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A 10 week course about thermal and quantum physics related to the engineering Grand Challenges related to climate science and energy sources.
A 10 week course about using coordinate systems in unusual ways and making sense of algebraic answers to physics problems, done in the context of special relativity and classical mechanics (including velocity-dependent forces, Lagrangian mechanics, and a very brief introductions to Hamiltonians). Lots of math methods. Students in this course should also take PH 315.
A 10 week introduction to computation aimed at first-time programmers. Students with experience programming can get a waiver (see the course instructor or the undergraduate advisor). Students in this course should also take PH 335.
A 10 week lab for the winter term intensive courses (PH 422 & PH 425).
A 10 week lab for the spring term intensive courses (PH 424 & PH 426).
A 10 week lab about building and analyzing basic circuits.
A 5 week intensive course focused on electro- and magneto-statics in vaccuum (Ch. 2, 3, and 5 in Griffiths textbook) and universal gravity. Emphasis on multivariable and vector calculus and curvilinear coordinates. Students in this course should also take PH 366.
A 5 week intensive course focused on classical thermodynamics and an introduction to statistical mechanics. Includes some experiments.
A 5 week intensive course using measurements of spin to introduce the postulates of quantum mechanics, including quantum measurement, uncertainty, and time evolution. Includes a linear algebra review and an introduction to wavefunctions for the particle in a box. Students in this course should also take PH 366.
A 5 week intensive course about periodic motion for mechanical and electrical systems. Discusses resonance and damped/driven phenomena. Includes discussion of Fourier series/integrals and some experiments. Students in this course should also take PH 367.
A 5 week intensive course about systems with a center pointing force: classical orbital motion and the quantum hydrogen atom. Emphasis on solving differential equations with separation of variables and series solutions. Students in this course should also take PH367.
A 5 week intensive course that explores 1-D quantum potentials: steps, wells, and periodic wells. Includes position & momentum representations of quantum states, Bloch's theorem, and an LCAO (linear combination of atomic orbitals) approach.
A 10 week course on static electric and magnetic fields in matter, electrodynamics, Maxwell equations, electromagnetic waves, wave guides, dipole radiation.
A 10 week course on Entropy and quantum mechanics; canonical Gibbs probability; ideal gas; thermal radiation; Einstein and Debye lattices; grand canonical Gibbs probability; ideal Fermi and Bose gases; chemical reactions and phase transformations.
A 10 week course including the quantum harmonic oscillator, additional of angular momentum, and perturbation theory.