Physics
Associate Professor Jeffrey E. Chamberlain
Assistant Professor Josiah Kunz
The Department of Physics provides courses dealing with the basic principles of behavior of matter and energy and their relationship to human society. They enhance critical thinking ability and train students in the techniques of quantitative reasoning and laboratory measurement in physical science. The complete physics major program provides the student with a high level of competence in all these skills, which are valued by employers in the fields of science, engineering, medicine, business, law, management, and a large variety of interdisciplinary fields, and for admission to and success in graduate school.
Prerequisites must be completed with a grade of āCā or above.
Majors & Programs
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Physics, Major -
Physics: Engineering Track, Major -
Physics, Minor
Courses
PY 124: Introduction to AutoCAD
PY 225: College Physics I
PY 226: College Physics II
PY 301: Circuits
PY 302: Electricity and Magnetism
PY 303: Light
PY 304: Materials Science for Engineers
PY 321: Analytic Mechanics: Statics
PY 322: Analytic Mechanics: Dynamics
PY 323: Thermodynamics
PY 411: Senior Seminar I
PY 412: Senior Seminar II
The second of a two-semester sequence of 2-credit hour courses which together make up the senior seminar. Students continue to work independently on research projects (lab-based or expository) under the supervision of a faculty member. The projects will include an interdisciplinary component developed with the aid of the instructor.