Course Requirements
PHY 170
UNIVERSITY PHYSICS I
Mechanics and fluids. Laboratory fee. Autumn. COREQUISITE(S): MAT 147 or MAT 160 or MAT 170.
Prerequisites:
MAT 147 or MAT 160 or MAT 170 is a corequisite for this class.
PHY 171
UNIVERSITY PHYSICS II
Heat, sound and light. Laboratory fee. Winter COREQUISITE(S): MAT 161 or 171 or 148.
Prerequisites:
PHY 170 is a prerequisite for this course.PHY 172
UNIVERSITY PHYSICS III
Electricity and magnetism. Laboratory fee. Spring COREQUISITE(S):MAT 162 or 172 or 149.
Prerequisites:
PHY 171 is a prerequisite for this course.PHY 270
UNIVERSITY PHYSICS IV
20th-century physics. Lab Fee Autumn
Prerequisites:
PHY 172 is a prerequisite for this course.
PHY 300
METHODS OF COMPUTATIONAL AND THEORETICAL PHYSICS I
Computational and theoretical methods in ordinary differential equations, complex numbers, systems of equations, phase plane analysis, bifurcations. Applications to damped, driven oscillators, electronics. Lab Fee Winter COREQUISITE(S):MAT 261.
PHY 301
METHODS OF COMPUTATIONAL AND THEORETICAL PHYSICS II
Fourier series, Fourier transforms, partial differential equations, Legendre polynomials, special functions. Applications to wave motion, electricity and magnetism, modern physics, optics. lab fee. Spring
Prerequisites:
PHY 300 is a prerequisite for this course.