UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

FISI 3000. ORIENTATION FOR PHYSICS MAJORS. Non-credit. One hour seminar per week. Prerequisite: Student in the Physics Department.

Academic and professional orientation for students entering the Department of Physics.

FISI 3091. ELEMENTS OF PHYSICS. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: MATE 3172 or MATE 3005.

Basic concepts of mechanics, thermodynamics, optics, and electromagnetism oriented specially towards agriculture.

FISI 3092. ELEMENTS OF PHYSICS LABORATORY. One credit hour. One two-hour laboratory per week. Corequisite: FISI 3091.

Laboratory exercises and demonstrations applying the principles studied in FISI 3091.

FISI 3151-3152. MODERN COLLEGE PHYSICS. Three credit hours per semester. Two hours of lecture and one discussion per week each semester. Corequisite: MATE 3031 or MATE 3022.

Mechanics, heat, sound, electricity, magnetism, and optics. Differential and integral calculus will be used as much as possible.

FISI 3153-3154. MODERN COLLEGE PHYSICS LABORATORY. One credit hour per semester. One two- hour laboratory per week each semester. Corequisite: FISI 3151-3152.

This course is to supplement FISI 3151-3152.

FISI 3161. GENERAL PHYSICS I. Four credit hours. Four hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: MATE 3031.

Principles of mechanics, acousties, and thermodynamics.

FISI 3162. GENERAL PHYSICS II. Four credit hours. Four hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FISI 3161 or FISI 3171.

Principles of electricity, magnetism, and optics.

FISI 3163. LABORATORY OF GENERAL PHYSICS I. One credit hour. One two-hour laboratory per week. Corequisite: FISI 3161 or FISI 3171.

Experiments in mechanics, waves, and thermodynamics to complement FISI 3161.

FISI 3164. LABORATORY OF GENERAL PHYSICS II. One credit hour. One two-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: FISI 3163 or FISI 3173. Corequisite: FISI 3162 or FISI 3172.

Experiments in electricity, magnetism, and optics to complement FISI 3162.

FISI 3171. PHYSICS I. Four credit hours. Four hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: MATE 3031.

Principles of mechanics, waves, and optics for engineering and the sciences.

FISI 3172. PHYSICS II. Four credit hours. Four hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FISI 3171 or FISI 3161.

Principles of electricity, magnetism, and modern physics for engineering and the sciences.

FISI 3173. PHYSICS LABORATORY I. One credit hour. A two-hour laboratory per week. Corequisite: FISI 3171 or FISI 3161.

Experiments in mechanics, waves, and optics to complement the PHYSICS I course.

FISI 3174. PHYSICS LABORATORY II. One credit hour. A two-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: FISI 3173 or FISI 3163. Corequisite: FISI 3172 or FISI 3162.

Experiments in electricity, magnetism, and modern physics to complement the PHYSICS II course.

FISI 4001-4002. SEMINAR. One credit hour per semester. Two hours of lecture per week each semester.

Discussion and reports of special topics in Physics.

FISI 4007. PHOTOGRAPHY. Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: Consent of the Director of the Department.

Study of lens systems, basic photochemistry, composition, light and color balance; laboratory practices and techniques of the darkroom; appropriate use of natural and artificial light.

FISI 4008. HEAT ND THERMODYNAMICS. Four credit hours. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: FISI 3152 or FISI 3012, and MATE 3032.

Principles of thermodynamics, entropy, radiation, change of state, and critical temperature.

FISI 4012. MODERN PHYSICS II. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FISI 4011.

Radioactivity, nuclear structure, transmutation, electronuclear machines, elementary wave mechanics and quantum mechanics.

FISI 4017. PHYSICAL OPTICS. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FISI 4025 or FISI 3162 or FISI 3172.

Interference, diffraction and polarization phenomena; wave surfaces, resolving power of optical instruments, magneto-optical phenomena.

FISI 4018. ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY I. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: FISI 4068, FISI 4025, MATE 4009.

An elementary treatment of the electromagnetic wave theory, and its application to microwave transmission and radiation.

FISI 4019. INTERMEDIATE OPTICS LABORATORY. One credit hour. One three-hour laboratory per week. Corequisite: FISI 4017.

Laboratory exercises in precise optical measurements. Optical instruments.

FISI 4027. INTERMEDIATE SOUND. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: FISI 4025 and MATE 4009.

Fundamentals of wave motion, especially related to sound and vibrations; propagation, reflection, refraction, interference, and diffraction of sound; production and properties of sound waves and musical tones; some applications of sound theory to musical instruments, recording and reproduction; the ear, signaling devices and architectural acoustics.

FISI 4029. COMPUTER PROBLEMS IN PHYSICS. Two credit hours. One hour of lecture and one three-hour computer laboratory per week. Prerequisite: Senior standing in physics, or consent of the Director of the Department. Introduction to computer techniques and their use in the solution of problems in physics.

FISI 4037. KINETIC THEORY AND STATISTICAL MECHANICS. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: FISI 4008 and FISI 3052.

Kinetic theory and gases, theory of probability; Maxwell-Boltzmann, Gibbs, Darwing-Fewler quantum statistics, and some of their applicants.

FISI 4046. WAVE MECHANICS. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: FISI 4052 and MATE 4009.

An introduction to wave mechanics: the study of the Schr”edinger equation, and its application to the solution of problems in one and three dimensions; elementary techniques of perturbation theory.

FISI 4049. ELECTRONICS. Three credit hours. Two lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: (FISI 3164 or FISI 3174 or FISI 4026 or FISI 3154) and (FISI 3162 or FISI 3172 or FISI 3152).

Discussion of AC circuits theory, vacuum tubes, transistors, power supplies, amplifiers, oscillations, servo systems, operational amplifiers, electronic switching and other electronic circuits. Laboratory exercises are designed so that students develop a practical knowledge of electronic circuits.

FISI 4051. INTERMEDIATE MECHANICS I. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: MATE 3063 and (FISI 3162 or FISI 3172 or FISI 3012).

A study of kinematics, dynamics, gravitation, and motion of rigid bodies; elasticity, hydrostatics and hydrodynamics; vibration and wave motion.

FISI 4052. INTERMEDIATE MECHANICS II. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FISI 4051.

Dynamics of particles and rigid bodies. Lagrange and Hamilton's equations of motion and related matters.

FISI 4057. THERMAL PHYSICS. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: MATE 3063 and (FISI 3162 or FISI 3172 or FISI 3012).

A study of the three laws of thermodynamics, equations of state, phase transitions, and thermodynamic potentials, with an introduction of classical and quantum statistics and applications of the distribution functions of Boltzman, Boxe-Einstein, and Fermi-Dirac.

FISI 4068. ELECTROMAGNETISM. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: MATE 3063 and (FISI 3162 or FISI 3172 or FISI 3012). An introductory study of electric theory, electrostatics, electric and magnetic fields, theory of linear circuits, and electromagnetic radiation.

FISI 4076. INTERMEDIATE LABORATORY I. Two credit hours. Two three-hour laboratories per week. Prerequisite: FISI 3164 or FISI 3174 or FISI 4049.

Includes intermediate laboratory experiments in mechanics, electricity, magnetism, and modern physics, stressing the importance of precision measurements and appropriate experimental techniques.

FISI 4077. INTERMEDIATE LABORATORY II. Two credit hours. Two three-hour laboratories per week. Prerequisite: FISI 4076.

Includes intermediate laboratory experiments in wave phenomena, solid state, atomic, nuclear, and molecular physics. The student will acquire general research laboratory techniques in spectroscopy, electric and magnetic measurements, vacuum systems, and low temperatures.

FISI 4105. MODERN PHYSICS. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FISI 3162 or FISI 3172 or FISI 4025.

A study of topics of twentieth century physics, including Relativity theory, Radiation theory, atomic structure of hydrogen and hydrogen like atoms, introduction to Schroedinger's equation, radioactive and selected topics in nuclear and solid state physics.

FISI 4116. SOLID STATE PHYSICS. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FISI 3162 or FISI 3172 or FISI 3012.

Introduction to solid state physics: crystal structures, reciprocal lattice, lattice vibrations, energy bands, thermal properties, electric properties.

FISI 4125. COMPUTERS IN PHYSICS. Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: INGE 3025 or MATE 3010 or COMP 3010 or consent of the Director of the Department.

Introduction to computer techniques and their applications to physics.

FISI 4996. COOP PRACTICE. Three to six credit hours. Prerequisite: Consent of the Director of the Department.

Practical experience in physics in cooperation with private industry or government to be jointly supervised by the academic department, the COOP Program Coordinator, and an official from the cooperating organization.

FISI 4997. SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN PHYSICS. One to three credit hours. Prerequisite: Consent of the Director of the Department.

Short research problems --assigned or selected--, subject to approval by the instructor; a written report is required.

FISI 4999. UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH. One to three credit hours. Prerequisite: Consent of the Head of the Department.

A research project in either basic or applied physics to be supervised by a member of the Department.

FISI 5011-5012. INTRODUCTION SOLID STATE PHYSICAL ELECTRONICS. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester.

Review of atomic physics, statistics, structure of the solid state and theory of semiconductors, thermoionic emission and some applications; semi-conductor devices and some applications.

FISI 5013. SOLID STATE PHYSICAL ELECTRONICS LABORATORY. One credit hour. One three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: FISI 5011 or FISI 5012.

Experiments in solid state physical electronics, with emphasis on those which bear on the principles of solid state physical electronics.

FISI 5018. ANALYTIC AND CANONICAL FORMALISM IN PHYSICS. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FISI 4052.

Langrangian formalism, densities, transformations, canonical formalism with evanescent Jacobian determinants.

FISI 5025-5037. INTRODUCTION TO SOLID STATE PHYSICS I-II. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester.

ASTR 3005. DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Open only to non-science or non-engineering majors.

A descriptive treatment of the structure of the universe beginning with naked-eye astronomical observations and progressing to telescopic observations and simple interpretations. Topics to be covered include the solar system, stars, stellar systems and galaxies. Ocassional observation periods at night or early morning, as determined by the professor.

ASTR 4005. ASTRONOMY I. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FISI 3151 or FISI 3011 or FISI 3161 or FISI 3171. A descriptive course covering facts and theories pertaining to the solar system and the sideral universe.

ASTR 4006. ASTRONOMY II. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: ASTR 4005.

A continuation of ASTR 4005, including an introduction to celestial mechanics and astrophysics.

METE 4006. METEOROLOGY. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FISI 3152 or FISI 3012 or FISI 3162 or FISI 3172.

An elementary treatment of general meteorology.

METE 4007. METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS. One credit hour. One three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: METE 4006.

Laboratory exercises in measurement of meteorological variables. Meteorological instruments.

METE 4008. PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: FISI 4051 and METE 4007.

Radiation, radiation measurements, meteorological optics, atmospheric electricity, and dynamics of the atmosphere.

CIFI 3011-3012. PHYSICAL SCIENCE. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week each semester. Corequisite: MATE 3171 or consent of the Department Director.

To introduce the students to the major concepts which science has formed of the natural world and to provide a balanced and coherent presentation of the more important theories of physical science; to give students an acquaintance with scientific methods, and to show the relationship of science to other fields of knowledge. The major areas cover the solar system, matter, energy, the structure of matter, elementary concepts of geology, and elements of weather. The lectures are supplemented with demonstrations, slides, films, filmstrips, and field trips.