Laboratory is included. A student concurrently enrolled in Mechanics may, with permission of the instructor, take this course. Thermal Physics, Waves and Optics. This course will cover the topics of mechanics and thermal properties of matter, as well as of waves and optics. Various topics will be presented such as elasticity of solids, Bernoulli's equation of fluids, thermal equilibrium and thermal expansion of matter, heat and heat transfer, equation of states, ideal gases, laws of thermodynamics, molecular structure of matter, phenomena of sound, nature of light, simple geometrical optics, interference and diffraction of light.
Laboratory is included.
This course covers various topics including postulates of special relativity, four-dimensional space, Lorentz transformation, relativistic momentum and energy, kinetic theory of matter, concept of quantization, nuclear atom, electron wave and introduction of Schrodinger equation. In this course, the concepts and methods of modern physics are applied in the study of different fields, such as atomic physics, molecular structure, solid state physics, nuclear physics and particle physics. Student participation is an integral part of the course. While the emphasis is on the conceptual understanding of modern physics, some mathematical methods are introduced. Students will be required to build and test their own designs.