This course consists of both a lecture and a lab portion of hands-on hardware manipulation. Taken junior year. Available only by independent scholarship. Designed to prepare the student for upper-level physics courses by studying such topics as vector analysis. Fourier series, Laplace and Fourier transforms, and ordinary and partial differential equations of physical systems.
Emphasis is placed on the development of computer-based computation skills.
Recommended as a prerequisite for all courses numbered above 340. Theory and applications of DC and AC circuits. Theory of solid state devices such as diodes and transistors. Applications of these devices to power supplies, amplifiers, operational amplifiers., integrated circuits, analog to digital and digital to analog converters and other instrumentation. Detailed study of kinematics, Newtonian dynamics and rigid bodies.