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Elements of physics bearing directly on production and assimilation of musical tones: wave motion, resonance, complex waves, physiology of hearing, musical scales, simple acoustical models of musical instruments, and architectural acoustics.

Psychoacoustics and architectural acoustics. A study of the mechanics and neurological foundations of the perception of pitch, loudness, timbre, and direction, followed by a contrasting study of the behavior, measurement, and evaluation of sound and music in a variety of environments, utilizing both objective techniques and the psychoacoustical insights gained from the first part of the course.

Introduction to electronic circuits, devices, and systems with practical applications to recording engineering and biomedical instrumentation. Non-majors only.

A calculus treatment of statics applied to the equilibrium of rigid and elastic bodies, including fundamentals of mechanics, vector algebra, free body diagrams, equivalent force/moment systems, distributed forces, centroids and center of gravity, equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies, trusses, frames, beams, internal forces in structural members, friction, first and second moments of area and moments and products of inertia, and methods of virtual work and total potential energy.

Continuation of PHYS 321 including stress and strain tensors, mechanical properties of solids, multidimensional stress-strain relations, section forces in beams, stresses in beams, deflection of beams, torsion, stresses and strain relations at a point, Mohr's circle, energy methods, elastic stability, and vibrations.

A development of network analysis including Ohm’s and Kirchhoff’s laws, dependent and independent voltage and current sources, circuit simplification techniques including node-voltage, mesh-current methods, Thevenin and Norton equivalents, energy-storage elements, operational amplifiers, natural and step response of RL, RC and RLC circuits, sinusoidal steady- state analysis, introduction to Laplace Transforms, passive filters.

Continuation of PHYS 323 including sinusoidal excitation and phasors, AC steady state analysis, three-phase circuits, complex frequency and network functions, frequency response, transformers, Fourier and Laplace transforms.

Course treats analog electronics, AC and DC circuits and laws of network analysis. Elements of semiconductor physics. Diodes, rectifiers, filters and regulated power supplies. Bipolar and FET transistors and transistor amplifier circuits. Feedback and operational amplifiers. Discrete and integrated circuit oscillators, multivibrators, and waveshaping.

TTL characteristics, Boolean algebra, logic functions, and minimization procedures. Logic gates and implementation. Design of combinational and sequential circuits. Flipflops, counters, shift registers, and arithmetic circuits. Analog to digital and digital to analog conversion. Solid state memories and simple processors.

Laboratory to accompany and supplement PHYS 325.

Laboratory to accompany and supplement PHYS 326.

Mechanics applied to the motion of particles and rigid bodies, including kinematics and dynamics of particles, relative motion, work-energy and impulse-momentum methods, and kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies, including rotation and simple vibration.

Concepts of temperature, laws of thermodynamics, entropy, thermodynamic relations and potentials, processes, properties and cycles, applications to physical systems, introduction to statistical mechanics. MATH 223 is recommended (may be taken concurrently).

Vector-tensor approach to classical mechanics including kinematics, dynamics, oscillations, Lagrange's and Hamilton's equations, transformations, central force, and rigid body motion.

Mathematical theory of electrostatics and electromagnetism employing vector calculus. Applications of Maxwell's equations.

An introduction to geometrical, physical, and modern optics.

Laboratory to accompany and supplement PHYS 340.

A survey of modern astrophysics, applying the physical and mathematical tools learned in the prerequisites. Topics covered include the physics of stars, interstellar gas and dust, galaxies, and cosmology.

A laboratory course covering techniques in modern observational astrophysics. Students will be trained to operate the telescope on campus and will gain expertise in the acquisition and analysis of digital images. Nighttime work outside of formal class meeting time will be required.