of recitation per week. Fall and spring. Engel, staff.

116H (026A) Mechanics (4). Prerequisite, Mathematics 231 (031) or permission. Corequisite, Mathematics 32. Honors section of Physics 26. Admission by permission of the honors dean or the department. Only one of Physics 24, 26, and 26A maybe taken for credit. Three hours of lecture, two hours of lab, and one hour of recitation per week. Fall. Khveshchenko.

117 (027) Electromagnetism and Optics (4). Prerequisite, Physics 116 (026), Mathematics 232 (032) or permission. Corequisite, Mathematics 232 (033). Only one of Physics 105 (025), 117 (027), and 117H (027A) may be taken for credit. Electricity and magnetism; Laws of Coulomb, Ampere, and Faraday. Electromagnetic oscillations and waves. Light; diffraction, and interference. Three hours of lecture, two hours of lab, and one hour of recitation per week. Fall and spring. Clegg, staff.

117H (027A) Electromagnetism and Optics (4). Prerequisite, Physics 116H (026A), Mathematics 232 (032) or permission. Corequisite, Mathematics 233 (033). Honors section of Physics 27. Only one of Physics 25, 27, and 27A may be taken for credit. Three hours of lecture, two hours of lab, and one hour of recitation per week. Spring. Khveshchenko, staff.

128 (028) Modern Physics (3). Prerequisite, Physics 117 (027) (or Physics 105 (025) by permission of instructor). Corequisite, Physics 128L (028L). Special relativity theory, black body radiation, photons and electrons; wave particle duality. Elements of atomic theory, nuclei and fundamental particles. Three lecture hours a week. Fall and spring. Iliadis, Wu, staff.

128L (028L) Modern Physics Laboratory (1). Prerequisite, Physics 128 (028). Corequisite, Physics 128 (028). Three laboratory hours a week. Fall and spring. Iliadis, Wu, staff.

131 (018) Energy: Physical Principles (3). Corequisite, Math 110 (010) (or equivalent). Learn about renewable & non-renewable energy sources, the precarious state of oil and natural gas supplies, and ways to adapt to the end of cheap oil. Fall. Cecil.

131L (018L) Energy: Physical (1). Prerequisite, Physics 131 (018). Corequisite, Physics 131 (018). Explore renewable and nonrenewable energy sources. Three laboratory hours per week. Physics 131 (018) is a pre/corequisite Fall and spring. Cecil, staff.

132 (037) Science and Society (3). A description of the scientific community and how scientists relate to such sociotechnical issues as the space program, the arms race, the energy problem, computer technology, medical technology, and pseudosciences. Spring. Schroeer.

201 (052) Basic Mechanics (3). Prerequisites, Physics 104 (024) (or 116 (026)) and Mathematics 232 (032), or permission of instructor. A one-semester course in statics, kinematics, simple harmonic motion, central forces, and applications from modern physics. Spring. Washburn, staff.

211 (058) Intermediate Electromagnetism (3). Prerequisites, Physics 105 (025) (or 117 (027)) and Mathematics 233 (033). Electric fields and potentials; dielectrics; steady currents; magnetic flux and magnetic materials; electromagnetic induction; emphasis on Maxwell's equations and their application to electromagnetic waves inbounded and unbounded media. Three lecture hours a week. Fall. Ng, staff.

295 (091), 395 (092) Research and Special Topics for Juniors and Seniors (2 or 3 each). To be taken by honors candidates and other qualified juniors and seniors. Fall and spring. Christiansen, staff.