Special projects in physics. Departmental sponsor required. Prerequisite: one or more 400-level physics courses.

Thermodynamic and statistical descriptions of many particle systems. The laws of thermodynamics. Entropy. Free energies. Macrostates and microstates. Canonical and microcanonical probability distributions. Phase transitions. Application to various systems, including classical and quantum gases, solids. Prerequisites: PHYSICS 284 and MATH 233, or consent of instructor.

Newtonian dynamics and analytic methods. Conservation laws. Oscillatory phenomena including damping and resonance. Central force problems and planetary orbits. Rigid body mechanics. Introduction to the calculus of variation and the principle of least action. Generalized coordinates. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics. Prerequisites: PHYSICS 151 or 182, MATH 233.

Special projects; departmental sponsor required. Prerequisites: one or more 200-level physics courses.

Special projects; departmental sponsor required. Prerequisite: introductory physics.

Second half of the experimental course for sophomore majors. Experiments on a range of topics in modern physics. Corequisite: PHYSICS 284.

Second half of the experimental course for sophomore majors. Experiments on a range of topics in modern physics. Corequisite: PHYSICS 284.

Fourth term of introductory Physics sequence. Survey of discoveries in physics in the 20th century; special relativity, prelude to quantum theory, principles of quantum mechanics with application to problems in one dimension. PHYSICS 284 and 424 constitute a full-year course in modern physics. Prerequisites: PHYSICS 181, 182, , or consent of instructor, MATH 233.

The application of mathematical methods to problems in theoretical physics. A wide variety of techniques employing calculus. Introduction to complex numbers, matrices, vector calculus, Fourier series, and differential equations. Prerequisites: any introductory physics sequence; MATH 233, or consent of instructor.

Special projects; departmental sponsor required.