2017-2018 Graduate Bulletin [Archived Bulletin]
|
PHYS 3540 - Modern Physics
Goals: To understand the developments of the late 19th and early 20th century in the field of physics.
Content: Relativity, the discovery of the electron, the quantum nature of light, the wave nature of particles, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, and Schrodinger wave mechanics.
Taught: Spring.
Prerequisites: PHYS 1240 and MATH 3320 or co-registration.
Credits: 4
Note: NOTE: Students must concurrently register for a lecture and a corresponding 0-credit lab section of this course.
|
