Physics

PHY221 General Physics I (4 semester hours)
The first of a two-course non-calculus sequence in physics intended primarily for students in computer science and biology. Topics covered in the first term include mechanics and heat. Includes lab work.
Prerequisite: MTH210

PHY222 General Physics II (4 semester hours)
A continuation of General Physics I. Topics include electricity and magnetism, wave motion and optics. Includes lab work.
Prerequisite: PHY221.

PHY241 Statics (3 semester hours)
Basic principles of mechanics as related to the description of rigid bodies at rest and the ability to apply those principles to the solution of engineering problems: equivalent force systems, moments, couples, equilibrium, distributed forces, center of mass, analysis of structure, and friction.
Prerequisites: PHY221 and MTH222.

PHY242 Dynamics (3 semester hours)
Working knowledge of dynamics dealing with the motion of particles and rigid bodies subject to unbalanced force systems: kinematics, Newton's laws of motion, work, energy and power, and impulse and momentum.
Prerequisite: PHY241.

PHY300 Kinematics of Machines (3 semester hours)
Kinematics of machines: relative motion of machine parts such as linkages, cams, gears and gear trains, and translation screws. Includes the analysis and synthesis of motion generators, and treats the subjects of bearing and lubrication.
Prerequisite: PHY242.

PHY302 Mechanics of Deformable Bodies (3 semester hours)
Sound coverage of the field of strength of materials necessary for successful machine and structural design: elastic analysis, including stress and strain, torsion, bending of beams, shearing stress in beams, combined stresses, principal stresses, and deflection of beams.
Prerequisite: PHY241.

PHY305 Structural Design (3 semester hours)
Application of mechanics and strength of materials to the analysis of statically determinate structures; introduction of matrix methods of structural analysis. Design of structural members of steel and aluminum, light gauge members in steel and design of connections (riveted, welded, and bolted) for beams, plate girders, and trusses.
Prerequisite: PHY302.

PHY310 Engineering Thermodynamics (3 semester hours)
Basic energy concepts and definitions; the first and second law of thermodynamics, and applications to closed and open systems; the properties of working substances.
Prerequisites: PHY222 and MTH320.

PHY320 Fluid Mechanics (3 semester hours)
Provides groundwork for future study in fluid mechanics and developing the basic ideas necessary for the understanding of real fluids in engineering situations: statics and dynamics of compressible and incompressible fluids, viscous effects, and energy and momentum principles.
Prerequisite: PHY242.

PHY330 Applied Optics (3 semester hours)
Integrates basic concepts with their application to problems of interest to scientists and engineers: elementary treatment of image formation, dealing with the laws of reflection and refraction and with mirrors, lenses, and prisms, ray tracing, aberrations, and optical instruments, and the wave nature of light including interference, diffraction, coherence and polarization. Additional topics include spectrometers, the laser and laser safety, and the optics of transformations including holography. Includes lab work.
Prerequisites: PHY222 and MTH320.

PHY341 Modern Physics I (3 semester hours)
The atomic view of matter and the properties of some atomic systems. Kinetic theory of gases, an introduction to quantization of charge, light and energy, electron waves, and the Bohr model of the atom; x-rays and atomic spectra and the properties of solids.
Prerequisites: PHY222 and MTH320.

PHY342 Modern Physics II (3 semester hours)
Characteristics of radiation, its detection, nuclear structure, and alpha, beta, and gamma decay theory. Includes nuclear reactions such as neutron activation, fission and fusion, and a survey of accelerators and reactors, and concludes with a look at elementary particle physics.
Prerequisite: PHY341.

PHY410 Electricity and Magnetism (3 semester hours)
Basic principles of electromagnetic field theory of special interest to students oriented toward physics of electrical engineering: electrostatics, potential theory, dielectric materials, Laplace's and Poisson's equations, electric current, magnetic fields, magnetic properties of matter, time changing electric and magnetic fields, and Maxwell's equations.
Prerequisites: PHY222 and MTH330.