1 courses with the subject NUCE, 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.

NUCE 480Fundamentals of Nuclear Physics & Engineering3

This course begins with a review of electric and magnetic fields and forces.The bulk of the course then introduces modern concepts of the nature and properties of matter and energy. These concepts include the theory of relativity, the quantum theory of light, the wave nature of matter, quantum mechanics and wave functions, and quantum mechanics and atomic structure. (This is the first course in the Nuclear Engineering concentration.)

Subject: NUCE
Credits (min): 3
Credits (max): 3
Credit unit: Credits
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: 2026-2027 Catalog
Source: catalog.usmma.edu
Prerequisite: PHYS 120 ; MATH 101 ; PHYS 230 or NUCE 460 3 hours a week, or 2 hours in a lab week 2 hours a week in the four lab weeks

Source: United States Merchant Marine Academy's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61