300

PHYS 311 Acoustics I

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.

3

Prerequisites

PHYS 121 or PHYS 230

PHYS 312 Acoustics II

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.

3

Prerequisites

PHYS 311

PHYS 318 Basic Electronics

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

3

Prerequisites

(MATH 120 or MATH 122) and (PHYS 122 or PHYS 231)

PHYS 321 Engineering Statics

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.

3

Prerequisites

PHYS 230

PHYS 322 Mechanics of Solids

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.

4

Prerequisites

PHYS 321

PHYS 323 Circuit Analysis

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.

4

Prerequisites

PHYS 231

PHYS 324 Circuit Analysis II

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.

3

Prerequisites

PHYS 323

PHYS 325 Electronics

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.

3

Prerequisites

PHYS 231

Corequisites

PHYS 327

PHYS 326 Digital Logic

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.

3

Corequisites

PHYS 328

PHYS 327 Electronics Lab

Laboratory to accompany and supplement PHYS 325.

1

Corequisites

PHYS 325

PHYS 328 Digital Lab

Laboratory to accompany and supplement PHYS 326.

1

Corequisites

PHYS 326

PHYS 329 Engineering Dynamics

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.

3

Prerequisites

PHYS 230

PHYS 330 Thermodynamics

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).

3

Prerequisites

PHYS 230

PHYS 331 Theoretical Mechanics

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

3

Prerequisites

MATH 224 and PHYS 230

PHYS 333 Electricity and Magnetism

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

3

Prerequisites

PHYS 231 and (PHYS 425 or MATH 420)

PHYS 340 Optics

An introduction to geometrical, physical, and modern optics.

3

Prerequisites

PHYS 231

Corequisites

PHYS 341

PHYS 341 Optics Laboratory

Laboratory to accompany and supplement PHYS 340.

1

Corequisites

PHYS 340

PHYS 350 Astrophysics

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.

3

Prerequisites

PHYS 231 and MATH 223

PHYS 352 Measuring the Sky

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.

1

Prerequisites

PHYS 152 or PHYS 231