PHYS 418 Nuclear Physics 3 cr. Natural and artificial radioactivity, nuclear processes and structure, fundamental particles and particle accelerators. PHYS 420 Introduction to Computational Physics 3 cr. Introduction to the methods of computational physics. Explores some of the basic techniques and ideas used to solve physics problems with the aid of computers.
Students develop computer programs in a high-level programming language to solve specific problems.
Topics include examples from several fields of engineering such as mechanics, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, electricity and acoustics. PHYS 436 Mathematical Physics 3 cr. Also offered as MATH 436. Acoustics 3 cr. Introduction to the theory of wave motions.