Courses in
Physics and
Astronomy
Spring 2018
| ASTR-315 |
Stars, Nebulae and Galaxies
A non-calculus course introducing the properties of stars, nebulae and galaxies, and the methods and tools astronomers use to study these objects. Observing sessions in the observatory and in the John Deere Planetarium will be required. |
Lee Carkner |
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PHYS-103 |
Principles of Physics III Optics, relativity, atomic physics and nuclear physics. Lectures and two-hour lab weekly. |
Bill Peterson (01) Cecilia Vogel (02) |
| PHYS-170 | Introduction to
Engineering Types of engineering, teamwork and leadership, proposals and prototypes and engineering ethics. In-class discussion, team projects, written essays and presentations. |
Joshua Dyer |
| PHYS-203 | Basic Physics III
Fundamentals of electricity and magnetism. Lectures, one-hour discussion, two-hour lab weekly. Prerequisite: 202. |
Nathan Frank |
| PHYS-322 |
Engineering Statics Forces, moments, couples, equipollent systems, distributed forces, equilibrium analysis, trusses, methods of joint and sections, shear-force and bending-moment diagrams, coulomb friction, centroids and center-of-mass. (Offered in alternate years.) Prerequisite: 201. Co-requisite: Math 221 |
Joshua Dyer |
| PHYS-352 | Advanced Lab III Selected experiments in modern physics including beta absorption, gamma ray spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy and x-ray diffraction. Prerequisites: 301 and 350. |
Nathan Frank |
| PHYS-390 | Advanced Topics in Physics | Cecilia Vogel |
| PHYS-420 | Senior Inquiry | Lee Carkner |