Physics Minor
Requirements
17 hours, to include
This Calculus-based course is a study of the basic concepts of motion, energy, work, momentum, gravitation, fluids, heat, and thermal properties of matter.
Prerequisite
MATH 2312 and credit for or enrollment in PHYS 2105
Corequisite
PHYS 2105
Physics Laboratory I
This course is the laboratory that accompanies PHYS 2305. Fee.
Prerequisite
Credit for or enrolled in PHYS 2305
This Calculus-based course is a study of the basic concepts of wave motion and wave phenomena, sound, electricity, magnetism, light, optics, and modern physics.
Prerequisite
PHYS 2305 and 2105 and credit for or enrollment in PHYS 2106
Corequisite
PHYS 2106
Physics Laboratory II
This course is the laboratory that accompanies PHYS 2306. Fee.
Prerequisite
Credit for or enrolled in PHYS 2306
This course is an introduction to modern physics and mathematical physics. Topics will include photons (spectra, photoelectric effect, blackbody radiation, Compton effect), atoms (Rutherford, Bohr), matter waves (Planck, de Broglie, probability interpretation, Schrödinger), nuclei, particles, special relativity, introductory differential equations, matrices, elements of vector analysis and calculus of functions of several variables.
Prerequisite
PHYS 2301, PHYS 2105, PHYS 2306, and PHYS 2106