Foundations of thermodynamics, fluids, waves, sound, and optics. Prerequisites: PHYSICS 151/153 or 181/183, MATH 131, or consent of instructor.

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Kinematics, vectors and scalars, Newton's laws of motion, work and energy, impulse and momentum. Conservation laws. Collisions, oscillations, rotational dynamics, waves and sound, fluids. Use of calculus in physics; problem-solving methods. Co-requisite: MATH 131. (GenEd. PS)

Computational physics in a computer laboratory setting. Numerical simulations of a variety of physical systems taught concurrently with programming skills using languages such as C, Mathematica or Matlab in a UNIX environment. No prior computer experience required. Prerequisites: PHYSICS 181 or 151, and MATH 132. Corequisite: PHYSICS 182 or 152.

Computational physics in a computer laboratory setting. Numerical simulations of a variety of physical systems taught concurrently with programming skills using languages such as C, Mathematica or Matlab in a UNIX environment. No prior computer experience required. Prerequisites: PHYSICS 181 or 151, and MATH 132. Corequisite: PHYSICS 182 or 152.

Introduction to physics of elementary particles; treating the development of the field, the particle spectrum, symmetries, quarks, experimental methods, an introduction to theories of the strong, electromagnetic and weak interaction, and recent developments. Prerequisites: PHYSICS 614, 606.

Nuclear properties and models, nuclear decays and reactions. Interactions of hadrons and leptons, internal symmetries and quantum numbers, quarks, unified interactions and gauge symmetry.

Concluding half of full-year course in modern physics (PHYSICS 284 is first half). Quantum mechanics in three dimensions, and applications, particularly to atoms and nuclei. Prerequisite: PHYSICS 284.