13 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.
PHY 241General Physics4.00
The first course in a two-semester algebra-based introduction to physics. Includes fundamental principles of physics in relation to classical mechanics, thermodynamics, vibrations, and wave motion. Three lecture hours and three hours of laboratory work a week. Department. LSP: NS
a grade of C or higher in Math 138 or consent of the
PHY 242General Physics4.00
A continuation of PHY 241. This course offers an introduction to the fundamental principles of physics in relation to electricity, magnetism, light, optics, and modern physics. Three lecture hours and three hours o laboratory a week. Prerequisite: a grade of C or higher in PHY 241 or consent of the Department. LSP: NS
The first course is a two-semester calculus-based introduction to physics. This course offers an introduction to vectors, statics, and dynamics of particles; momentum, work, and energy; conservation law; and mechanics of rigid bodies. Three lecture hours and three hours of laboratory a week. LSP: NS Department.
A grade of C or higher in Math 231 or consent of the
PHY 244Electricity and Magnetism4.00
A continuation of PHY 243. This course offers an introduction to the physics of electricity and magnetism, including electric fields, electric currents, circuits, magnetic fields, Maxwell ʼs equations, and electromagnetic waves. Three lecture hours and three hours of laboratory work a week. of the Department. LSP: NS
A grade of C or higher in PHY 243 and MTH 232 or consent
PHY 330Laboratory Electronics3.00
An introduction to basic principles of electronics, operation of electronic measuring devices, and construction of devices for electrical and electronic measurements. Prerequisite: Consent of department. One hour of lecture and three hours of laboratory work a week.
A study of waves in elastic media; sound; light; reflection, refraction, interference and diffraction; lenses and mirrors; quantum physics; nuclear reactions; atomic structure and the wave nature of matter.
PHY 243. Three lectures and four hours of laboratory work
PHY 345Biophysics4.00
Sound and the ear, light and the eye, microscope, the physics of muscular contraction, electrocardiography, and radiation physics. Biophysical techniques utilizing wave phenomena, nuclear phenomena, and mechanical and electrical phenomena. of laboratory a week.
The principles of chemistry and physics as applied to the properties and behavior of gases, liquids, solids, and solutions. The basic principles of thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, and kinetics and their applications to chemical and biochemical systems. Cross listed with CHE 431. Lectures: Three hours a week.