Physics

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Professor Wentworth
Visiting Assistant Professor TerMaat

Physics is concerned with basic questions about the structure and behavior of the physical universe: the description and causes of motion, the nature of energy and energy changes in systems, the interactions between particles, the relationship between structure and behavior the macroscopic behavior of a system and its microscopic parts. It is both a foundation for understanding other sciences, such as astronomy, chemistry and biology, and a source of practical knowledge used by the engineering disciplines, which promote technological advances.

Programs

• Engineering Physics
• Physics

• Physics Minor

Courses

• AST 103 - Introductory Astronomy (3)
• AST 103L - Astronomy Laboratory (1)

• PHY 101 - Introduction to Physics and Engineering (3)
• PHY 107 - Introductory Physics I (4)
• PHY 108 - Introductory Physics II (4)
• PHY 201 - General Physics I (4)
• PHY 202 - General Physics II (4)
• PHY 225 - Sophomore Exam (0)
• PHY 271/371/471 - Selected Topics (1-3)
• PHY 290/390/490 - Directed Study (1-3)
• PHY 302 - Electricity and Magnetism (3)
• PHY 305 - Advanced Physics Laboratory (2)
• PHY 306 - Theoretical Mechanics (3)
• PHY 308 - Heat and Thermodynamics (3)
• PHY 310 - Introduction to Materials Science (3)
• PHY 312 - Optics (3)
• PHY 314 - Modern Physics (3)
• PHY 318 - Statics (3)
• PHY 325 - Introduction to Electronic and Electical Circuits (4)
• PHY 395 - Physics Research I (1)
• PHY 405 - Quantum Mechanics (3)
• PHY 421 - Physics Internship (0-12)
• PHY 435 - Mathematical Methods for Physics (3)
• PHY 495 - Physics Research II (1)
• PHY 496 - Senior Seminar (1)

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