Updated 2021-2022 Graduate Catalog
Physics Courses
PHYS 5300 Thermal and Statistical Physics
(3 credits)
PHYS 6030 Survey of Electronics
(3 credits)
PHYS 6040 Survey of Optics
(3 credits)
PHYS 6050 Modern Physics
(3 credits)
PHYS 6050 Modern Physics (3 credits)
A qualitative and quantitative overview of physics developments in the 20th century, with an emphasis on special relativity and quantum mechanics. Topics include Lorentz transformations, space-time intervals, relativistic energy and momentum, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, and solutions to Schrödinger's wave equation involving free particles, quantum harmonic oscillators, and the hydrogen atom. Prerequisites: Licensed Physics Teacher or B.S. Degree in Physics.
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