PHYS 00300 - Modern Physics

Credits: 4

This course covers modern physics developed since the turn of the 20th century. After a review of some classical physics, course topics include special relativity, wave and particle aspects of radiation, matter waves, models of the atom, ionization, spectra, x-rays, and introductory quantum theory. It also covers theories developed by Planck, Einstein, Rutherford, Bragg, Bohr, Compton, de Broglie, Pauli, Schrodinger and Heisenberg.

Prerequisite Courses: (MATH 01131 with a minimum grade of D- or MATH 01141 with a minimum grade of D-) and (PHYS 00211 with a minimum grade of D- or PHYS 02203 with a minimum grade of D- or PHYS 02201 with a minimum grade of D- or PHYS 00222 with a minimum grade of D-)
Course Attributes: CAT, SLAB, UGRD