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PHYS 1000
- Elements of Physics
9ch (3C 1T 3L/S)
Prerequisite: Grade 12 Physics or equivalent
Corequisite: MATH 1003/1013
Scalar and vector
quantities. Kinematics of motion for straight and curved paths. Newtons
laws of motion. Conservation of linear momentum. Conservation of energy.
Gravitation. Simple harmonic motion. Wave motion, properties of sound
and light waves, including interference and diffraction. Optics. Coulombs
Law, electric field and potential. Electric current and resistance.
Magnetic fields. Quantum theory and the atom. The nucleus.
PHYS 1917 - Physics
for Engineering
5ch (4C 2T/3L)
Prerequisite: Grade 12 Physics or equivalent
Vectors, kinematics,
momentum, force, potential and kinetic energy. Kinetic theory of gases,
circular motion, charge, field and potential, gravitation, electrostatics,
optics, sound.
PHYS 2011 - Mechanics
5ch (3C 3L)
Prerequisites: MATH 1003/1013 and PHYS 1000
Scalar and vector
quantities, statics, kinematics, dynamics, work, energy, power, rotational
motion, impulse and momentum, vibratory motion.
PHYS 2022 - Electricity
and Magnetism
5ch (3C 3L)
Prerequisites: MATH 1003/1013 and PHYS 1000
Current, resistance
and DC circuit analysis. Transients in LCR circuits. AC circuit analysis,
phasors, resonance in series and parallel LCR circuits. Electrostatics;
electric fields, Gauss' Theorem, potential, capacitance. Magnetic
fields, induced e.m.f.
PHYS 2041 - Mechanical
and Thermal Properties of Matter
3ch (3C)
Prerequisites: MATH 1003/1013 and PHYS 1000
Intermolecular
forces, elementary thermodynamics and kinetic theory; applications
(gases). Imperfect gases; solid and liquid state; elastic and thermal
properties of solids; fluid flow.
PHYS 2055 - Survey
of Modern Physics
5ch (3C 3L)
Prerequisites: MATH 1003/1013 and PHYS 1000
Relativity, quantization
in nature, photoelectric effect, Compton effect, x-rays, x-ray diffraction,
deBroglie waves, phase and group velocities, the uncertainty principle,
energy levels and atomic structure, nuclear structure, nuclear reactions,
radioactivity, fission, fusion, elementary particles of physics.
PHYS 2975 - Light
and Sound
5ch (3C 3L)
Prerequisites: MATH 1003/1013 and PHYS 1917
Corequisite: MATH 2513
Period motion
and their linear superposition, free and forced damped harmonic motion,
resonance, normal modes, vibrating strings. Transverse and longitudinal
waves in various media, acoustics, reflection and refraction of waves
at aboundaries. Topics selected from the following list: geometrical
optics, interference, diffraction, polarization, wave-particle duality,
dispersion, coherence.
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