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| PHYS 01000 - Pre-Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. For students not ready to take the algebra- and trigonometry-based courses in physics (218 and P201). Basic concepts of physics. Methods of analyzing physics problems. Setting up equations for physics problems. Interpreting information in physics problems. Analyzing and presenting the results of laboratory measurements. Extensive drill in these topics. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Remedial May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| PHYS 10000 - Physics In The Modern World |
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Credit Hours: 5.00. Ideas, language, methods, and impact of physics today. Typically offered Fall Spring.
0.000 OR 5.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Indianapolis |
| PHYS 10500 - Sound And Music |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A non-mathematical course that deals with the physical properties of sound and sound patterns, the physiological response to sound and the psychological sensations of music. The physical principles covered include wave motion, wave properties, resonance, and analysis of tones and complex waveforms. How sound patterns are produced using musical instruments, how these sounds propagate and how they are detected and interpreted will be examined. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 10700 - Conceptual Physics For Humanities |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A descriptive, non-mathematical explanation of physical laws and theories, phenomena, and practical applications. Topics: mechanics, properties of matter, heat and waves. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Hammond |
| PHYS 10800 - Conceptual Physics For Humanities |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A descriptive, non-mathematical explanation of physical laws and theories, phenomena and practical applications. Topics: electricity, magnetism, light, and modern physics. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Hammond |
| PHYS 11500 - Introduction To Lasers |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Three-hour lecture class about the theory and operation of lasers. Lectures will discuss basic optics, the operation of lasers, laser safety, and the uses of lasers in science, industry, construction, communication, entertainment and medical fields. Class intended for non-physics majors. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 11501 - Introduction To Lasers Laboratory |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. This is an optional lab course for PHYS 11500, Introduction to Lasers. We will experiment the concepts involved in the PHYS 11500 lectures. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 12000 - Physics Of Sports |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course enables students to learn fundamental physical principles and concepts from examples of situations occurring in sports. The numerous recent applications of physics toward enhancing sports performance, both by improving techniques and equipment, will be selectively studied. Physical concepts such as velocity and acceleration, force, momentum, impulse, rotational motion, torque, pressure, fluid flow, energy and power will be introduced and exemplified through sports. The course is intended for non-science majors. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 12100 - How To Solve A Problem Without Solving The Problem |
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Credit Hours: 2.00. This course teaches students how to formulate a research question and start doing research with their current knowledge. Permission of Instructor required. Typically offered Fall.
2.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Learning Outcomes: 1. Increase the students' ability to connect their (textbook) knowledge to its real world applications. 2. Engage students in creating models that can address open-ended questions, 3. Instill the habit of carrying out reality checks on the solutions they have developed. 4. Facilitate student inquiry through increased critical thinking and independent project work. |
| PHYS 12200 - How To Know When You Are Right |
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Credit Hours: 2.00. This course continues developing students' capabilities to perform research. Permission of Instructor required. Typically offered Spring.
2.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Learning Outcomes: 1. Increase the students' ability to connect their (textbook) knowledge to its real world applications. 2. Engage students in creating models that can address open-ended questions. 3. Instill the habit of carrying out reality checks on the solutions they have developed. 4. Facilitate student inquiry through increased critical thinking and independent project work. |
| PHYS 12500 - Light And Color |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is an introduction to the phenomena associated with electromagnetic waves having visible wavelength, i.e., light. Topics will include: characteristics of light, optical instruments such as telescopes and cameras, rainbows, human seeing, color and color mixing, lasers, Polaroid lenses, and tricks with mirrors. The course will emphasize phenomenological and conceptual consideration of these topics using many demonstrations and activities. This course is intended for non-science majors. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 12700 - Physics For Computer Graphics And Animation I |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the physics of light and its interactions with objects as these topics apply to the production of computer generated images. The course will investigate light and color through observation and the use of 3D graphics programs. In particular how light interacts with surfaces and how we see will be explored in order to understand how to make graphic images that appear true to life. Typically offered Fall Spring.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 12800 - Physics Of Martial Arts |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A conceptual study in physics as it applies to martial arts. In particular, Newtonian mechanics, rotational dynamics, material study, and center of mass will be addressed. No martial arts experience is necessary nor will any martial art be taught. Unlike other conceptual physics courses, this course will very much focus on the forces a human can exert on another object. From these beginnings, the course will develop the student's conceptual understanding of momentum, work, energy, power, and intensity to achieve a final goal of understanding collisions. The course will also examine leverage, rotational dynamics, and center of mass (throwing, grappling, and joint maneuvers). Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 12900 - Physics Of War |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines the physics behind weapons developed throughout centuries of warfare. Weapons to be examined are the bow, the many variations of the catapult, the development of artillery from the muzzle loader to the rail-gun, rockets and missiles, directed energy weapons such as lasers, and nuclear bombs. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Learning Outcomes: 1. Students will describe the basic projectile motion, conservation of momentum, and energy. |
| PHYS 13000 - Exploring The New Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is a survey for non-science majors of the conceptual foundations, applications, and implications for the future of the recent major discoveries in physics. Examples of topics are quantum electronics, high temperature superconductivity, lasers, chaos, fractals, the cold fusion controversy, the search for the fifth force, quarks, and dark matter in the universe. Topics are presented in a descriptive and conceptual manner without mathematics. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 13100 - Concepts In Physics I |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A nonmathematical course that introduces students to physics through interactive investigations and discussions. Everyday life is compared to the scientific concepts of forces, motion, momentum and energy. Typically offered Fall Spring.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand the nature of science. 2. Demonstrate a conceptual understanding of mechanics based topics in physics. 3. Improved critical thinking and problem solving skills through experimental investigations and demonstrate the ability to communicate conceptual understanding of related topics. |
| PHYS 13101 - Concepts In Physics I Laboratory |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. This is an optional Lab course for PHYS 13100, Concepts in Physics I. We will experiment the concepts involved in the PHYS 13100 lectures. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 13200 - Concepts In Physics II |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A continuation of PHYS 131. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 13500 - The 1st Three Minutes |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is a descriptive introduction to the major concepts of contemporary physics and their relationship to theories of the origin of the universe. The course presents a historical survey of cosmological thought, leading to today's recent developments. Topics include stars and galaxies, the four forces, relativity, quantum physics, elementary particles, and the Big Bang. The course is intended for non-science majors. There is no need for a background in college math. However, knowledge of mathematics at high school level is required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 13600 - Chaos And Fractals |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course explores novel ideas in geometry and dynamical systems as they appear in natural phenomena. Irregular patterns in nature can be understood in terms of fractal geometry. Physical processes that appear to be random actually obey a deterministic law. The concepts of chaos and fractals help us to understand these processes. This course is intended for non-science majors. There is no need for a background in college math. However, knowledge of mathematics at high school level is required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 14000 - Short Courses In Physics |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. Five-week short courses on a variety of topics related to the physical world. Examples of topics include: Waves and Particles are the Same Thing, Relativity, Quarks and Other Inhabitants of the Zoo, Why Things Work and Why They Don't, Lasers and Holography, Physics of Star Trek. Typically offered Fall Spring.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| PHYS 14900 - Mechanics, Heat, And Wave Motion |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Designed primarily for engineering students in need of preparation for PHYS 15200. Basic concepts of kinematics, dynamics, mechanical energy, heat energy, and wave motion. Not available for credit toward graduation in the School of Science or the Schools of Engineering. Typically offered Fall Spring.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture, Recitation Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 15200 - Mechanics |
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Credit Hours: 4.00 (West Lafayette, Calumet, North Central, IUPUI) 5.00 (Fort Wayne). Statics, uniform and accelerated motion; Newton's laws; circular motion; energy, momentum, and conservation principles; dynamics of rotation; gravitation and planetary motion; hydrostatics and hydrodynamics; simple harmonic motion; wave motion and sound. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 TO 5.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture, Recitation Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Dept Credit, Lower Division, GTC-Science, UC-Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne IUPUI Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette Columbus Indianapolis |
| PHYS 15250 - Honors Mechanics Seminar |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. The primary goal of the course is to enrich the student's experience in PHYS 15200 by presenting a topic not traditionally covered in first-year physics, such as special relativity, quantum mechanics, or particle physics. The course will meet for 50 minutes, during which time there will be a lecture and/or class discussion. The course will carry honors credit. Typically offered Fall.
1.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Honors, Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Learning Outcomes: 1. To learn about modern development in mechanics and their impact on our scientific worldview. 2. To be able to identify the limitations in Newtonian physics and to explain how modern theories address these shortcomings. |
| PHYS 16200 - Particle Kinematics and Conservation Laws |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. Particle kinematics, Newton's laws of particle dynamics, work and energy, energy and momentum conservation, particle collisions. Typically offered Fall.
0.000 OR 4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture, Practice Study Observation, Recitation Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 16300 - Mechanics, Heat, And Kinetic Theory |
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Credit Hours: 5.00. Rotational kinematics, rotational dynamics, conservation of angular momentum, gravitation, fluid statics and dynamics, oscillations and waves, heat and the first law of thermodynamics, introduction to special relativity. Typically offered Spring.
0.000 OR 5.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Laboratory Preparation, Lecture, Recitation Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 17000 - Special Topics In Physics |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Specialized topics in introductory physics, including laboratory experiments if appropriate. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| PHYS 17200 - Modern Mechanics |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. Introductory calculus-based physics course using fundamental interactions between atoms to describe Newtonian mechanics, conservation laws, energy quantization, entropy, the kinetic theory of gases, and related topics in mechanics and thermodynamics. Emphasis is on using only a few fundamental principles to describe physical phenomena extending from nuclei to galaxies. 3-D graphical simulations and numerical problem solving by computer are employed by the student from the very beginning. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
CTL:IPS 1753 Calculus-based Physics I
0.000 OR 4.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture, Recitation All Sections for this Course Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Core Transfer Library, Lower Division, GTC-Science, UC-Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. To understand and describe a wide range of physical phenomena in mechanics and thermodynamics using only a few fundamental principles of physics. 2. To learn a unified approach that relates microscopic behavior to macroscopic behavior. 3. To model natural phenomena quantitatively. 4. To apply all this to a range of topics related to mechanics and thermodynamics. |
| PHYS 18300 - Professional Practice I |
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Credit Hours: 0.00. Course shall include supervised experience and/or training as a professional physicist. Must be accepted for the program by cooperative program coordinator. For cooperative education students only. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Experiential Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Coop, Full-Time Privileges, Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne West Lafayette |
| PHYS 18400 - Professional Practice II |
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Credit Hours: 0.00. Course shall include supervised experience and/or training as a professional physicist. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Experiential Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Coop, Full-Time Privileges, Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne West Lafayette |
| PHYS 19000 - Special Assignments |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Readings, discussions, written reports, or laboratory work selected for enrichment in special areas of physics. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
1.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Lower Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times Learning Outcomes: 1. To deepen and/or broaden understanding of physics and physical laws of nature by learning beyond what is offered by currently available fixed-title courses. |
| PHYS 19400 - Freshman Physics Orientation |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. Designed to provide incoming physics majors with the academic, survival, and computational skills to make a successful transition from high school to college. Discussion of opportunities within the Department including degree options, co-op program, undergraduate research, careers in physics, use of spreadsheet software, graphing packages, and drawing programs. Attendance and performance on assigned projects are the basis of the Pass/Not Pass requirement. Typically offered Fall Spring.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Hammond |
| PHYS 20000 - Our Physical Environment |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A nonmathematical introduction to physical concepts and methods by means of examples from daily life and current technological applications. Typically offered Spring Fall.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Columbus Indianapolis |
| PHYS 20100 - General Physics I |
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Credit Hours: 5.00. Newtonian mechanics, wave motion, heat and thermodynamics. Application of physical principles to related scientific disciplines including life sciences. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 OR 5.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division, GTC-Science, UC-Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 20200 - General Physics II |
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Credit Hours: 5.00. Electricity and magnetism, geometrical and physical optics, quantum theory, introduction to concepts of relativity, atomic and nuclear physics. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 OR 5.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Lower Division, GTC-Science, UC-Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 21000 - Nature Of Physical Science I |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. An integrated, activity-based introduction to some of the basic phenomena, concepts, principles, and reasoning in physics and chemistry. This course is designed for non-science majors and is especially appropriate for education majors since many of the activities can be readily modified for use with younger students. Course does not count toward degrees in science, engineering, or technology. Typically offered Fall Spring.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 21300 - Physics For Elementary Education |
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Credit Hours: 2.00. Development of basic concepts and theories in physical science. Not available for credit towards graduation in the College of Science, PU North Central and PU West Lafayette. Typically offered Fall Spring.
2.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville |
| PHYS 21400 - The Nature Of Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Development of basic concepts and theories in physics; a terminal survey course designed for non-science majors. Typically offered Fall Spring.
CTL:IPS 1750 Survey Of Physical Science
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture, Recitation Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Lower Division, GTC-Science, UC-Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: Indiana College Network West Lafayette Anderson Columbus Indianapolis Kokomo Lafayette New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| PHYS 21500 - Physics For Elementary Education |
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Credit Hours: 2.00. The curriculum draws heavily on Project 2061 Benchmarks and NRC Science Education Standards for content and nature of science materials and focuses on middle school learning goals (especially those with strands at elementary level). Each learning goal was expanded to finer-grained target ideas creating more steps to make concepts more understandable and explicit. Activities were designed to enable students to develop deep conceptual understanding of each target area and the structure and sequence were guided by research on student learning. In this class social interactions are used to clarify ideas and to encourage peer teaching. The students' understandings are based on prior knowledge. The class is based on a constructivist framework where new understandings are scaffolded from partial to incomplete understandings, and those are refined over time. Typically offered Fall Spring.
0.000 OR 2.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Lower Division, GTC-Science, UC-Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 21600 - Introduction To Science-Based Dating |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to age determination techniques used in archaeology and the earth sciences. Various techniques currently in use, and their impact on our understanding of the past, will be described qualitatively. Topics covered include dating by use of Carbon 14, thermoluminescence, tree rings, and fission tracks, and surface exposure dating by use of cosmogenic nuclides. Typically offered Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 21700 - Introduction To Current Physics And Forefront Research |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. This course introduces new physics majors to current physics and the research areas of the department. There are multiple sections with each section having eight or less students meeting with a Professor. The course is part seminar, part interactive discussion and questions and answers and part laboratory visits to research areas. Topics cover a wide range including the evolution of the Universe, astrophysics, elementary particle physics, nuclear physics, geophysical dating, nanoscience and imaging. Topics evolve to match current physics and the interests of the students. Typically offered Fall.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 21800 - General Physics |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. Mechanics, heat, and sound, primarily for technology students. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
0.000 OR 4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture, Recitation All Sections for this Course Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Lower Division, GTC-Science, UC-Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne IUPUI West Lafayette Anderson Columbus Indianapolis Kokomo Lafayette New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| PHYS 21900 - General Physics II |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. Electricity, light, and modern physics, primarily for technology students. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
0.000 OR 4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture, Recitation Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Lower Division, GTC-Science, UC-Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne IUPUI West Lafayette Anderson Columbus Indianapolis Kokomo Lafayette New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| PHYS 22000 - General Physics |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. Mechanics, heat, and sound, for students not specializing in physics. CTL:IPS 1751 Algebra-based Physics I
0.000 OR 4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Laboratory, Lecture, Recitation All Sections for this Course Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Core Transfer Library, Lower Division, GTC-Science, UC-Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette |
| PHYS 22100 - General Physics |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. Electricity, light, and modern physics, for students not specializing in physics. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
CTL:IPS 1752 Algebra-based Physics II
0.000 OR 4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Laboratory, Lecture, Recitation All Sections for this Course Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Core Transfer Library, Lower Division, GTC-Science, UC-Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette |
| PHYS 22200 - Mechanics Laboratory |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. Selected experiments in mechanics, thermodynamics, and fluid mechanics such as those dealing with kinematics, dynamics, waves, oscillations, work, energy, and fluids. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
1.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Students will demonstrate the ability to think and function as a scientist. 2. Students will demonstrate the ability to communicate well, both orally and in writing. 3. Students will demonstrate the ability to understand the role of scientific observation of Nature in uncovering the Laws of Physics. |
| PHYS 22300 - X-Ray Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides background in physics necessary to understand the generation and usage of X-Rays. It will cover basic concepts in Physics such as Forces, Energy and Power. Concepts in Electricity and Magnetism will be explored as an introduction to Electromagnetic Radiation. Physical models of Electromagnetic Radiation and Matter will be developed. The interaction between Electromagnetic Radiation matter will be explored. Particular focus will be placed on the physical mechanism of generating X-Rays and the use of X-Rays. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Learning Outcomes: 1. Students will be able to describe basic AC circuit concepts, such as current, voltage and induction. 2. Students will describe physical models of electromagnetic radition; Photons, Waves, Rays. 3. Students will comprehend the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter. 4. Students will explain the process of generation of X-Rays and their detection. |
| PHYS 23300 - Physics For Life Sciences I |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. Physics For Life Sciences I builds upon prerequisite knowledge in college level biology, chemistry, and mathematics to present introductory physics that will be useful for applying physical principles, insights, and problem solving approaches for students with life science majors. Content will feature the Newtonian framework with emphasis on friction, drag and viscosity, random motion and diffusion, fluid flow, the Coulomb force, molecular forces and bonding, momentum, conservation of energy, entropy, and the first and second laws of thermodynamics. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 OR 4.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture, Recitation Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand how motion in realistic biological systems (e.g. cells, biomolecules) is governed by forces. 2. Understand how molecular binding is described in terms of energy. 3. Understand how diffusion is governed on a microscopic level. 4. Have insight into how the first and second laws of thermodynamics constrain basic processes in living systems. |
| PHYS 23400 - Physics For Life Sciences II |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. Physics For Life Sciences II builds upon prerequisite knowledge in college level biology, chemistry, and mathematics, as well as on Physics of Life Sciences I, to develop an understanding of how energy, entropy, enthalpy, and Boltzmann distributions affect the dynamics of living systems, of how electric fields and potentials are applied to fluids and membranes, and how the physics of harmonic oscillators, waves, sound, optics, photons, and quantized states are relevant to biological systems and the tools used for their study. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 OR 4.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture, Recitation Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand the connection between microscopic phenomena and macroscopic consequences in terms of energy, entropy, and the laws of thermodynamics for biological systems. 2. Apply simple electrostatic principles to membrane potentials and other biological examples. 3. Understand how wave phenomena and quantized states are important for characterizing biomolecules. |
| PHYS 23500 - Seminar In Careers In Physics |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. Course is designed to help physics majors evaluate different career options. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 24100 - Electricity And Optics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Electrostatics, current electricity, electromagnetism, magnetic properties of matter. Electromagnetic waves, geometrical and physical optics. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture, Recitation All Sections for this Course Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Lower Division, GTC-Science, UC-Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Northwest- Westville West Lafayette |
| PHYS 24200 - Introduction To Heat And Thermal Physics |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. A general introduction to thermodynamics for students in science and engineering who have a basic calculus and mechanics background. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 25100 - Heat, Electricity And Optics |
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Credit Hours: 5.00. Heat, kinetic theory, elementary thermodynamics, heat transfer. Electrostatics, AC/DC circuits, electromagnetism, magnetic properties of matter; geometrical and physical optics. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 OR 5.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Laboratory, Lecture, Recitation Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Dept Credit, Lower Division, GTC-Science, UC-Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne IUPUI Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond Indianapolis |
| PHYS 25200 - Electricity And Optics Laboratory |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. Selected experiments in electric fields, magnetic fields, steady-state and transient d.c. circuits, thermodynamics, and optics. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
1.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Students will demonstrate the ability to think and function as a scientist. 2. Students will demonstrate the ability to communicate well, both orally and in writing. 3. Students will demonstrate the ability to understand the role of scientific observation of Nature in uncovering the Laws of Physics. |
| PHYS 26100 - Electricity And Optics |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. Electricity and magnetism with emphasis on fields; geometrical and physical optics. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 OR 4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Laboratory, Lecture, Recitation Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Lower Division, GTC-Science, UC-Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette |
| PHYS 27000 - Special Topics In Physics |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 5.00. Specialized topics in physics. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 TO 5.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Lower Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| PHYS 27100 - Electricity And Magnetism |
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Credit Hours: 5.00. Electrostatics; current density; resistance; direct current circuit theory, Kirchhoff's laws; RC and RL circuits; magnetostatics; electromagnetic induction; magnetic properties of materials; generation of electromagnetic waves. Typically offered Fall.
0.000 OR 5.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture, Recitation Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 27101 - Electricity And Magnetism Laboratory |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. Selected experiments in electric fields, magnetic fields, steady-state and transient d.c. circuits. Typically offered Fall.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 27200 - Electric And Magnetic Interactions |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. Calculus-based physics course using concepts of electric and magnetic fields and an atomic description of matter to describe polarization, fields produced by charge distributions, potential, electrical circuits, magnetic forces, induction, and related topics, leading to Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic radiation and an introduction to waves and interference. 3-D graphical simulations and numerical problem solving by computer are employed throughout.
CTL: IPS 1754 Physics 2, Calculus-Based
0.000 OR 4.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture, Recitation All Sections for this Course Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Core Transfer Library, Lower Division, GTC-Science, UC-Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. To understand and describe a wide range of physical phenomena in electricity and magnetism using only a few fundamental principles of physics. 2. To learn a unified approach that relates microscopic behavior to macroscopic behavior. 3. To model natural phenomena quantitatively. 4. To apply all this to a range of topics related to electricity and magnetism. |
| PHYS 28400 - Professional Practice III |
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Credit Hours: 0.00. Course shall include supervised experience and/or training as a professional physicist. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Experiential Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Coop, Full-Time Privileges, Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne West Lafayette |
| PHYS 29000 - Special Assignments |
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Credit Hours: 0.00 to 3.00. Readings, discussions, written reports, or laboratory work selected for enrichment in special areas of physics. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Lower Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: Indiana College Network Northwest- Westville West Lafayette Anderson Columbus Indianapolis Kokomo Lafayette New Albany Richmond South Bend Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| PHYS 29400 - Sophomore Physics Seminar |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. Required of sophomores majoring in any physics curriculum. Discussion of undergraduate research opportunities, upper-division courses, career opportunities, laboratory safety, use of the library including physics journals, and topics of current interest in physics. Typically offered Fall Spring.
1.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Hammond Learning Outcomes: 1. Be prepared to take the required seminar course at the proper time in their curricula. |
| PHYS 29500 - Outreach Assistance As Service Learning |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Physics 29500 is a service learning class available to students willing and able to deliver physics lessons to K-12 classrooms and to other public events. Students are required to prepare and rehearse labs/activities so they are able to offer professional presentations. Students are also required to maintain a reflection journal, where they record notes about their experiences. Although efforts are made to work around students' schedules, students should have at least on open morning or afternoon each week (preferably 2-3) that allows them to visit an assigned site on a regular, consistent basis. One credit is equivalent to 32 hours of involvement in preparation and/or delivery of activities, and journaling time. Prerequisites: desire, commitment, dependability responsibility. Typically offered Fall Spring.
1.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| PHYS 30000 - Introduction To Elementary Mathematical Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Brief but practical introduction to various mathematical methods used in intermediate-level physics courses. Vector analysis, orthogonal coordinate systems, matrices, Fourier methods, complex numbers, special functions, and computational methods. Emphasis will be on worked examples and the application of these methods to physics problems. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| PHYS 30200 - Puzzles, Strategy Games And Problem Solving In The Physical Sciences |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will explore scientific problem solving by comparing and contrasting it with problem solving in two other domains: puzzles and strategy games. Puzzles serve as the vehicle for introducing such basic aspects of problem solving as developing representations, defining the problem, using heuristics, and evaluating solutions. Strategy games will be used as a way to practice problem solving skills in a domain in which can be quickly learned. No credit toward a physics major. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 30300 - History And Philosophy Of Science |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. An overview of the history of science, with an emphasis on the underlying philosophical ideas that have shaped and characterized the development of science. Their relevance to contemporary issues will also be explored. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville Learning Outcomes: 1. Provide the students with a basic understanding of the history and philosophy of science. 2. Relate the importance of the history and philosophy of science to contemporary issues in science education. 3. Provide the students with experience at critically evaluating scientific experiments, data, and models, and communicating their critiques effectively. 4. Allow non-science majors to gain additional knowledge of history and philosophy, and to practice fundamental algebra and geometry. |
| PHYS 30500 - Intermediate Mathematical Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction and review of the mathematical techniques and procedures used in intermediate and advanced physics courses. Applications involving vector calculus, linear algebra, complex analysis, Fourier series and transforms, and second-order linear differential equations will be discussed. The course provides additional mathematical preparation for PHYS 31000, 31100, 32200, 33000, 34200, and 51500. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond Learning Outcomes: 1. Students will be able to use the various techniques to solve intermediate to advanced physics problems. |
| PHYS 30600 - Mathematical Methods Of Physics I |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Discussion of wide-ranging physics problems from mechanics, E&M, thermal, and modern physics with emphasis on reviews and introductions of mathematical methods and techniques that are essential in such discussion. Relevant mathematical methods include one-and multi-variable calculus, complex numbers and functions of a complex variable, and vector calculus. Intended primarily for sophomore physics majors. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Students will acquire capacity to apply essential mathematical methods and techniques to physics problems. |
| PHYS 30700 - Mathematical Methods Of Physics II |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Discussion of wide-ranging physics problems from mechanics, E&M, thermal, and modern physics with emphasis on reviews and introductions of mathematical methods and techniques that are essential in such discussion. Relevant mathematical methods include vectors, matrices and normal modes as well as ordinary and partial differential equations. Intended primarily for sophomore physics majors. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Students will acquire capacity to apply essential mathematical methods and techniques to physics problems. |
| PHYS 30800 - Scientific Computation |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to scientific problem solving using a computer. Students will be introduced to numerical methods for evaluating integrals and for solving algebraic and differential problems in physics. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Hammond |
| PHYS 30900 - Scientific Computation II |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A second semester course in using modern computational methods to solve physics problems numerically. PHYS 30900 uses the methods developed in PHYS 30800 to address problems in mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and quantum physics. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Hammond |
| PHYS 31000 - Intermediate Mechanics |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. For students familiar with calculus. Elements of vector algebra; statics of particles and rigid bodies; theory of couples; principle of virtual work; kinematics; dynamics of particles and rigid bodies; work, power, and energy. Typically offered Fall.
0.000 OR 4.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture, Recitation Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne IUPUI Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. To Understand order in Nature as contained in the Laws of Physics. The student exhibits the knowledge of and the ability to apply the core physics subject of Classical Mechanics. |
| PHYS 31100 - Quantum Physics I |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course discusses the limits of classical physics and the development of quantum physics. Topics will include: Planck's quantization hypothesis, the photoelectric effect, the wave theory of matter, the Uncertainty Principle, Bohr's atomic model, the Schroedinger equation, wave functions, the Hydrogen atom, operator methods, and the quantized simple harmoics osciallator. Typically offered Fall.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Hammond |
| PHYS 31200 - Intermediate Electricity And Magnetism |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Vector calculus, electrostatics and magnetostatics, Maxwell's equations, introduction to electromagnetic waves, transmission lines, and radiation from antennas. Typically offered Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 31400 - Introduction To Medical Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course covers Physics topics relevant to biological effects in the human body. Topics include sound, optics, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, atomic and nuclear physics, radiation effect, tools in radiation treatment, and medical imaging techniques. This course serves to prepare students for future careers in medical physics or related biological sciences. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 31500 - Lasers In Art And Science |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Laser safety and operation (in greater detail than in earlier courses), laser alignment and optics for students in science, fine and performing arts, engineering and technology. Significant experimental projects tailored to students' interests, such as color holography, light shows, fiber optics and communications, laser gyroscopes, extraction of chlorophyll and spectroscopy of diatomic molecules. Course project required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 31700 - Special Nuclear Materials |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This Great Issues course addresses the impact of science and technology of the special nuclear materials (so designated by congress as they could be used to make nuclear weapons as well as to produce low-cost electric power) on society and the ethical issues that arise. The course is designed to be a dynamic, interactive learning experience, and topics covered range from the technical issues involved in searching, transporting, and safely utilizing these materials to social and economic impact of these activities, and to the ethical and philosophical issues presented by the flow of modernity. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Ability to think and function as a scientist. 2. Demonstrated breadth of knowledge. 3. Demonstrated knowledge of a subfield of physics: The student demonstrates knowledge of the diverse applications of physical laws in fundamental physics, in various branches of science and in applied science and engineering. 4. Ability to communicate well both orally and in writing. 5. Ability to collaborate as part of a team. |
| PHYS 32000 - Computational Physics |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. Computational methods will be introduced and used to solve problems associated with electromagnetic phenomenon, mechanics or statistical mechanics and quantum physics. Typically offered Fall Spring.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Hammond Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 2 times |
| PHYS 32200 - Intermediate Optics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Wave optics and properties of light, including reflection, refraction interference. Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction dispersion, polarization, double refraction, introduction to lasers and holography. Typically offered Fall.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette |
| PHYS 32500 - Scientific Computing |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Programming in FORTRAN. Numerical techniques in integration, root finding, and solution of systems of ordinary and partial differential equations occurring in physics. These techniques will be applied to problems in classical, quantum, and statistical physics, including non-linear and chaotic systems. Includes use of mathematical subroutine libraries and introduction to Monte Carlo methods. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 32600 - Motion, Biomechanics And Animation |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. The course will focus on Newtonian physics of motion and ultimately its application in biomechanics and how an understanding of physics applies to 3D computer animations. In particular, motion will be explored to understand how to make animations that look and feel correct. Topics to be covered include Newton's three laws of motion, conservation of energy and momentum, and rotational dynamics. The course will investigate these phenomena through observation, experimentation, the use of 3D graphics programs and simulations. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 32700 - Modern Physics Survey |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. A survey of modern physics topics, intended primarily for non-physics majors, organized in a mixture of lectures and activity-based laboratories. Topics will include: special relativity; pre-quantum phenomena; the Bohr aromic model; multi-electron atoms; cosmology and the Big Bang; radioactivity, fission, and fusion. Typically offered Fall Spring.
0.000 OR 4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Hammond |
| PHYS 33000 - Intermediate Electricity And Magnetism |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Electrostatics; electric currents; magnetostatics; electromagnetic induction; Maxwell's equation; electromagnetic waves. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne IUPUI Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette |
| PHYS 33100 - Electricity And Magnetism II |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Applications of Maxwell's equations to electromagnetic waves, boundaries, dispersion, and radiation. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 34000 - Modern Physics Laboratory |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. Laboratory experiments to accompany PHYS 34200 or 34400. Typically offered Fall Spring.
1.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Students will acquire the ability to understand design of a physics experiment, to develop experimental techniques and tools, to analyze and interpret data, and to draw and present physical conclusions. |
| PHYS 34200 - Modern Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A survey of basic concepts and phenomena in atomic, nuclear, and solid-state physics. Typically offered Fall.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne IUPUI Northwest- Westville Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette |
| PHYS 34300 - Modern Physics Laboratory |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. Laboratory experiments to accompany PHYS 34200. Typically offered Spring.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Northwest- Hammond |
| PHYS 34400 - Modern Physics |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. Survey of modern physics primarily intended for physics majors. Special relativity; particle properties of electromagnetic radiation; wave properties of particles; uncertainty principle; atomic spectra and X-rays; nuclear structure; elementary particles; statistical distribution laws; physics of atoms, molecules and condensed matter such as solids. Typically offered Fall Spring.
0.000 OR 4.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture, Recitation Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Students will acquire the ability to understand design of a physics experiment, to develop experimental techniques and tools, to analyze and interpret data, and to draw and present physical conclusions. |
| PHYS 34500 - Optics Laboratory I |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. Laboratory experiments in geometrical and physical optics and spectrometry. Typically offered Fall Spring.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 34600 - Advanced Laboratory I |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. Experiments in atomic, molecular, solid state, and nuclear physics, electricity and magnetism, and physical optics. Students will have the opportunity to work intensively on a particular experiment. Typically offered Fall Spring.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 35000 - Intermediate Laboratory I |
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Credit Hours: 2.00. Geometrical optics, lenses, microscopes, telescopes, aberrations, illuminations; Schlieren, Moire, and Foucault testing; interference and diffraction dispersive instruments, emission and absorption spectroscopy; Fourier transforms and spatial filtering, polarized light, and holography. Many experiments use lasers, photodiodes, chart recorders, computers, and analog to digital conversion. Typically offered Fall.
0.000 OR 2.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI West Lafayette |
| PHYS 35100 - Intermediate Laboratory II |
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Credit Hours: 2.00. Lectures on AC circuit theory; instructor demonstrations and student experiments involving particle diffraction, wave polarization, double refraction, AC circuits and meters. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
2.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| PHYS 35300 - Advanced Physics Laboratory I: Modern Physics And Electronics |
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Credit Hours: 2.00. Experiments associated with advances in the early part of the 20th century to accompany PHYS 34200 and an introduction to electronic circuits and test equipment for scientists. Typically offered Spring.
2.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Learning Outcomes: 1. Understanding of physics laboratory processes and protocol. 2. Knowledge of electronic circuits. 3. Understanding of the use of test equipment in a scientific laboratory setting. |
| PHYS 36000 - Quantum Mechanics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Historical development of quantum mechanics, wave packets, uncertainty principle, Schrdinger equation, operators, the hydrogen atom, electron spin, angular momentum, perturbation theory, and other selected topics. Typically offered Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Westville West Lafayette |
| PHYS 36100 - Electronics For Scientists |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. DC and AC circuit theory. Fourier methods, electronic structure of crystals, semiconductor devices, common scientific instrumentation. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 OR 4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 37000 - Special Topics In Physics |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Specialized topics in intermediate physics, including laboratory experiments if appropriate. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| PHYS 38000 - Advanced Physics Laboratory |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction and survey of modern experimental topics in advanced physics, including areas such as: Interferometry, Zeeman Effect, Compton Effect, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Nuclear counting and half-life measurements. An introduction to data analysis will also be included. Typically offered Fall.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Hammond |
| PHYS 38199 - Professional Practice I |
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Credit Hours: 0.00. To obtain professional practice with qualified employers within industry, government, or small business. Typically offered: Summer, Fall, Spring.
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Experiential Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Coop, Full-Time Privileges, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 38299 - Professional Practice II |
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Credit Hours: 0.00. To obtain professional practice with qualified employers within industry, government, or small business. Typically offered: Summer, Fall, Spring.
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Experiential Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Coop, Full-Time Privileges, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 38399 - Professional Practice III |
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Credit Hours: 0.00. To obtain professional practice with qualified employers within industry, government, or small business. Typically offered: Summer, Fall, Spring.
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Experiential Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Coop, Full-Time Privileges, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 38600 - Professional Practice IV |
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Credit Hours: 0.00. Course shall include supervised experience and/or training as a professional physicist. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Experiential Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Coop, Full-Time Privileges, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne West Lafayette |
| PHYS 39000 - Special Assignments |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Readings, discussions, written reports, or laboratory work selected for enrichment in special areas of physics. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
1.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times Learning Outcomes: 1. To deepen and/or broaden understanding of physics and physical laws of nature by learning beyond what is offered by currently available fixed-title courses. |
| PHYS 40000 - Physical Optics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Electromagnetic waves; wave theory of reflection, refraction, diffraction, and interference. Spatial and temporal coherence. Fourier optics, coherent imaging, and holography. Polarization phenomena; Jones vectors and matrices. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| PHYS 40100 - Advanced Physics Laboratory II: Modern Optics |
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Credit Hours: 2.00. Experiments to accompany PHYS 40000 in reflection, refraction, and interference using lasers. Interferometry. Diffraction patterns with emphasis on Fourier analysis and Fourier transformations. Polarization, Brewster's angle. Coherence length of lasers. Typically offered Fall.
2.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Learning Outcomes: 1. Understanding of physics laboratory processes and protocol. 2. Knowledge of reflection, refraction, interference using lasers, interferometry, diffraction patterns, polarization, Brewster's angle, coherence length of lasers. |
| PHYS 40200 - Senior Research I |
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Credit Hours: 2.00. Experiential learning undergraduate research course in physics directed and mentored by physics faculty during student's penultimate semester. Background preparation, specialized training, and identification of a final research project. Submission of a formal research proposal and initial work towards completion. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
0.000 OR 2.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Hammond Learning Outcomes: 1. Students will be expected to have gained mastery of any requisite physics not explicitly covered in other coursework and competence using any specialized equipment. 2. Students will have submitted a formal research proposal and begun work on the research project. |
| PHYS 40300 - Senior Research II |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Experiential learning undergrad research course in physics directed and mentored by physics faculty during student's final semester. Continuation and completion of work begun in Senior Research I; Preparation and presentation of results in multiple formats. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Hammond Learning Outcomes: 1. Studnets will be expected to have completed their research project, as proposed in Senior Research I. 2. Students will prepare findings and results in final written report, final oral report, and as poster presentation. |
| PHYS 40500 - Atomic And Molecular Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic topics of atomic and molecular physics will be covered in lecture and demonstrations. The course will use fundamental quantum mechanics to describe the hydrogen atom, multi-electron atoms, and simple molecules. The course will also cover the interaction of atoms with other atoms, electrons and photons, and include discussions of various forms of atomic and molecular spectroscopy. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 41000 - Physical Mechanics I Honors |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Newtonian, Lagrangian, and Hamiltonian mechanics. Emphasis on point mass mechanics. Free, driven, and damped harmonic motion, central force problem. Typically offered Fall.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Honors, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. To understand order in nature as contained in the Laws of Physics: The student exhibits the knowledge of and the ability to apply the core physics subject of Classical Mechanics. |
| PHYS 41100 - Physical Mechanics II Honors |
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Credit Hours: 2.00. Continuation of mechanics in PHYS 41000. Coupled systems, general theory of small oscillations, the vibrating string, perturbation theory. Rigid body motion. Motion of charged particles in electromagnetic fields. Elements of continuum mechanics. Typically offered Fall Spring.
2.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Honors, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. To understand order in nature as contained in the Laws of Physics: The student exhibits the knowledge of and the ability to apply the core physics subject of Classical Mechanics. |
| PHYS 41200 - Quantum Physics II |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A continuation of the concepts introduced in PHYS 31100, including more advanced topics in modern quantum mechanics. Topics will include: addition of angular momenta, scattering theory, identical particles, time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory, and the WKS approximation. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Hammond |
| PHYS 41310 - Intermediate Electricity And Magnetism II |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Continued study of electrostatics and magnetostatics, electric currents, electromagnetic induction, applications of Maxwell's equations to electromagnetic waves, boundaries, dispersion, and radiation. Typically offered Fall.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Learning Outcomes: 1. Students will be able to solve complex electricity and magnetism problems in particular problems that lack symmetry. |
| PHYS 41600 - Thermal And Statistical Physics Honors |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. Thermal equilibrium; first, second, and third laws; entropy; probability and statistics; canonical ensembles; chemical potential and Grand Canonical Ensemble; classical and quantum ideal gases; chemical reactions; phase equilibria; critical phenomena. Typically offered Fall.
4.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Honors, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. To understand order in nature as contained in the Laws of Physics: The student exhibits the knowledge of and the ability to apply the core physics subject of Thermal and Statistical Physics. |
| PHYS 41800 - Thermal And Statistical Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Temperature, equations of state, first and second laws of thermodynamics, entropy and applications, kinetic theory, transport processes, statistical mechanics. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne IUPUI Learning Outcomes: 1. Students will understand basic thermal processes in light of statistical mechanics. |
| PHYS 42200 - Waves And Oscillations |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Physics of waves and oscillations including sound, elastic waves, and electromagnetic waves such as light. Topics range from the theory of simple harmonic oscillators, transverse modes of a continuous string, and physical optics including interference, Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction, and resolution, to diffraction of X-rays and electrons by crystals. Optionally includes topics such as nonlinear waves and surface waves. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 43000 - Electricity And Magnetism I Honors |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Electrostatics, solutions of Poisson's equation in spherical and cylindrical coordinates, macroscopic and microscopic theory of dielectrics, electrostatic energy, conduction; magnetostatics, electromagnetic induction, and magnetic properties of matter. Typically offered Fall.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Honors, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. To understand order in nature as contained in the Laws of Physics: The student exhibits the knowledge of and ability to apply the core physics subject of Electromagnetism. |
| PHYS 43100 - Electricity And Magnetism II Honors |
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Credit Hours: 2.00. A continuation of PHYS 43000. Magnetic energy; applications of Maxwell's equations to a.c. circuits, filters, transmission lines, waveguides, and antennae; Lienard-Wiechert potentials. Typically offered Fall Spring.
2.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Honors, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. To understand order in nature as contained in the Laws of Physics: The student exhibits the knowledge of and ability to apply the core physics subject of Electromagnetism. |
| PHYS 44200 - Quantum Mechanics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Inadequacies of classical physics; wave packets and Schrodinger equation, one-dimensional problems; operator formulation of quantum mechanics; linear harmonic oscillator; angular momentum; hydrogen atom; Pauli principle and application to helium atom. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne IUPUI Learning Outcomes: 1. Students will be able to use quantum mechanics to solve basic quantum problems. They will interpret quantum mechanical solutions. |
| PHYS 45000 - Intermediate Laboratory |
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Credit Hours: 2.00. Laboratory primarily intended for junior year physics majors. Assorted experiments in optics and other fields using lasers, photodiodes, computers, and other modern technology. Typically offered Fall Spring.
0.000 OR 2.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Students will acquire the ability to understand design of a physics experiment, to develop experimental techniques and tools, to analyze and interpret data, and to draw and present physical conclusions. |
| PHYS 45200 - Intermediate Modern Physics Laboratory III Honors |
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Credit Hours: 2.00. Material of PHYS 352 covered in greater depth for honors physics majors. Permission of department required. Typically offered Spring.
0.000 OR 2.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Honors, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 46000 - Quantum Mechanics I Honors |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Limits of classical physics, wave packets. Bohr model, atomic systems, Schrodinger equation, eigen-functions, one-dimensional potentials, wave mechanics general structure, multiparticle systems, Pauli principle, operator methods. Typically offered Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Honors, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. To understand order in nature as contained in the Laws of Physics: The student exhibits the knowledge of and ability to apply the core physics subject of Quantum Mechanics. |
| PHYS 46100 - Quantum Mechanics II Honors |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Angular momenta, radial equation, operators, matrices, spin, time-independent perturbation theory, electron-electromagnetic field interaction, hydrogen atom, structure of atoms, molecules, radiation; selected topics in radiative transitions, collision theory, solids, nuclei, elementary particles and their symmetries. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Honors, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. To understand order in nature as contained in the Laws of Physics: The student exhibits the knowledge of and ability to apply the core physics subject of Quantum Mechanics. |
| PHYS 46900 - Research In Physics |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 5.00. Undergraduate research, which will qualify as an Experiential Learning experience. Admission by special permission. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
1.000 TO 5.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Laboratory Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Hammond Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| PHYS 47000 - Special Topics In Physics |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 5.00. Topics vary. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
1.000 TO 5.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne IUPUI Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| PHYS 48001 - Senior Thesis I |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will consist of independent research under the supervision of a faculty advisor. Senior Theses course is required to graduate. It must be taken in the senior year. This course is part of a two-semester course-track that is completed when PHYS 48002 is completed in the second semester. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Research Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Learning Outcomes: 1. The development of critical thinking. 2. The ability to carry out independent research. 3. The ability to present new material in clear, non-technical language. 4. Understanding of the physics underlying the work. |
| PHYS 48002 - Senior Thesis II |
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Credit Hours: 0.00. This course will consist of independent research under the supervision of a faculty advisor. Senior Thesis I and Senior Thesis II are required to graduate; they must be taken in the senior year. PHYS 48002 is the second part of a two-semester course-track that starts with PHYS 48001. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Individual Study Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne Learning Outcomes: 1. The development of critical thinking. 2. The ability to carry out independent research. 3. The ability to present new material in clear, non-technical language. 4. Understanding of the physics underlying the work. |
| PHYS 48700 - Professional Practice V |
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Credit Hours: 0.00. Course shall include supervised experience and/or training as a professional physicist. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Experiential Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Coop, Full-Time Privileges, Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne West Lafayette |
| PHYS 49000 - Special Assignments |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Reading, laboratory work, or research in special areas of physics. Intended for upperclass students. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
1.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| PHYS 49400 - Junior-Senior Physics Seminar |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. Major emphasis on developing skills in oral and written presentations by students. The subject matter can be library material and/or accomplishments in undergraduate or co-op research. Typically offered Fall Spring.
1.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Hammond Learning Outcomes: 1. Be prepared to take the required seminar course at the proper time in their curricula. |
| PHYS 51000 - Physical Mechanics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Mechanics of particles, rigid bodies, and vibrating systems. Typically offered Fall.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette |
| PHYS 51100 - Laser Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is about all physical aspects of lasers. In particular, the course concentrates on optical amplification, interaction of radiation with matter, and laser rate equations. Basic physical and geometrical optics and atomic physics are covered in sufficient detail to understand the design, operation, and application of lasers. Topics include matrix methods in ray optics, Gaussian beams, transverse and longitudinal modes, cavity design, rate equation models of laser gain media, different types of lasers and nonlinear optics. Applications of lasers are discussed. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 51500 - Thermal And Statistical Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Equilibrium states, the concept of heat, and the laws of thermodynamics; the existence and properties of the entropy; different thermodynamic potentials and their uses; phase diagrams; introduction to statistical mechanics and its relation to thermodynamics; treatment of ideal gases. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne IUPUI Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette |
| PHYS 51700 - Statistical Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Laws of thermodynamics; Boltzmann and quantum statistical distributions, with applications to properties of gases, specific heats of solids, paramagnetism, black-body radiation, and Bose-Einstein condensation; Boltzmann transport equation and transport properties of gases; Brownian motion and fluctuation phenomena. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Northwest- Hammond |
| PHYS 52000 - Mathematical Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Portions of selected areas of mathematics that are of particular importance in physics are covered. These are drawn from vector and tensor operators, infinite series, analytic functions, and the calculus residues, partial differential equations, and the special functions of mathematical physics. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne IUPUI |
| PHYS 52100 - Survey Of Classical Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is intended for first-year graduate students in the Department of Physics. It provides an intensive problem solving environment encompassing a broad survey of major topics in classical mechanics, electromagnetism, and thermal physics. The primary objective is to prepare beginning graduate students for continuing on to higher level of work in the physics graduate program. Typically offered Fall.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. To get the beginning graduate students ready for higher levels of physics work by consolidating the foundations in all areas of classical physics. |
| PHYS 52200 - Coherent Optics And Quantum Electronics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Recent experimental and theoretical developments in optics emphasizing concepts of coherence. Fourier optics, and the quantum theory of radiation. Applications to lasers and masers, nonlinear optics, holography, and quantum electronics. Typically offered Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne IUPUI West Lafayette |
| PHYS 52400 - Physical Optics And Experimental Spectroscopy |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. Theory and applications of spectroscopic instruments, including Fourier spectrometer, scanning and photographic interferometer, grating and prism spectrometers and spectrographs. Emphasis is on the analysis of the instruments and their fundamental and practical limitations. Theory and structure of spectra and their regularities, and the Zeeman effect. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 OR 4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne |
| PHYS 52600 - Physics Of Quantum Computing And Quantum Information |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the physics of quantum information science. Starting with the concepts of quantum superposition, it defines and describes qubits (quantum bits) and their manipulation by quantum logic gates. The topics of quantum entanglement and the EPR paradox are introduced, and their importance for quantum teleportation, communication, and quantum cryptography are covered. Quantum computing is described in terms of quantum circuits of logic gates, and also in terms of quantum algorithms, such as Deutsch's algorithm, the quantum Fourier transform, Shor's prime factoring algorithm, and Grover's search algorithm. The final topic is quantum decoherence and the limits it places on practical implementations of quantum computing. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 53000 - Electricity And Magnetism |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Electrostatic problems; theory of dielectrics; theory of electric conduction; electromagnetic effects due to steady and changing currents; magnetic properties of matter; Maxwell's equations; electromagnetic radiation. Typically offered Fall.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette |
| PHYS 53600 - Electronic Techniques For Research |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. A summary of principles of modern electronics currently used in research. Coursework will include broad coverage of the field and selected topics in electronics instrumentation. Typically offered Spring.
0.000 OR 4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne West Lafayette |
| PHYS 54500 - Solid-State Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Crystal structure; lattice vibrations and electronic band structure of crystals; electrical, optical, and thermal properties of solids; transport and other nonequilibrium phenomena in uniform and nonuniform materials. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne IUPUI Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette |
| PHYS 55000 - Introduction To Quantum Mechanics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Brief historical survey of the development of quantum mechanics; wave-packets, uncertainty principle, wave functions, operators, Schrodinger equation with application to one-dimensional problems, the hydrogen atom, electron spin, selected topics in perturbation theory, scattering theory, and compounding of angular momenta. Not available for students with credit in PHYS 36000 or 46000. Typically offered Fall.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne IUPUI Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette |
| PHYS 55600 - Introductory Nuclear Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Theory of relativity, brief survey of systematics of nuclei and elementary particles, structure of stable nuclei, radioactivity, interaction of nuclear radiation with matter, nuclear reactions, particle accelerators, nuclear instruments, fission, nuclear reactors. Typically offered Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette |
| PHYS 56000 - Stellar Evolution |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. (ASTR 56000) Observational basis of astrophysics; formation of galaxies and stars; evolution of stars; white dwarfs, supernovae and neutron stars, pulsars, quasars, black holes; cosmic rays, their origin and acceleration; radio astronomy, radio galaxies; the H-21 cm line and the 3mK blackbody radiation; gravitational radiation; X-ray and g-ray astronomy; cosmology; space physics, magnetosphere, and solar wind. Typically offered Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 56100 - Galaxies And Large Scale Structure |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. (ASTR 56100) Covers basic observed properties and models of galactic structure, dynamics of stars, physics of interstellar medium, formation of galaxies, properties of clusters of galaxies, and dark matter. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 56200 - Introduction To High Energy Astrophysics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. (ASTR 56200) An overview of important physical processes in a variety of astronomical settings and of the experimental techniques employed in the field of high energy astrophysics. Covered in more detail are individual systems that include black holes, neutron stars, white dwarfs, supernova remnants, active galactic nuclei, clusters of galaxies, gamma-ray bursts, and cosmic rays, with special emphasis on several research frontiers. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 56300 - Astroparticle Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. (ASTR 56300) An overview of an emerging research frontier in modern physics that lies at the interface of particle physics and astrophysics. Emphasis is on topics that are particularly relevant to both fields, including cosmology, cosmic ray physics, very-high-energy gamma ray astrophysics, neutrino astrophysics, and gravitational wave physics. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 56400 - Introduction To Elements Particle Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course brings students up to the current status of research in elementary particle physics. The focus of the course is the construction of the Standard Model with emphasis on the electroweak theory. The seminal experiments that confirmed the predictions of the Standard Model is presented. The solar neutrino problem, the search for nonzero neutrino masses, and the efforts to construct a theory which unifies all interactions, including gravity, is discussed. Typically offered Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette |
| PHYS 56500 - Introduction To Elementary Particle Physics II |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course follows PHYS 56400, and it continues to present current topics in elementary particle physics. It focuses on the Higgs mechanism, and it explores physics beyond the standard model. Special attention is devoted to supersymmetry and searches for new particles. Typically offered Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 56600 - Introduction To Quantum Chromodynamics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the fundamental theory of strong interactions, Quantum Chromo-Dynamics (QCD), which describes the interactions of quarks and gluons. The main focus is on a reasonably self-contained approach. All the necessary ingredients will be introduced within the course. Knowledge of graduate-level E&M and Quantum Mechanics is helpful but not essential. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 56700 - Observational Techniques In Astronomy |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. (ASTR 56700) Fundamental concepts in observational astronomy, including coordinate and time systems, telescopes and detectors, radiation and optics, and methods of statistical data analysis. Typically offered Fall.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Gain knowledge and skills needed to carry out the major steps involved in astrophysical research, including literature research and formulation of a project. 2. Identification of suitable telescope and detector. 3. Planning of observations. 4. Reduction of data and analysis/hypothesis testing. 5. Publication in a professional journal. |
| PHYS 57000 - Selected Topics In Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Specialized topics in physics selected from time to time. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Individual Study, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: PU Fort Wayne IUPUI West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| PHYS 57100 - Selected Topics In Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Specialized topics in physics selected from time to time. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: Northwest- Hammond Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| PHYS 57500 - Relativity Theory |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the theory of relativity. Typically offered Fall.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 58000 - Computational Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to computationally based problem solving in physics, emphasis on understanding and applying various numerical algorithms to different types of physics problems. Topics will include chaos in mechanical systems, stochastic systems including percolation and fractal structures, molecular dynamics and the properties of simple fluids, Monte Carlo methods and phase transitions, and time dependent as well as time dependent problems in quantum mechanics. Typically offered Fall.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 58500 - Introduction To Molecular Biophysics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Application of concepts and methods from physics to the understanding of biological systems with a focus on proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids. Introduction of experimental and theoretical techniques, including X-ray crystallography, nuclear magnetic resonance, and molecular dynamics simulations in the investigation of the structures, forces, dynamics, and energetics of these biological molecules. Typically offered Fall.
3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Learning Outcomes: 1. Ability to comprehend the majority of a research article or talk in the field of molecular biophysics. 2. Be equipped to begin research in any of the biophysics research labs in the department. 3. Apply physical concepts and techniques to investigate the nature (structure, interactions, and energetics) of biological systems. |
| PHYS 59000 - Reading And Research |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. (Calumet, Fort Wayne) 1.00 to 6.00 (West Lafayette, IUPUI). Reading and research in Physics. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 TO 6.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Individual Study, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Continuing Ed PU Fort Wayne IUPUI Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| PHYS 59300 - Independent Research |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Research in some area of modern physics (spectroscopy, nuclear physics, solid state physics, elementary particle physics, biophysics, geophysics, etc.) with student receiving individualized supervision and guidance from staff member. This course may be used to satisfy the independent project or 500-level elective requirement of the undergraduate majors in Honors and Applied Physics Honors Programs. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
1.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Individual Study Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Honors, Upper Division, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| PHYS 59500 - Instructional Design In Physical Science |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. This course builds on collaborative interactions among current Purdue Physics or Education students, K-12 science educators, Physics and Purdue College of Science faculty, and Physics Outreach. The goal for this course is to provide opportunities and mentorship for independent work that could include the design, piloting, and assessment of instructional materials, relevant to learning and teaching topics and concepts related to the physical sciences. With a service learning orientation, students enrolled in this course should expect to learn and build upon the fundamental principles related to the design and implementation of instructional materials in classroom or informal learning environments, and assessment of learning. Materials developed could contribute to the repertoire of practicing teachers and/or Physics Outreach. Typically offered Fall Spring.
1.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Individual Study Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times Learning Outcomes: 1. Learn to apply fundamental principles of instructional design and/or assessment of learning. 2. Develop creative and engaging age-appropriate opportunities to promote the learning of scientific concepts. 3. Critique and reflect upon personal insights and experiences related to non-traditional and informal science education. |
| PHYS 60000 - Methods Of Theoretical Physics I |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to provide first-year physics graduate students with the mathematical background for subsequent studies of advanced mechanics, electrodynamics, and quantum theory. Topics treated include functions of complex variable, ordinary and partial differential equations, eigenvalue problems and orthogonal functions. Green's functions, matrix theory, and tensor analysis in three and four dimensions. Typically offered Fall.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette |
| PHYS 60100 - Methods Of Theoretical Physics II |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. A continuation of PHYS 600. Prerequisite: PHYS 60000. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Northwest- Hammond West Lafayette |
| PHYS 60200 - Methods Of Theoretical Physics IIIA |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. The elements of the theory of groups. The theory of group representations. The irreducible representations of the crystallographic point groups and of orthogonal transformations in three-dimensional space. Applications of the theory of group representations to the quantum theory of atoms, molecules, and solids. Prerequisite: PHYS 60100. Typically offered Fall.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 60300 - Methods Of Theoretical Physics IIIB |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic theory of groups and group representations. Finite groups and abelian infinite groups, with applications to atomic physics. Elements of Lie group theory. The three-dimensional rotation group. The group SU(3). Application to particle physics. Prerequisite: PHYS 60100. Typically offered Fall.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 60500 - Pedagogical Methods For Physics Graduate Students |
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Credit Hours: 2.00. This course prepares physics graduate students for classroom and laboratory teaching assignments. Through 100 minutes per week of lectures and hands-on recitations, it provides an intensive survey of basic pedagogical methods, both theoretically and in practice. Students will learn and practice teaching techniques via various forms and microteaching, reading, and class discussion. A broad range of results from physics education research will be studied in detail. Additional topics include grading and assessment, responsible conduct in teaching related to issues such as gender, culture and ethnicity, students with disabilities, and ethics in academia, generally, including ethical conduct of research. Typically offered Fall.
0.000 OR 2.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture, Recitation, Lecture 1 Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 61000 - Advanced Theoretical Mechanics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics; variational principles; canonical transformations; Hamilton-Jacobi theory; theory of small oscillations; Lagrangian formulation for continuous systems and fields. Prerequisite: PHYS 51000. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI West Lafayette |
| PHYS 61700 - Statistical Mechanics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Classical and quantum statistical mechanics. Prerequisite: PHYS 66000. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI West Lafayette |
| PHYS 61800 - Advanced Statistical Mechanics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced statistical physics provides important principles and methods to the studies of many particle and complex systems, including those in condensed matter physics, materials physics, biophysics and so on. This course covers fundamental concepts and modern techniques through solving specific statistical models. Topics include: phase transition and critical phenomena, mean field and Landau-Ginzburg phenomenalogical approaches, thermal and quantum fluctuation, scaling and renormalization group, exactly solvable models, quantum phase transition, topological phase transition, non-equilibrium and dissipative dynamics, and effect of disorder in physical systems. Prerequisites: PHYS 61700. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 63000 - Advanced Theory Of Electricity And Magnetism |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. The experimental origins of Maxwell's equations. Electrostatics and magnetostatics; solution of boundary value problems. Quasi-static currents. Electromagnetic energy and momentum and the Maxwell stress tensor. Foundations of optics. Radiation from antennas, multi-pole expansion; waveguides. Prerequisite: PHYS 53000, 60000. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI West Lafayette |
| PHYS 63100 - Advanced Theory Of Electricity And Magnetism |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Covariant formulation of electrodynamics; Lienard-Wiechert potentials; radiation from accelerated particles; Cerenkov radiation; dynamics of relativistic particles; radiation damping; introduction to magneto-hydrodynamics. Prerequisite: PHYS 63000. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI West Lafayette |
| PHYS 64500 - Electron Theory Of Solids I |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Electronic energy bands in crystalline solids; crystal symmetry and Brillouin zones, approximate methods of calculation, electrons and holes under applied fields. Lattice dynamics and thermal conductivity. Electron-lattice interactions. Transport phenomena in metals and semi-conductors. Prerequisite: PHYS 54500, 60100, 66100. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 1 times |
| PHYS 64600 - Electron Theory Of Solids II |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Crystal imperfections, impurities and lattice defects. Magnetic properties: diamagnetic effects, paramagnetism, ferromagnetism, resonance phenomena. Ferroelectricity. Optical properties of metals and semiconductors; interband and intraband transitions, excitons, effects of crystal imperfections. Prerequisite: PHYS 64500. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 1 times |
| PHYS 65800 - Theoretical Techniques Of Elementary Particle Physics I |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Theory and phenomenology of the standard model of elementary particle interactions. Electro-weak model of Glashow, Salam, and Weinberg: spontaneous symmetry breaking, mass generation, Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa mixing in charged weak current, path integral quantization, R3 gauge Feynman fules, renormalization. Parton model. Neutral current phenomenology. Comparison to high energy high precision electron-positron annihilation and deep inelastic scattering experiments: weak mixing angle, heavy top quark constraints. Prerequisite: PHYS 66200, 66300. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 1 times |
| PHYS 65900 - Theoretical Techniques Of Elementary Particle Physics II |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Theory and phenomenology of the standard model of elementary particle interactions. Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) theory of strong interactions: asymptotic freedom, perturbative QCD applied to high energy electron-positron annihilation and deep inelastic phenomena using operator product expansion, renormalization group, extended parton model, and Altarelli-Parisi equation. SU(3)xSU(3) current algebra and effective Lagrangians, chiral perturbation theory and chiral anomalies. Weak decay of heavy quarks: Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa mixing matrix, CP violation. Neutrino physics. Electroweak symmetry breaking and Higgs physics. Other topics of current research interests in and beyond the standard model. Prerequisite: PHYS 65800. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 1 times |
| PHYS 66000 - Quantum Mechanics I |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Origins of the quantum theory, the uncertainty and complementarity principles. The Schrodinger equation and its solutions for simple physical systems. Mathematical formulation of the quantum theory. Applications: simple harmonic oscillator, theory of angular momentum, the hydrogen atom. Time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory. The Pauli exclusion principle. Spin of the electron. Elementary theory of scattering. Prerequisite: PHYS 53000, 55000, 60000, 61000, Corequisite: PHYS 60100. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI West Lafayette |
| PHYS 66100 - Quantum Mechanics II |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Symmetry and conservation laws. The Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations. Interaction of radiation with matter. Applications of quantum mechanics to atomic structure. Scattering theory. Prerequisite: PHYS 60100, 63000, 66000. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI West Lafayette |
| PHYS 66200 - Quantum Field Theory I |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to relativistic quantum field theory. Representations of the Lorentz and Poincare groups. Noether's theorem: symmetries and conservation laws. Canonical quantization of free Klein-Gordon, Dirac, Maxwell fields. Interacting field theory: Lehmann-Kallen representations. LSZ reduction formula. Schwinger action principle. Quantum Electrodynamics (QED): Gell-Mann Low expansion, Wick's theorem, Feynman rules for Green functions and S-matrix elements. Scattering processes in QED: cross sections in low orders of perturbation theory. Prerequisite: PHYS 66100. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 1 times |
| PHYS 66300 - Quantum Field Theory II |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Concepts and techniques of relativistic quantum field theory. Quantum Electrodynamics: radiative corrections, renormalization program, infrared divergences, external field problem. Feynman path integral quantization. Global symmetries and Ward identities. Quantum effective action: effective potential, loop expansion. Non-Abelian gauge theories: quantization via Faddeev-Popov prescription, Feynman rules, BRS invariance. Quantum Chromodynamics. Callen-Symanzik equation and renormalization group. Prerequisite: PHYS 66200. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 1 times |
| PHYS 66400 - Quantum Theory Of Many-Body Systems |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Practical introduction to modern quantum field theory techniques as applied to the study of many-body phenomena occurring in solid state systems. Standard perturbative-theoretic results based on zero- and finite-temperature Green's functions, with application to specific physical situations. Introduction to nonperturbative methods. PHYS 645 and 646 are recommended. Prerequisites: PHYS 61700, 66000, 66100. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 1 times |
| PHYS 67000 - Selected Topics In Physics |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Specialized topics in physics, varied from time to time. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
1.000 TO 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Laboratory, Lecture, Lecture 1 Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics Course Attributes: Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| PHYS 67200 - Advanced Physics Laboratory |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides modern laboratory experience for graduate students in physics. Emphasis is on student initiative in accomplishing difficult but meaningful results. The course is intended to fill the gap between undergraduate-level laboratory, with detailed description of each experiment, and real-life experimental work. Students will share in the responsibility of determining how to conduct many of these experiments, learn how to use original equipment manuals, redesign experiments, and redefine goals depending on the progress. Prerequisite: graduate level E & M and QM courses, undergraduate level laboratory course. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Laboratory Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 67500 - General Relativity |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Theoretical and experimental general relativity. The equivalence principle and its experimental basis. The Einstein field equations; classical tests of general relativity; gravitational radiation, cosmological considerations; topics to be chosen. Prerequisite: PHYS 60000, 61000, 63000. Typically offered Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette |
| PHYS 69600 - Introduction To Physics Research |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. Seminar designed to acquaint first-year physics graduate students with the research programs of the department. Typically offered Fall Spring.
1.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Acquaint graduate students with the thesis research opportunities available in physics and to initiate conversations between students and potential major professors. |
| PHYS 69800 - Research MS Thesis |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research MS Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
1.000 TO 18.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Research Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| PHYS 69900 - Research PhD Thesis |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 18.00. Research PhD Thesis. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
1.000 TO 18.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Research Offered By: College of Science Department: Physics May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI West Lafayette Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated an unlimited number of times |
| PHYS B1100 - General Physics I |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. Newtonian mechanics, wave motion, heat and thermodynamics, fluids. Application of physical principles to related scientific disciplines including life sciences. Typically offered Fall Spring.
0.000 OR 4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Columbus Indianapolis Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| PHYS B1110 - General Physics I |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. Helps students master problem solving in physics. Work in small groups with the assistance of a professor who will guide their work and teach them to analyze and set up problems on mechanics and thermodynamics. Intended to help students succeed in physics.
. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Columbus Indianapolis Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| PHYS B1120 - General Physics II |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. Wave motion, electricity and magnetism, geometrical and physical optics, introduction to concepts of relativity, quantum theory, atomic and nuclear physics. Typically offered Fall Spring.
0.000 OR 4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Columbus Indianapolis Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| PHYS B1200 - General Physics I |
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Credit Hours: 5.00. First course in calculus-based physics for students in pre-engineering, the physical sciences, or mathematics. Topics include Newtonian mechanics, work and energy, motion, impulse and momentum, elasticity and wave motion, sound, and hydrostatics and hydrodynamics. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
0.000 OR 5.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Columbus Indianapolis Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| PHYS B1220 - General Physics II |
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Credit Hours: 5.00. Topics include heat and laws of thermodynamics, Coulomb's law and the electric field, Ampere's law and the magnetic field, introduction to Maxwell's equation, DC and AC circuits; the nature, propagation, and properties of light; and lens systems. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
0.000 OR 5.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Columbus Indianapolis Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| PHYS G9010 - Advanced Research |
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Credit Hours: 6.00. Advanced research in physics. Typically offered Fall Spring.
6.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Repeatable for Additional Credit: Yes - May be repeated up to 5 times |
| PHYS L3420 - Modern Physics Laboratory |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. Laboratory experiments to accompany PHYS 342. Typically offered Fall Spring.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI |
| PHYS N1900 - The Natural World |
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Credit Hours: 3.00 to 5.00. Introduces students to the methods and logic of science, and helps them understand the importance of science to the development of civilization and the contemporary world. Provides a context within which to evaluate the important scientific and technological issues of modern society. Interdisciplinary elements. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 TO 5.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division, GTC-Science, UC-Science, Variable Title May be offered at any of the following campuses: South Bend |
| PHYS P1000 - Physics In The Modern World |
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Credit Hours: 2.00 to 5.00. Ideas, language methods, impact, and cultural aspects of physics today. Includes classical physics up to physical basis of radar, atomic-energy applications, etc. Beginning high school algebra used. Cannot be substituted for physics courses explicitly designated in specific curricula. Credit is not given in Physics P100 to students who have passed P201 or P221. (Lab fee required.)
. Typically offered Fall Spring.
0.000 TO 5.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Columbus Indianapolis Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| PHYS P1050 - Basic Physics Of Sound |
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Credit Hours: 3.00 or 4.00. Physical principles involved in the description, generation, and reproduction of sound. Topics include physics of vibrations and waves, propagation, Fourier decomposition of complex wave forms, harmonic spectra, standing waves and resonance, sound loudness and decibels, room acoustics, analog/digital recording/reproduction. For interested students, P1090 is an optional companion laboratory course. Typically offered Fall Spring.
3.000 OR 4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Columbus Indianapolis Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| PHYS P1200 - Energy And Technology |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides the physical basis for understanding interaction of technology and society, and for the solution of problems, such as energy use and the direction of technological change. Intended for students majoring in the humanities, social sciences, business, music and education. Little or no background in science is assumed. Mathematics at the level of one year of high school algebra is used. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: New Albany Richmond |
| PHYS P2010 - General Physics I |
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Credit Hours: 3.00 to 5.00. Newtonian mechanics, wave motion, heat, and thermodynamics. Application of physical principles to related scientific disciplines, especially life sciences. Intended for students preparing for careers in the life sciences and the health professions. Three lectures, one discussion section, and one two-hour laboratory period each week. Typically offered Fall Spring.
0.000 TO 5.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture, Recitation Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Lower Division, GTC-Science, UC-Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Columbus Indianapolis Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| PHYS P2020 - General Physics II |
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Credit Hours: 3.00 to 5.00. Electricity and magnetism; geometrical and physical optics; introduction to concepts of relativity, quantum theory, atomic and nuclear physics. Three lectures, one discussion section, and one two-hour laboratory period each week. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 TO 5.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture, Recitation Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Credit By Exam, Lower Division, GTC-Science, UC-Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: IUPUI Columbus Indianapolis Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| PHYS P2210 - Physics I |
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Credit Hours: 3.00 to 5.00. First semester of a three-semester, calculus-based sequence intended for science majors. Newtonian mechanics, oscillations and waves, heat and thermodynamics. Three lectures, two discussion sections, and one two-hour lab each week. Physics majors are encouraged to take P221 in the fall semester of the freshman year.
. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 TO 5.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture, Recitation Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division, GTC-Science, UC-Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: Columbus Indianapolis Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| PHYS P2220 - Physics II |
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Credit Hours: 3.00 to 5.00. Second semester of a three-semester, calculus-based sequence intended for science majors. Primarily electricity, magnetism, and geometrical and physical optics. Three lectures, two discussion sections, and one two-hour lab each week. Physics majors are encouraged to take P222 in the spring semester of the freshman year. Credit not given for both P2020 and P2220.
. Typically offered Fall Spring.
0.000 TO 5.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture, Recitation Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division, GTC-Science, UC-Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: Columbus Indianapolis Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| PHYS P3010 - Physics III |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to modern physics for physics majors and students in other departments (including secondary education majors). Atomic and nuclear physics, kinetic theory, relativity and elementary particles.
. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Columbus Indianapolis Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| PHYS P3030 - Digital Electronics |
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Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Integrated lecture and laboratory course. Semiconductor devices, operational amplifiers, oscillators, Boolean Algebra, and digital circuits containing devices such as decoders, multiplexers, light-emitting displays, flip-flops, counters, registers, and memories. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Columbus Indianapolis Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| PHYS P3090 - Modern Physics Laboratory |
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Credit Hours: 2.00. Fundamental experiments in physics with emphasis on modern physics. The course aims to develop basic laboratory skills and data analysis techniques. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
2.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: New Albany |
| PHYS P3100 - Environmental Physics |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Relationships of physics to current environmental problems. Energy production, comparison of sources and byproducts; energy use, alternative sources, conservation methods; global warming, environmental effects. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Columbus Indianapolis Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| PHYS P3230 - Physics III |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Third semester of a four-semester sequence. Special relativity, introduction to quantum theory, Schroedinger equation, the hydrogen atom, many-electron atoms, statistical physics, molecules and solids.
. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Columbus Indianapolis Kokomo New Albany Richmond South Bend |
| PHYS P3310 - Theory Of Electricity And Magnetism I |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Electrostatic fields and differential operators, Laplace and Poisson equations, dielectric materials, steady currents, power and energy, induction, magnetic fields, scalar and vector potentials, Maxwell’s equations. Typically offered Fall.
3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: South Bend |
| PHYS Q2020 - Physical Science-Elementary Teachers |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Fulfills the physical science requirement for elementary education majors. Introduction to topics such as motion, forces, energy, states of matter, electricity, magnetism, and light. Two lectures and one laboratory each week. Enrollment is limited to majors in the School of Education. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Department: IUPUI Courses-IUPUI Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Richmond |
| PHYS V1050 - General Physics I |
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Credit Hours: 4.00. The course covers mechanics, heat, and sound. Typically offered Fall Spring.
4.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Lecture Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division, GTC-Science, UC-Science May be offered at any of the following campuses: Vincennes |
| PHYS V105L - General Physics Laboratory I |
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Credit Hours: 1.00. Examines principles of PHYS V1050. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
1.000 Credit hours Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory Offered By: Regional Campus Only Course Attributes: Lower Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: Vincennes |
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