Undergraduate Degrees, Majors and Concentrations

Physics  
List of all courses and their descriptions
List of all courses, their descriptions and offerings in the schedule book

PHYS1010 - Physics For Allied Health

Spring 2024

This course is designed for students interested in the health professions or for those that want to understand more about how the body works. Physics is rapidly taking on a greater role in both medicine and biological sciences. The purpose of this course is to show how physics is applied in the health sciences. In particular, we will investigate how basic physics principles can describe numerous actions and properties of the human body. All Nuclear Medicine or Biology Education majors registering for this course are usually required to register for the required lab. (PHYS1015). 3 Credits
3 Credits

PHYS1015 - Physics For Allied Health Lab

Spring 2024

PHYS1015 is the lab section associated with PHYS1010. This course emphasizes the general principles, theories, and concepts of Newtonian Physics for students in Nuclear Medicine and related fields. Topics covered include: density, motion in one dimension, motion in two dimensions, acceleration, momentum, Hooke's Law, thermodynamics, optics, wave motion, and basic electromagnetism. Students perform experiments, analyze data, maintain a laboratory notebook, and write reports summarizing experimental findings and conclusions. 1 Credits
1 Credits

PHYS1023 - Alternative Energy Technol

Spring 2024

This course will discuss recent developments in alternative energy technologies. In particular, this course will cover recent scientific developments and the latest technological advances in areas of science and engineering associated with power generation. Students will develop the necessary skills to decipher scientific articles and interpret the scope and conclusions of recent scientific research. Subjects covered in the course will be drawn from recent scientific and engineering literature describing recent breakthroughs, aimed at improving efficiency, cost-effectiveness and practicality of renewable energies. The topics could include biofuels, nanotechnology, and solar cells. A scientific method of inquiry and reasoning will be stressed throughout the course. 3 Credits
3 Credits

PHYS1060 - Photographing Physics

Spring 2024

Physics is a natural philosophy which at its very heart asks why is the world the way it is? This course exposes students to physics through photographic observations of the natural world around us. Students will photograph a variety of natural phenomena around them and discuss the physics behind this natural phenomena. Topics will include a wide variety of physics. 3 Credits
3 Credits

PHYS1210 - General Physics I

Spring 2024

A calculus based introduction to the physics of mechanics, waves, and thermodynamics.
Prerequisite: MATH2070 or concurrently Co-requisite: PHYS1215 3 Credits
3 Credits

PHYS1215 - General Physics Lab

Spring 2024

This laboratory section accompanies General Physics I (PHYS1210). Students perform experiments, analyze data, maintain a laboratory notebook, and write reports summarizing experimental findings and conclusions. Co-requisite: PHYS1210 1 Credits
1 Credits

PHYS2210 - General Physics II

Spring 2024

A calculus based introduction to the physics of electricity and magnetism, light and optics, and modern physics.
Prerequisites: PHYS1210 and MATH2070 Co-Requisite: PHYS2215 3 Credits
3 Credits

PHYS2215 - General Physics II Lab

Spring 2024

This laboratory section accompanies General Physics II (PHYS2210). Students perform experiments, analyze data, maintain a laboratory notebook, and write reports summarizing experimental findings and conclusions. Co-requisite: PHYS2210 1 Credits
1 Credits

PHYS2610 - Environmental Physics

Spring 2024

This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of classical and modern physics for students majoring in environmental science. This one semester course reviews elements of mechanics, thermodynamics, states of matter, weather and climate, and radioactivity. The practical aspects of the physical concepts are stressed where appropriate.
Prerequisite: MATH2040 Co-requisite: PHYS2615 3 Credits
3 Credits

PHYS2615 - Environmental Physics Lab

Spring 2024

Students registering for or who have completed PHYS2610 may elect this laboratory course which meets for one two-hour session each week. PHYS2615 compliments PHYS2610 and provides students the ability to perform experiments that demonstrate and re-enforce the physics concepts examined in PHYS2610. The course provides hands-on experimentation of the basic laws of mechanics, energy, electrostatics, wave motion, spectroscopy, and radioactivity, among others. Co-requisite: PHYS2610 1 Credits
1 Credits