Core Courses |
| PHY 211 | Mechanics | 3 Credits |
| This course introduces Newtonian mechanics with applications to particles in motion, motion of rigid bodies, central force problems, oscillations and collisions between particles. | ||
| Pre-requisites: PHY 103 or PHY 105.
Co-requisite: MAT 222 |
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| PHY 221 | Waves and Optics | 3 Credits |
| This course covers fundamentals of waves including refection, refraction, interference, diffraction and polarization of waves with special emphasis on optics. Special emphasis is placed on optics. Lenses and mirrors are discussed. | ||
| Pre-requisites: PHY 103 or PHY 105.
Co-requisite: MAT 222 |
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| PHY 251 | Modern Physics | 3 Credits |
| This course examines the failure of the classical theories of physics and the twentieth-century developments which replaced them including relativity and quantum theory. | ||
| Pre-requisites: PHY 103 or PHY 105.
Co-requisite: MAT 222 |
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| PHY 271 | Mathematical Methods of Physics | 3 Credits |
| Vector algebra, simple and partial differential equations, special functions with special emphasis on applications to physics problems. | ||
| Co-requisite: MAT 222 | ||
| PHY 291 | Sophomore Physics Lab | 3 Credits |
| Selected experiments in physics covering mechanics, heat & thermodynamics, electromagnetism and modern physics. | ||
| Pre-requisite PHY 103L or PHY 105L
and PHY 104L or PHY 106L Co-requisite PHY 221, PHY 251 |
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| PHY 331 | Thermal Physics | 3 Credits |
| This course introduces classical thermodynamics including laws of thermodynamics, entropy, equations of states, thermodynamic equilibrium and potentials, Maxwell relations, phase transitions. | ||
| Pre-requisites: PHY 103 or PHY 105 | ||
| PHY 341 | Electromagnetism | 3 Credits |
| Laws of electric and magnetic fields, electric circuits, Maxwell’s equations. | ||
| Pre-requisites: PHY 103 or PHY 105.
Co-requisite: MAT 222 |
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| PHY 371 | Computational Physics | 3 Credits |
| This course introduces students to numerical solutions to physics problems using a chosen computer programming language or software like Mathcad or Mathematica. | ||
| Pre-requisite PHY 103, PHY 104 or PHY 105, PHY 106 | ||
| PHY 391 | Junior Physics Lab | 3 Credits |
| This course introduces Newtonian mechanics with applications to particles in motion, motion of rigid bodies, central force problems, oscillations and collisions between particles. | ||
| Pre-requisite PHY 291 | ||