15 courses with the subject PHY, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Primarily for students in mathematics and the natural sciences. Fundamentals of motion, force, linear momentum, work, power, energy, gravitation, mechanics of rigid bodies, rotation, angular momentum, wave motion. Three lecture hours and one recitation hour per week. Foundation Category: Scientific Reasoning
The fundamentals of sound, fluid mechanics, electrostatics, electricity, electrical circuits, magnetism, optics, and optical instruments. Three lecture hours and one recitation hour per week. Corequisite: PHY 212. Prerequisite: “C-” grade or better in PHY 201 and 211. Foundation Category: Scientific Reasoning
Laboratory experiments which parallel topics in Physics 201. Two laboratory hours per week. Corequisite: PHY201. Prerequisite: MATH 104 or equivalent.
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Offered occasionally. Topics vary with each offering.
Introduction to relativity, atomic physics, discharge tube experiments; atomic models of Thomson, Rutherford, Bohr, photoelectric effect; black-body radiation; quantum theory; matter waves, and wave mechanics; properties of the nucleus and nuclear reactions.
First half of a one-year sequence. Concepts of statics, including force systems, equilibrium conditions, simple structures, distributed forces. Shear and moments, friction and the concept of work, virtual work and stability. Prerequisite or concurrent registration: “C-” grade or better in PHY 202 and 212, and MATH 202.
Second half of a one-year sequence. Concepts of dynamics, including kinematics of particles, velocity and acceleration. Newton’s Laws of motion, momentum, work, kinetic energy, potential energy, central force fields, vibrations, resonance, dynamics of systems of particles, kinematics of a rigid body, dynamics of a rigid body.
(Also offered as CHEM 305) Electron structure of atoms; atomic and molecular bonding; energy bands; crystal structure; imperfections; noncrystalline solids; reaction rates; diffusion; transport phenomena; thermal conductivity, electrical conduction; metals, insulators, semiconductors; magnetism. Prerequisite: “C-” grade or better in PHY 202 and 212, and CHEM 172 and 174.
Introductory aspects of electromagnetic theory. Static electric fields, Coulomb’s Law, Gauss’ Law, electric potential, capacitance and dielectrics, electric current and resistance, Ampere’s Law, Faraday’s Law, Maxwell’s equations in integral form, electromagnetic waves. Three lecture hours and two lab hours per week. 216
The physical principles describing the behavior of solids under stress. Topics include stress, strain, torsion, bending, transverse loading, transformations of stress and strain, beam and shaft design, beam deflection, energy methods, and column design. Prerequisite: PHY 303.
Basic linear electrical circuits, theories and concepts. Signals and waveforms, network concepts, Kirchhoff’s laws, energy and power, phasors, and steady-state analysis, resonance, filters. Prerequisites: “C-” grade or better in PHY 202 and 212, and MATH 202.
(Also offered as BIO 309) The applications of the laws of physics to principles and problems of the life sciences. The physics of living systems in statics, mechanics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, sound, electricity, and atomic physics. Lecture course.
(Also offered as CHEM 310. See CHEM 310 for course description.)
Qualified students may, under the supervision of a faculty member, pursue independent study and/or research on selected topics of special interest to the student and the faculty member. Prerequisite: permission of Dean.
Source: St. Thomas Aquinas College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
