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Physics PHY101 - Applied Physics
Course introduces physics. Content includes mechanical systems, electrical systems, thermal systems; fluid mechanics. Intended for students in technical programs. Prerequisite: MAT 052 or consent of instructor.
4 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 3)
Fee: $30 PHY115 - Descriptive Astronomy
Course introduces astronomy. Content includes historical development of astronomy, solar system and planetary motion, physics of motion, electromagnetic radiation and astronomical instruments, stars and stellar evolution, galaxies, the big bang, and cosmology. Credit cannot be received in both PHY 120 and PHY 115. IAI P1 906
3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)
IAI Code: P1 906 PHY120 - Practical Astronomy
Course introduces astronomy. Content includes historical development of astronomy, solar system and planetary motion, physics of motion, electromagnetic radiation and astronomical instruments, stars and stellar evolution, galaxies, the big bang, and cosmology. Laboratory activities include operation of telescopes, observation of solar system and deep sky objects, sky charts, and use of computer based planetarium software. Credit cannot be received in both PHY 120 and PHY 115.
4 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 3)
Fee: $30 PHY131 - College Physics I
Course introduces physics. Algebra and trigonometry are used throughout the course. Content includes kinematics, Newtons laws of motion, energy, momentum, gravity, rotational dynamics, simple harmonic motion, fluid mechanics, and heat. Intended for liberal arts, life science and health science students. Prerequisite: MAT 122 or concurrent enrollment in MAT 122 or consent of instructor. IAI P1 900L
4 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 2)
Fee: $35
IAI Code: P1 900L PHY132 - College Physics II
Course continues PHY 131. Content includes sound, mechanical waves, electrostatic forces, capacitance, electric current, voltage, resistance, magnetism, Faradays law, electrical instruments and electrical safety; light, geometric and physical optics, and optical instruments. Prerequisite: PHY 131 or consent of instructor.
4 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 2)
Fee: $35 PHY221 - General Physics I
Course presents fundamental elements of physics with quantitative methods utilizing vectors, and differential and integral calculus. Content includes kinematics and dynamics, conservation of energy and momentum, angular momentum, elastic properties of matter, simple harmonic motion, resonance, kinetic theory of gasses, and thermodynamics. Intended for engineering and physical science students. Prerequisite: MAT 250 with minimum grade of C or consent of instructor. IAI P2 900L
5 Credit Hours (lecture: 4; lab: 3)
Fee: $35
IAI Code: P2 900L PHY222 - General Physics II
Course continues PHY 221. Content includes quantitative methods utilizing differential and integral calculus; mechanical waves and sound, charge, electric field and potential, Gausss Law, Amperes Law, Faradays Law, magnetic properties of matter, inductance, capacitance, electromagnetic radiation, geometrical optics, and physical optics. Prerequisite: PHY 221 with minimum grade of C and MAT 251 or concurrent enrollment in MAT 251.
5 Credit Hours (lecture: 4; lab: 3)
Fee: $35 PHY223 - Modern Physics
Course continues PHY 222. Content includes special relativity, classic experiments leading to the development of quantum mechanics, wave-particle duality, wave motion and wave packets, uncertainty principle, Bohr model of hydrogen, Schrödinger equation, infinite and finite square well, quantum harmonic oscillator, tunneling, angular momentum and hydrogen atom, atomic structure, and basic nuclear physics. Prerequisite: PHY 222 with minimum grade of C.
4 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 2)
Fee: $30 PHY290 - Topics in Physics
This course is designed to meet the special interest needs of physics students. Topics will be offered for variable credit from one to four semester credit hours. Students may repeat PHY 290 up to three times on different topics for a maximum of nine semester credit hours.
1-4 Credit Hours (lecture: 1-4; lab: 1-4)
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