Experiments are taken from atomic and nuclear physics, solid state physics and wave optics. The laws of thermodynamics, their application to physical problems and an introduction to statistical physics. This course includes the study of Newton's Laws, motion in one and three dimensions, central forces, harmonic oscillations, non-inertial reference frames, rotations of rigid bodies, and Lagrangian Mechanics. The general theory of wave motion and application to optics, acoustics and other electromagnetic and mechanical phenomena. Directed research under staff supervision.
Heavy emphasis is placed on laboratory work, fabricating circuits and their controlling software.
Programming is done in machine and assembly language. This course includes the nature of space, time and particles. Quantization of translatory motion, rotatory motion, vibratory motion and motion in a Coulombic field is covered.