Generalized coordinates and forces. Lagrangian, Hamiltonian, and variational formulations of mechanics. Determination of static, electrostatic, and magnetostatic fields. Microscopic and macroscopic theory of insulators and conductors. Electrodynamics and special theory of relativity.
Content varies somewhat with instructor.
Recent experimental methods in atomic and molecular spectroscopy with applications. Detailed quantum mechanical and group theoretical treatment of atomic and molecular systems. Reactions between atomic systems. Using modern computers to solve physics problems. Integration of ordinary and partial differential equations, interpolation and extrapolation, finite element analysis, linear and nonlinear equations, eigen-systems, optimization, root finding, Monte Carlo simulations, etc.