Current Program and Course Description Information:
PHY 1060 Survey of Physics
2 Lab 3 Lec 4 Credits
The study of basic physical principles physics for students with no previous physics or science background. Scientific method, systems of units, vectors, mechanics, property of matter, heat, sound, electricity and light. Includes a laboratory component.
PHY 1310 General Physics I
3 Lab 3 Lec 4 Credits
Prerequisites: MTH 1320
The first semester of a two-semester, algebra-based introduction to physics. Topics include kinematics in 1-D and 2-D, vectors, force and Newton’s laws of motion, work, energy, conservation of energy, linear momentum, collisions, rotational kinematics and dynamics, angular momentum and rotational energy, rotational and translational equilibrium, gravitation, properties of solids and fluids, heat and thermodynamics, the kinetic theory of gases, simple harmonic motion, waves and sound. This course includes a laboratory component.
PHY 1320 General Physics II
3 Lab 3 Lec 4 Credits
Prerequisites: PHY 1310
The second semester of a two-semester, algebrabased introduction to physics. Topics include electric forces and fields, electric potential, capacitance, current and resistance, conductivity, Kirchoff’s rules, basic circuit analysis, magnetism, induction and inductance, EMF, Faraday’s law, RLC circuits, electric power, electromagnetic waves, geometric optics, interference, diffraction, polarization, special relativity, quantum physics, atomic physics, nuclear physics and elementary particles. This course includes a laboratory component.
PHY 2310 Engineering Physics I
3 Lab 4 Lec 5 Credits
Co-requisites: MTH 2510
The first semester of a two-semester, calculus-based introduction to physics. Topics include kinematics in 1-D and 2-D, vectors and vector algebra, force and Newton’s laws of motion, work, kinetic and potential energy, conservation of energy, linear momentum, collisions, rotational kinematics and dynamics, angular momentum, rotational energy, gravitation, simple harmonic motion, waves and sound, properties of solids and fluids, heat and thermodynamics, and the kinetic theory of gases. This course includes a laboratory component.
PHY 2320 Engineering Physics II
4 Lab 3 Lec 5 Credits
Prerequisite: PHY 2310
The second semester of a two-semester, calculus-based introduction to physics. Topics include electric fields, electric potential, capacitance, resistance and conductivity, Kirchoff’s rules, basic circuit analysis, magnetism, Ampere’s law, induction and inductance, EMF, Faraday’s law, RLC circuits, electric power, electromagnetic waves, geometric optics, interference, diffraction, polarization, special relativity, quantum physics, atomic physics, semiconductors, nuclear physics, and elementary particles. This course includes a laboratory component.
Updated 5/23/07
