The content, organization, problems and philosophy of the latest high school physics text materials. Problems in organizing, staffing, planning, and evaluating the K-12 science program. Science teaching experience and graduate standing. This course considers exactly soluble problems in the mechanics of discrete and continuous media. This course describes the approximate solution of problems in the mechanics of linear continuous media via variational methods.
Emphasis is placed on finite element analysis.
The Schroedinger equation and its applications in three dimensions, angular momentum, electron spin, Heisenberg's matrix mechanics, Dirac notation, perturbation theories, variational methods, scattering theory. PHY 475 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics. An experimental course for subject matter not provided in other department offerings. The content will change from semester to semester. Students may elect this course several times as long as different topics are covered.