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SOC-233 Sociology of Religion
Prerequisite: SOC-101
Analysis of the role of religion, as an institution, in the social world. Focus will be at both the organizational, how religious groups form and grow, and the individual, how religion may influence or impact particular behaviors, levels. Most of the substantive material will center on religion in the United States, although some discussions of other contexts, as a comparison, will be made. This course will not address the philosophical truth or validity of particular religious beliefs. 4 credits
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SOC-234 Medical Sociology
GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior)
Prerequisite: SOC-101 and permission of instructor Course must be enrolled with PHL-302 and IDS-301 .
Introduction to the sociological study of medicine and the applications of sociology in medicine, emphasizing the sociocultural aspects of health and illness. Requires extensive field work at a Greenville hospital. Entry is by application only. 4 credits.
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SOC-235 Sociology of Education
Prerequisite: SOC-101
Examination of the social aspects of education and schooling: the interaction between home, society and educational institutions; the ways that social inequities are reproduced through schools; and the ways that identities are formed through education. 4 credits.
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SOC-241 Social Class in America
GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior)
Prerequisite: SOC-101
Analysis of social stratification, status and social class in the United States. Relationship of social class to social intimacy, style of life, values, mobility and the socialization process. Structure and function of power systems. 4 credits.
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SOC-242 Sociology of Gender
GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior)
Prerequisite: SOC-101
Analysis of the role of gender in society. Exploration of the ways gender differences are culturally reproduced transforming male and female biology into masculinity and femininity. Historical and cross-cultural examples are examined as well as a discussion of the nature or nurture debate. Consideration of the influences of the family, media and language are included. Additional attention is paid to the role of gender in the social institutions (e.g., education, work, health care). 4 credits.
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SOC-243 Race and Ethnic Relations
GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human Behavior)
Prerequisite: SOC-101
An exploration of racial, ethnic and religious minorities in United States and around the world. Topic covered include “race” and social identities; stigmatization and prejudice; inter-group cooperation, collusion and competition. 4 credits.
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SOC-251 Social Movements and Collective Behavior
GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human behavior)
Prerequisite: SOC-101
Broad examination of social movements, considering movement emergence, movements’ influence on social institutions, and movement success and failure. Special emphasis on framing, counter-framing collective identities, and internal dynamics of solidarity and division. A wide variety of case studies will be highlighted, ranging from the civil rights movement to transnational anti-systemic movements today. 4 credits.
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SOC-260 Global Health Inequities
GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human behavior) and WC (World Cultures)
Prerequisite: SOC-101
Examination of structural factors (e.g. poverty, postcolonialism) that lead to the unequal distribution of health across the world. Investigation of morbidity, mortality, epidemics; cultural factor shaping ideas about illness and healing; varying health care delivery systems, NGOs, etc. 4 credits.
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SOC-261 Self and Society
GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human behavior)
Prerequisite: SOC-101
Examination of the self at the intersection of the individual and society with particular attention to the interdependent nature of micro-level interactions and macro-level structures and institutions. Exploration of how sociologists understand the relationship between the self and society, surveying the fields of symbolic interactionism, social structure and personality, ethnomethodology, role theory, social exchange theory, phenomenology, social constructionism, and the life course. 4 credits.
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SOC-262 Social Determinants of Health
GER: HB (Empirical Study of Human behavior)
Prerequisite: SOC-101
Examination of the role of social factors (social class, race, ethnicity, inequality) in shaping health outcomes. Fundamental or root causes of disease as well as the structure vs. agency debate are explored. The impact of social policies on health is also examined. 4 credits.
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SOC-301 Sociological Theory
Prerequisite: SOC-101
Philosophical and historical influences on classical sociological theory. This course introduces and critically analyzes the sociological theories of Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Mead, as well as more recent theoretical work following these classic traditions. 4 credits.
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SOC-302 Methods of Social Research
Prerequisite: SOC-101
Introduction to the basic techniques of social research including both quantitative and qualitative methods. Focus will be on strategies for conducting effective and valid research, as well as evaluating and critiquing social research. Team-based research projects are developed which are then completed in SOC-303 . 4 credits.
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SOC-303 Quantitative Research Seminar
Prerequisite: SOC-302
Continuing introduction to basic techniques of statistics including descriptive and inferential statistics with an emphasis on the application and critical consumption of statistics. Completion of quantitative research project begun in SOC-302 . 4 credits.
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SOC-470 Qualitative Research Seminar
Prerequisite: SOC-101 , SOC-302 , and at least one more sociology course numbered 200 or greater
Advanced reading, research and discussion course for majors covering a specific topic in sociology. Topics vary by instructor and term and could include such topics as Sociology of Emotions, Masculinities or Ethnography of Everyday Life. Special emphasis on qualitative methodology. This course requires an independent or collaborative research project. May be repeated for credit based on change of topic. 4 credits.
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SOC-471 Advanced Qualitative Methods
Prerequisite: SOC-470
Advanced training in qualitative methods such as participant-observation and in-depth interviews. Students will learn how to design and conduct an independent research project in order to make a substantive or theoretical contribution to previous academic literature. May Experience ONLY. 2 credits.
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SOC-475 Sociology Seminar
Prerequisite: SOC-101 and at least one more course numbered 200 or greater in sociology
Advanced reading, research and discussion course for covering a specific topic in Sociology. Topics vary by instructor and could include such topics as Organized Deviance, Environmental Sociology, Marginal in the US or Youth and Adolescence. This course requires an independent or collaborative research project. May be repeated for credit based on change of topic. 4 credits.
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SOC-501 Independent Study
Prerequisite: instructor permission. Prospectus for study must be presented to instructor and approved in the term preceding registration for the course.
Variable credit.
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SOC-503 Individualized Internship
Prerequisite: SOC-101 or 102, at least one sociology course numbered 200 or greater and a GPA of 2.80 or greater in the major
Practical experience in a variety of local social service agencies. Interns complete at least 120 hours of on-site activities relating to their internship objectives, participate in scheduled seminar meetings, workshops, and field research exercises, and meet regularly with the internship director and agency supervisor. Course cannot be enrolled with a pass-no pass grading option. Variable credit.
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Theatre Arts |
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THA-001 Theatre Practicum
Significant participation in the department’s theatre productions as determined by the faculty, including, but not limited to, serving as a cast member, in stage management, as a crew head or as an assistant to a designer. 0 credit.
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THA-101 Introduction to Theatre
GER: VP (Visual and Performing Arts)
Script analysis, dramatic structure, production styles, introductory overview of acting, directing, design, and technical elements of production. Participation in some phase of play production (backstage or onstage) or a creative project is part of the course. 4 credits.
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THA-111 Introduction to Acting
GER: VP (Visual and Performing Arts)
Training in the basic element of the actor’s craft. Exploration of the study and practice of realistic acting principles. Work will center on modern scene study, exercises and observation. No credit for students who have previously successfully completed THA-120. 4 credits.
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THA-112 Makeup
Principles of makeup design for the theatre based upon play reading and script analysis. Techniques of application limited to the painterly approach and beginning three dimensional techniques. Compilation of a resource file of graphic images provides the basis for design choices. 2 credits.
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THA-113 Sound Design
Study of the history of theatre sound design and production. Introduction to sound recording, digital sound capturing and editing, microphones and sound reinforcement techniques. Students complete design projects related to theatrical production. 2 credits.
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THA-115 Stagecraft
Prerequisite: THA-101 and THA-111 or THA-120
Technical theatre nomenclature, tools, materials, rigging, scene painting and standard construction techniques for standard theatrical scenery. Laboratory required. 4 credits.
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THA-116 Costume Crafts
GER: VP (Visual and Performing Arts)
Principles of costume technology, including basic sewing/ construction techniques, fabric identification, and modification technique; and crafts techniques, such as millinery, armor construction, and dyeing and painting. Laboratory required. 4 credits.
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THA-120 Acting
GER: VP (Visual and Performing Arts)
Fundamentals of acting technique including script reading and analysis, movement, vocal development, and performance theory and practice. Theatre Arts and Vocal Performance majors ONLY. 4 credits.
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THA-140 Digital Technology for the Theatre
Introduction to hardware and software technologies used in theatrical production, study, research and analysis. Students produce projects directly related to theatre scholarship, design and practice in such areas as graphics, database, audio and video production and editing, html and web publishing, page layout, and design. Laboratory required. 4 credits.
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THA-180 Medieval Theatre from Page to Stage
Introduction to Medieval Miracle/Mystery Plays and public performance of one of the plays. Study of the history, dramaturgy and theology of the plays; adaptation of the text into modern language; rehearsal and production of one of the plays. May Experience ONLY. 2 credits.
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THA-210 Theatre History I
A survey of classical Greek and Roman theatre, the theatre of medieval Europe, Renaissance Italy, France and Japan, Golden Age Spain, Elizabethan and Restoration England, and Baroque France. 4 credits.
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THA-211 Theatre History II
A survey of theatre history from the end of neo-classicism through German romanticism and on through realism. Includes elements of twentieth-century eclecticism such as epic theatre, the theatre of the absurd, and the theatres of participation, confrontation, protest and ritual. 4 credits.
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THA-220 Acting II: Characterization
Prerequisite: THA-120
Advanced acting techniques with emphasis on exploration and development of character through play reading and analysis, improvisation, ensemble acting, experimentation and performance. 4 credits.
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THA-223 The Actor’s Voice
Exploration of vocal production for the theatre using a variety of methods including articulation for the stage, developing character voices and stage dialect. 4 credits.
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THA-224 Movement for the Actor
Exploration and development of the actor’s physical expression for the stage. Includes stage combat, period styles, mask work, and other methodolgoies that can be applied to theatrical performance. 4 credits.
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THA-230 Readings in Dramatic Literature
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Study in depth of the dramatic literature of a particular historical period, genre or nation. The topic changes depending on the instructor teaching the course. Offerings might include readings in Irish Theatre; Restoration Theatre; Theatre of the Absurd; Nineteenth Century Realism; Late Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Century American Theatre. 4 credits.
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THA-240 Playwriting
GER: VP (Visual and Performing Arts)
Introduction to and practice in the art and craft of playwriting for the stage. Emphasis on play structure, character development and dialogue. Students write frequently, read their work in class and complete a 10-minute play and a one-act play. 4 credits.
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THA-310 Directing
Prerequisite: THA-120 Completion of ART-111 , ART-113 or ART-124 helpful, but not required.
Introduction to modern directing theory and strategies, including script analysis, casting and rehearsal techniques, and direction of a one-act play for public performance. 4 credits.
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THA-315 Scene Design
Prerequisite: THA-101 , THA-115 , THA-116 or THA-120 Completion of ART-111 , ART-113 or ART-124 helpful, but not required.
Exploration of theatrical perspective drawing techniques. Analysis, research and execution of selected scenic design projects. 4 credits.
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THA-316 Costume Design
Prerequisite: THA-101 , THA-115 , THA-116 or THA-120 Completion of ART-111 , ART-113 or ART-124 helpful, but not required.
The costume design process, from elements and principles of design to analysis of script and character, historical research, and methods of rendering. 4 credits.
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THA-317 Lighting Design
Prerequisite: THA-101 , THA-115 , THA-116 or THA-120
Introduction to the history and practice of theatrical lighting design, including basic electricity, instruments, control, analysis, research and execution of design projects. Lab required. 4 credits.
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THA-320 Acting III: Period Styles
Prerequisite: THA-120
The study and practice of period acting styles and the research tools available to actors. Offerings might include Greek Golden Age, Italian Commedia dell’Arte, Elizabethan England, French Neoclassicsm, and Comedy of Manners. 4 credits.
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THA-350 Travel Study in the United Kingdom
Topics include, but are not limited to, play attendance, visits backstage at major theatres, visits to foreign museums, and field trips to other sites of interest. 4 credits.
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THA-410 Theatrical Criticism
GER: TA (Critical, Analytical Interpretation of Texts)
Analysis and discussion of major trends in theatrical criticism from Aristotle to the present. 4 credits.
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THA-430 Senior Synthesis
A portfolio assembly/presentation course completed by senior Theatre Arts majors. Student presentations will demonstrate levels of accomplishment in acting/directing, backstage, design, and written project work. Students will focus intensively on one particular project to demonstrate mastery in that area. Presentations will contain evidence of students’ in-depth ability to understand and articulate the meaning of plays from a design, performance, technical or research perspective. Senior majors ONLY. 2 credits.
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THA-440 Creative Dramatics
Practical games, exercises and improvisations for actors and teachers who wish to work in the children’s theatre field or use creative dramatics in the non-theatre arts classroom. Includes creative dramatics and drama structures for the non-theatre classroom. 4 credits.
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THA-501 Independent Study
Independent projects not specifically related to directing or design. Projects may be approved in, although not necessarily limited to, acting, theory and criticism, theatre history or playwriting. Variable credit.
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Urban Studies |
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UST-117 Rebuilding New Orleans
Community-based service learning project in New Orleans researched, designed, and revised by participants. Work together with people in New Orleans to re-establish or continue to rebuild a key component of the city’s infrastructure. Immersion in city’s varied spaces and narratives. May Experience ONLY. 2 credits.
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UST-501 Independent Study
Guided research normally focused on urban development. Variable credit.
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Physics |
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PHY-101 Survey of Physics for Non-Science Majors
GER: NW (Empirical Study of the Natural World)
A philosophic and conceptual examination of selected fundamental principles of physics. No prior knowledge of physics is assumed. Some historical and biographical material is included. 4 credits.
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PHY-104 Energy-of Man, Creation and Calories
GER: NW (Empirical Study of the Natural World) and NE (Humans and the Natural Environment)
The concept of energy treated from the broadest possible perspective. Emphasis on the four laws of thermodynamics and the four black-hole analogs. With this foundation the various thermodynamic aspects of energy are treated as they relate to a variety of areas, including the impact of energy on environmental aspects of human life. 4 credits.
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PHY-105 Descriptive Astronomy
GER: NWL (Empirical Study of the Natural World with laboratory)
Prerequisite: high school algebra
Apparent motion of the Sun, Moon and planets; the birth of modern astronomy; properties of light and its detection; the Sun and the Solar System; the structure, properties and evolution of stars; galaxies and cosmology. 4 credits.
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PHY-111 General Physics I
GER: NWL (Empirical Study of the Natural World with laboratory)
Prerequisite: high school calculus. MTH-150 or (MTH-140 and MTH-141 ) strongly recommended
The basic concepts and laws of classical mechanics. Measurement and units, vectors, kinematics, Newton’s laws of motion, work and energy, systems of particles, collisions, rotational kinematics, torque and angular momentum, rigid body statics and dynamics, simple harmonic motion, gravitation, and mechanics of solids and fluids. 4 credits.
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PHY-112 General Physics II
GER: NWL (Empirical Study of the Natural World with laboratory)
Prerequisite: PHY-111 and MTH-141 or MTH-150 . MTH-151 strongly recommended
The basic concepts and laws of classical electricity and magnetism. Electrostatic and magnetostatic forces and fields. Gauss’ law, electric circuits, Ampere’s law, Faraday’s law, electric and magnetic properties of matter, time-varying fields, Maxwell’s equations and electromagnetic waves, and geometrical optics. 4 credits.
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PHY-113 General Physics III
Prerequisite: PHY-111
Introduction to thermodynamics and wave motion. Temperature, The First Law, kinetic theory, The Second Law, sound, electromagnetic waves, super-position, interference, diffraction and polarization. 4 credits.
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PHY-119 Physics of Music
Prerequisite: PHY-111
Fundamentals of simple harmonic motion and waves. Physics of strings and vibrating air columns will be studied in detail. Lab activities will include the study of wave motion and the Fourier analysis of sounds. May Experience ONLY. 2 credits.
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PHY-241 Introduction to Modern Physics
Prerequisite: PHY-112 Must be enrolled with MTH-160 .
Special theory of relativity, particle nature of electromagnetic radiation, waves and wave nature of matter, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, historical models of the atom, Schroedinger’s equation and its application to one-dimensional systems, quantum theory of the hydrogen atom, electron spin, many-electron atoms, and introduction to nuclear physics. 4 credits.
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PHY-311 Classical Mechanics I
Prerequisite: MTH-160 and PHY-112 . MTH-250 and MTH-255 are recommended.
Kinematics and dynamics of particles and systems of particles, oscillations, introduction to Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics, central force motion, motion in noninertial reference frames, and dynamics of rigid bodies. 4 credits.
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PHY-312 Classical Mechanics II
Prerequisite: PHY-311
An advanced treatment of topics studied in the first classical mechanics course, plus gravitation, coupled oscillations, mechanics of continuous media, the one-dimensional wave equation, and relativistic kinematics and dynamics. 4 credits.
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PHY-321 Electromagnetic Theory I
Prerequisite: MTH-160 and PHY-112 . MTH-250 and MTH-255 are recommended.
Development of the Maxwell equations. Electrostatic forces and fields, potential theory, magnetostatic forces and fields, time-varying fields. 4 credits.
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PHY-322 Electromagnetic Theory II
Prerequisite: PHY-321
A continuation of the first course on electromagnetic theory. Application of Maxwell’s equations to radiating systems, systems and properties of electromagnetic waves in vacuum and matter. Radiation theory and relativistic electrodynamics. 4 credits.
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PHY-331 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Prerequisite: PHY-112 . PHY-241 is recommended
Laws of heat and thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases, introduction to statistical mechanics. 4 credits.
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PHY-421 Optics
Prerequisite: MTH-160 and PHY-112 . MTH-250 and MTH-255 are recommended.
Geometrical optics, image formation by lenses and mirrors, optical instruments and aberrations, Fresnel equations, optical properties of materials, nonlinear optics and the modulation of light, interference and diffraction, Fourier optics, laser operation and properties. Laboratory activities include numerical simulations of lens aberrations, Brewster angle experiment, electro-optic effect, magneto-optic effect and the spatial light modulation. 4 credits.
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PHY-431 Electronics
Prerequisite: PHY-112
Theory and applications of active and passive circuits containing resistors, capacitors, inductors, transistors and integrated circuits. Course is laboratory-oriented. Students build and analyze circuits involving these components in various applications, including active and passive filters, transistor amplifiers, operational amplifiers, power supplies and digital circuits. 4 credits.
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PHY-432 Experimental Methods in Physics
Prerequisite: PHY-241
Introduction to modern sensors, optical devices an instruments and their applications in the field of experimential science. Experiments designed to give practice in the art of making precise measurements and the processing of experimental data. Hands-on experience in instrumentation and experimentation in optics, electronics and a number of other areas in applied physics and engineering. 4 credits.
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PHY-433 Introduction to Embedded Systems
Prerequisite: PHY-111 and PHY-112 or instructor permission
An exploration of the fundamentals of embedded systems for applications of physical computing. Using the Arduino open source microcontroller platform, students will learn how to connect sensors, actuators and indicators to create devices that interact with the physical world. Topics include digital and analog inputs and outputs, sensors, actuators, motors, serial communication, and control of external devices. Students will learn technical skills in electronics, programming and serial communication. May Experience ONLY. 2 credits.
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PHY-441 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
Prerequisite: MTH-160 and PHY-241 . Should be enrolled with MTH-255 . MTH-250 and MTH-255 are recommended.
Introduction to quantum formalism, the simple harmonic oscillator, angular momentum, the hydrogen atom, spin and indistinguishable particles, and applications. 4 credits.
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PHY-442 Quantum Mechanics
Prerequisite: PHY-441
Duality of matter and radiation, state functions, linear momentum, the Schroedinger equation, systems of particles, angular momentum and spin. 4 credits.
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PHY-451 Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics
Prerequisite: MTH-160 , PHY-241 , PHY-311 , and PHY-321 . PHY-441 is recommended.
Survey course in introductory astronomy and astrophysics for science majors. Gravitation and orbital motion; evolution and structure of the solar system, galaxy, and universe; stellar classes, structure and evolution. Laboratory activities include numerical simulations of various cosmological and stellar models, the study of spectrographic data, and astronomical observations. 4 credits.
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PHY-452 Atomic and Nuclear Physics
Prerequisite: PHY-241
Atomic physics topics include solutions to the Schroedinger equation for the hydrogen atom, one dimensional square well, spin orbit coupling and the periodic table. Nuclear physics topics include stable nuclei, nuclear decay, the radial square well and a model for the deuteron, as well as the simple harmonic oscillator and the nuclear shell model. An introduction to elementary particles and accelerators is also included. 4 credits.
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PHY-461 Teaching Methods and Materials in Physics
Prerequisite: department permission.
4 credits.
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PHY-502 Research
Guided experimentation or theoretical research on selected topics in physics. Working with a faculty sponsor, the student poses a question of interest for research, writes an agreement specifying work expectations, and conducts research to answer the question. A formal paper resulting from the research is required upon completion of the project that must be prepared and submitted to a journal. Variable credit.
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PHY-504 Directed Independent Study
Study of a selected topic designed to instill deeper understanding of areas of physics beyond formal course work. Working with a faculty sponsor, the student selects a focused area for further study and writes an agreement specifying work expectations. A formal paper or portfolio of sufficient length and composition to demonstrate a scholarly review with a bibliography resulting from the study is required. Variable credit.
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