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2013-2015 Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


To enroll in any 400-level course, students must be admitted to the Upper Division; to enroll in a 400(G)-level course in which there are graduate students, students must have junior or higher standing.

*LCCN indicates Louisiana Common Course Number.
 

Petroleum Engineering
  

  • PETE 484(G) - Well Planning and Control

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Drilling, well planning and control, theory and practice. Drilling program design and technology and pore pressure, fracture gradients, drilling optimization, and well control considerations.

    Prereq: PETE 392 , PETE 394 , PETE 481(G) , PETE 483(G) .
  

  • PETE 485 - Petroleum Project Economics, Risk Analysis, and Property Evaluation

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Economic analysis and property evaluation techniques. Economic factors affecting petroleum production and investment opportunities.

  

  • PETE 486 - Petroleum Production Engineering

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Analysis and design of well flow systems, artificial lift systems, and related production problems. Well stimulation design and workover and recompletion analysis. Design of surface separation and treating facilities.

    Prereq: ENGR 305 . PETE 391 , PETE 481(G) .
    Coreq: PETE 488 .
  

  • PETE 488 - Petroleum Production Laboratory

    1 Credit(s). 3 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Laboratory investigation of produced fluid treatment and separation problems. Engineering solutions to petroleum production problems.

    Coreq: PETE 486 .
  

  • PETE 489(G) - Well Completion

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Design of tubing, connections, well geometry, reservoir, entry, perforation, completion fluids, acidizing, fracturing, and Frac-Packing for single or multiple completions, and fundamentals of sand control.

    Prereq: PETE 484(G) , PETE 486 .
    Rstr: If prerequisites are not met permission of instructor required.
  

  • PETE 490 - Field Processing of Hydrocarbons

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Special undergraduate design problems and studies related to field processing systems utilized in oil and gas production and treating.

    Prereq: PETE 391 .
  

  • PETE 491 - Drilling Engineering

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Rotary drilling practices, drilling hydraulics, optimization, well planning and control, drilling fluid technology, casing design, and cementing techniques.

    Prereq: PETE 382 , PETE 384 .
    Coreq: PETE 493 .
  

  • PETE 493 - Drilling Laboratory

    1 Credit(s). 3 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Properties and testing of drilling fluids, cements and additives, and directional drilling, casing design and cementing calculations.

    Coreq: PETE 491 .
  

  • PETE 494(G) - Reservoir Engineering

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Oil and gas reservoirs and reservoir mechanics. Reservoir rock-fluid systems are analyzed, principles of reservoir behavior and control are studied. Theories of fluid flow through porous media presented and techniques of predicting reservoir performance outlined and studied.

    Prereq: ENGR 305 , PETE 392 , PETE 394 , PETE 481(G) , PETE 483(G) .
    Coreq: PETE 496 .
  

  • PETE 496 - Reservoir Laboratory

    1 Credit(s). 3 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Laboratory study of reservoir rock and reservoir fluid characteristics, fluid flow through porous media, and reservoir behavior.

    Coreq: PETE 494(G) .
  

  • PETE 497 - Special Design Problems

    1-3 Credit(s).

    Drilling, production, reservoir, and formation evaluation special topics; recent advances in design and implementation, student innovations, displays, experiments, literature review, workshops, demonstrations, Industry-School cooperative reports, property evaluation, profitability analysis.

    Rstr: Junior or Senior standing and permission of the department head required.
  

  • PETE 498(G) - Offshore Development Practices

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Includes spacing and field development problems for optimum economic production of offshore reserves.

    Prereq: PETE 486 , PETE 491 , PETE 494(G) .
  

  • PETE 499(G) - Oil and Gas Law Conservation and Economics

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Basic principles of conservation, unitization, and economics in the development and depletion of oil and gas properties. Environmental considerations in oil and gas drilling and producing operations.

    Rstr: Permission of department head required.
  

  • PETE 500 - Petroleum Engineering Research Seminar

    1 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Written and oral presentation on research or thesis topics; participation in all presentations made by other students, visiting lecturers and faculty members. Required of all students for graduation.

    Prereq: Two prior informal presentations, permission of student’s thesis committee chairman and department head.
  

  • PETE 501 - Formation Damage Control

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Fundamentals of formation damage mechanisms, damage characterization and control, basic clay minerals engineering, control of screen entrance velocity, well treatment design, and well flow back analysis.

    Prereq: PETE 486 , PETE 489(G) 
    Rstr: If prerequisites not met permission of instructor required.
  

  • PETE 502 - Horizontal Well Engineering

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Environmental remediation with horizontal wells, reservoir or acquirer fluid flow to horizontal wells, modern downhole assemblies and production/Injection/Completion of horizontal wells.

    Prereq: PETE 489(G) , PETE 491 , PETE 494(G) , PETE 496 
    Rstr: If prerequisites not met permission of instructor required.
  

  • PETE 578 - Advanced Principles of Natural Gas

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Covers the theory and practice involving natural gas from its initial location in the reservoir to its final destination, including the design of an optimum development plan for a natural gas field. Unconventional gas sources also covered.

    Prereq: PETE 478 , PETE 494(G) 
  

  • PETE 586 - Secondary Recovery Processes

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Theory of multiphase flow, miscible and immiscible displacement mechanisms in porous media. Analysis of various improved recovery methods such as water flooding, gas flooding on digital computer.

    Prereq: PETE 482(G) 
  

  • PETE 587 - Natural Water Drive Systems

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Theory of natural aquifer expansion and water encroachment in porous media using classical influence functions for finite and infinite aquifer of linear and radial extent. Numerical simulation of water encroachment in arbitrary shaped patterns with irregular well distributions.

    Prereq: PETE 494(G) , PETE 478 
  

  • PETE 590 - Drilling Optimization Techniques

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Methods and techniques to optimize drilling hydraulics, bit weight and rotary speed, penetration rates, and minimize drilling costs.

    Prereq: PETE 491 
  

  • PETE 591 - Transient Pressure Behavior

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Mathematical development and analysis of transient behavior in well and reservoir systems. Factors influencing skin effect evaluation in heterogeneous porous media. Effect of horizontal and vertical factors, anisotrophy and shale barriers on reservoir limits tests.

    Prereq: PETE 494(G) , PETE 478 
  

  • PETE 592 - Advanced Petroleum Production System and Optimization

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Principles of the development and operation of petroleum production system. Considers the combined behavior of the reservoir, the producing strings, the surface equipment, and pipeline system. Optimization of such a production system for various schedules.

    Prereq: PETE 486 , PETE 494(G) 
  

  • PETE 593 - Advanced Geologic Well Log Analysis

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Advanced well logging methods and techniques for qualitative and quantitative use of well logs as geological mapping tools in hydrocarbon and mineral exploration.

    Prereq: PETE 481(G)  or GEOL 410(G) 
  

  • PETE 595 - Theory and Techniques of Mathematical Reservoir Simulation

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Comprehensive coverage of the mathematical reservoir simulator with special emphasis on the practical application of theoretical techniques on modern-day computers.

    Prereq: PETE 494(G)  and MATH 350  or MATH 455(G)  and a working knowledge of FORTRAN or permission of the instructor.
  

  • PETE 598 - Special Topics

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Advanced level special topics in petroleum engineering. May be repeated for credit.

    Prereq: PETE 486 , PETE 491 
    Rstr: Permission of department head and instructor required.
  

  • PETE 599 - Thesis Research and Thesis

    1-9 Credit(s).

    Grading Option: Grades: S, U, W.
  

  • PETE 630 - Application of Spectural Analysis to Petroleum Engineering Data Systems

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Review of mathematical fundamentals and various transforms. Emphasis on Fourier and Wavelet transforms and treatment of Petroleum Engineering Data that appears as a Time or Depth Series. Data systems include but are not limited to Real Time Drilling, Formation Evaluation, Well Testing, Production, Drill Stem Test, Seismic Data.
  

  • PETE 691 - Advanced Mass Transfer in Porous Media

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Application of engineering principles to flow systems in ground hydrology, chemical, petroleum and environmental engineering. Includes topics of single phase flow, multiphase flow, and reactive flow in porous media.
  

  • PETE 692 - Optimization of Petroleum Production Systems

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Solid and fluid mechanics applied to petroleum production systems, system variables, objective function, boundary conditions and cons taints, approach to system optimization, analytical and numerical solutions.

    Prereq: ENGR 313  
  

  • PETE 899 - Examinations Only

    3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Required of all graduate non-thesis students taking examinations, oral and/or written, who are not registered for any other course.

    Grading Option: Grades: S, U, W.

Philosophy
  

  • PHIL 101 - Introduction to Philosophy

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Introduction to the major problems of philosophy through a critical reading of selections from great philosophers.

    Coreq: Eligibility for ENGL 101 .
  

  • PHIL 111 - Contemporary Moral Dilemmas

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Critical, philosophical examination of important ethical issues for individuals, the professions and society today. Includes: abortion, euthanasia, animal rights, and capital punishment.

  

  • PHIL 151 - Honors Introduction to Philosophy

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Pre/Coreq: Permission of instructor required.

  

  • PHIL 202 - Critical Thinking

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Introduction, inductive logic, logical fallacies, and basic forms of valid reasoning.

    Rstr: Eligibility for ENGL 101 .
  

  • PHIL 210 - Practical Argumentation

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Introduction to the nature of scientific reasoning and the application of inductive and critical thinking and discourse skills to claims regarding folk theories, evolution, and other controversial issues.

  

  • PHIL 231 - Topics in World Religions

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Philosophical study in one or more of the world religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

  

  • PHIL 234 - Introduction to the Old Testament

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Academic survey of the Old Testament with particular attention given to the early beginnings, history, and prophets.

  

  • PHIL 235 - Introduction to the New Testament

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Academic, non-sectarian survey of the New Testament with specific attention given to the exegesis of one of the gospels and the Pauline Epistles.

  

  • PHIL 240 - Aesthetics

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Analysis of the nature of art, and a critical examination of various criteria for determining aesthetic value.

  

  • PHIL 314 - Ethics

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Analysis of the principal theories of the nature of the good.

  

  • PHIL 316 - Professional Ethics

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Study of some of the moral problems encountered in the professions of business, medicine, law, and engineering; different conceptions of the nature and source of moral obligation in the professions.

    Prereq: ENGL 102  or ENGL 115  with a grade of “C” or better.
  

  • PHIL 317 - Honors Professional Ethics

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • PHIL 319 - Philosophy of Law

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Introduction to the nature and philosophical and moral problems of law; e.g. legal enforcement of morality, justification of punishment, civil disobedience, jurisprudence.
  

  • PHIL 321 - Plato, Aristotle and the Ancients

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Examination of the roots of western philosophy with emphasis on the works of Plato and Aristotle.

    Prereq: ENGL 101 .
  

  • PHIL 322 - History of Modern Philosophy

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Examination of the roots of contemporary philosophy, focusing on the major philosophers and Descartes to Kant.

    Prereq: ENGL 101 .
  

  • PHIL 323 - Honors Plato, Aristotle and the Ancients

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • PHIL 324 - Honors History of Modern Philosophy

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • PHIL 327 - Existentialism and Phenomenology

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Examination of major theories and figures; e.g. Nietzsche, Sartre, Husserl, Camus, etc.

  

  • PHIL 328 - Honors Topics in the History of Philosophy

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated for credit three times when topics vary.

  

  • PHIL 329 - Topics in the History of Philosophy

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated for credit three times with different topics. Examination of either a philosophical movement, a philosophical period, or the works of a particular philosopher.

  

  • PHIL 331 - Philosophy of Religion

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Discussion of the basic philosophical problems in the great religions of the world.

  

  • PHIL 332 - Honors Philosophy of Religion

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • PHIL 340 - Philosophy of Mind

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Discussion of the nature of the mind and its relation to the world. Survey of topics to include the mind/body problem, consciousness, artifical intelligence, mental representation, perception.

  

  • PHIL 342 - Philosophy of Science

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Analysis of the nature of science and of scientific method. The philosophical problems of the various sciences are emphasized.

    Prereq: PHIL 202  or PHIL 361 .
    Rstr: If prerequisites not met permission of instructor required.
  

  • PHIL 349 - Topics in Mind and Cognition

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Philosophical study of a topic in the philosophy of mind or cognitive science, such as computer models of the mind, explanation of behavior, or the evolution of the mind.

  

  • PHIL 361 - Introduction to Symbolic Logic

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Introduction to formal language, Boolean logic, and the classical first order predicate logic, as well as syllogistic logic.

  

  • PHIL 371 - Topics in Philosophy

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit. In-depth study of an important philosophical issue, area or movement. Alternate subtitles will appear on students’ transcripts.

  

  • PHIL 402 - Metaphysics

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Analysis of the ultimate nature of reality.

    Prereq: Six hours of philosophy.
  

  • PHIL 428(G) - Seminar in the History of Philosophy

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Alternate subtitles will appear on student’s transcript. Examination of a philosophical movement, period, issue, or philosopher.

    Prereq: Six hours of philosophy.
  

  • PHIL 441(G) - Theory of Knowledge

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Critical examination of the nature and limits of knowledge.

    Prereq: Six credits of philosophy.
  

  • PHIL 448(G) - Seminar in Mind and Cognition

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Specific problems related to understanding the nature of the human mind and/or human cognitive ability.

    Prereq: PHIL 342 , PHIL 349 , PHIL 441(G) , or permission of instructor required.
  

  • PHIL 483(G) - Philosophy in Literature

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Basic philosophical problems in great works of literature.

    Prereq: Three hours of philosophy, or permission of instructor required.
  

  • PHIL 497 - Individual Study

    1-3 Credit(s).

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit. An in-depth study of one of the major philosophical problems.

    Prereq: Twelve hours of philosophy. Permission of instructor required.
  

  • PHIL 533 - Advanced Logical Topics

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Content varies. May be repeated for credit. In-depth study of a selected logical topic such as non-monotonic logics, temporal logics, modal logics, entailment logics, or combinatorial logic.

    Prereq: PHIL 361 
    Rstr: If prerequisite not met permission of instructor required.
  

  • PHIL 541 - Philosophy of Mind

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Central themes pertaining to cognitive science.
  

  • PHIL 542 - Philosophy of Science

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Epistemology and ontology of science and its branches.
  

  • PHIL 597 - Individual Study I

    1-3 Credit(s).

    Rstr: Permission of department head and instructor required.
  

  • PHIL 598 - Individual Study II

    1-3 Credit(s).

    Rstr: Permission of department head and instructor required.

Physics
  

  • PHYS 160 - Astronomy of the Solar System

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Introduction astronomy for the general student. Primary emphasis on Solar System. Representative topics include: Seasons, phases of the moon, motions of the Earth and planets, history of Earth and Solar System, description of individual planets and their moons, comets, formation of the Solar System, prospects for life in other solar systems. No physics background required.

    LCCN: CAST 1103.
  

  • PHYS 170 - Astronomy Beyond the Solar System

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Introductory astronomy for the general student. Primary emphasis on the universe beyond the Solar System. Representative topics include: stars, stellar evolution, supernovae, neutron stars, black holes, galaxies, quasars, big bang cosmology. No physics or astronomy background required.

    LCCN: CAST 1113.
  

  • PHYS 191 - Seminar I

    0 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • PHYS 192 - Seminar II

    0 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • PHYS 201 - General Physics I

    4 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 4 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Classical and relativistic mechanics, heat, mechanical waves.

    Prereq: MATH 270  or MATH 272  with grade of “C” or better.
    Coreq: MATH 301 .
    LCCN: CPHY 2133.
  

  • PHYS 202 - General Physics II

    4 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 4 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Electricity, Magnetism, Optics, Quantum Physics, Waves and Particles, Atomic and Nuclear Physics.

    Prereq: PHYS 201 .
    Coreq: MATH 302  or MATH 350 .
    LCCN: CPHY 2143.
  

  • PHYS 203 - Honors General Physics I

    4 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 4 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Classical and relativistic mechanics, mechanical waves, fluids and thermodynamics.

    Prereq: MATH 270  or MATH 272  with grade of “C” or better.
    Coreq: MATH 301  or MATH 309 .
    Rstr: Permission of the department required.
  

  • PHYS 204 - Honors General Physics II

    4 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 4 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Electricity and magnetism, optics, modern physics.

    Prereq: PHYS 201  or PHYS 203  with grade of “C” or better.
    Coreq: MATH 302 , MATH 310  or MATH 350 .
    Rstr: Permission of the department required.
  

  • PHYS 207 - Introduction to Physics I

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Prereq: MATH 110 , MATH 143  or MATH 210 .
    LCCN: CPHY 2113.
  

  • PHYS 208 - Introduction to Physics II

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Prereq: PHYS 207 .
    LCCN: CPHY 2123.
  

  • PHYS 213 - Conceptual Physics

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Designed to introduce the basic principles of physics to non-physical science majors. Emphasis will be placed on the development of an appreciation of the goals of physics as well as an understanding of the basic principles of the physical world that the student encounters.

    LCCN: CPHY 1013.
  

  • PHYS 215 - Physics Laboratory I

    1 Credit(s). 3 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Experiments illustrating principles in mechanics, waves, and thermodynamics.

    Prereq: PHYS 201  or PHYS 207 .
    LCCN: CPHY 2111 / PHYS 215 equivalent to (LCCN: CPHY 2131).
  

  • PHYS 216 - Physics Laboratory II

    1 Credit(s). 3 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Experiments illustrating principles in electricity, magnetism, optics, and atomic physics.

    Prereq: PHYS 202  or PHYS 208 .
    LCCN: CPHY 2121 / PHYS 216 equivalent to (LCCN: CPHY 2141).
  

  • PHYS 217 - Introduction to Physics Laboratory I

    1 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Prereq: PHYS 207 .
  

  • PHYS 218 - Introduction to Physics Laboratory II

    1 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Coreq: PHYS 208 .
  

  • PHYS 223 - Physics Laboratory for Elementary Science Teachers

    1 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Course designed to enhance an individual’s understanding of basic physics principles and their relationship to the experiences of the elementary science education student.

    Coreq: PHYS 213 .
  

  • PHYS 291 - Seminar I

    0 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.

    311-312.
  

  • PHYS 292 - Seminar II

    0 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.

    311-312.

  

  • PHYS 301 - General Physics III

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Modern Physics, Schroedinger theory, one-dimensional wells and barriers.

    Prereq: PHYS 202 .
  

  • PHYS 311 - General Physics Laboratory III

    1 Credit(s). 3 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Prereq: PHYS 216 .
    Coreq: PHYS 301 .
  

  • PHYS 312 - General Physics Laboratory IV

    1 Credit(s). 3 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Prereq: PHYS 216 .
    Coreq: PHYS 301 .
  

  • PHYS 315 - Laboratory Circuits and Instruments

    3 Credit(s). 3 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Physics of electronic circuit components and their application in laboratory circuits of interest to scientists. Laboratory work emphasizes construction and evaluation of circuits and the use of test instruments.

  

  • PHYS 320 - Physics for Elementary School Teachers

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Designed for and limited to the practicing elementary or middle school teacher. Emphasis in this lecture/demonstration course is to offer hands-on experience with apparatus and techniques designed for teaching physics concepts to elementary (6-8 grades) students.

  

  • PHYS 323 - Mechanics

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Application of scalar and vector fields to problems in classical mechanics and mechanical waves

    Prereq: PHYS 202 ; MATH 302 
    Coreq: MATH 350 .
  

  • PHYS 324 - Electromagnetic Theory

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Application of scalar and vector fields to problems in electrostatics, magnetostatics and electromagnetic waves.

    Prereq: PHYS 323 .
  

  • PHYS 352 - Optics

    3 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Interference, diffraction, polarization, lasers.

    Prereq: PHYS 202 ; MATH 350 .
  

  • PHYS 391 - Seminar I

    0 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • PHYS 392 - Seminar II

    0 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 1 Hour(s) Lecture.

  

  • PHYS 397 - Experimental Physics I

    1 Credit(s). 3 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Emphasis on laboratory techniques and equipment. Includes simple research problems.

    Prereq: PHYS 216 .
  

  • PHYS 398 - Experimental Physics II

    1 Credit(s). 3 Hour(s) Lab. 0 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Emphasis on laboratory techniques and equipment. Includes simple research problems.

    Prereq: PHYS 216 .
  

  • PHYS 405(G) - Thermodynamics

    3 Credit(s). 0 Hour(s) Lab. 3 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Development of the laws of classical thermodynamics from the statistical mechanics of atomic systems. Applications of classical thermodynamics and quantum statistical mechanics.

    Prereq: PHYS 202 .
  

  • PHYS 411(G) - Computational Physics Laboratory

    3 Credit(s). 2 Hour(s) Lab. 2 Hour(s) Lecture.

    Exploration of advanced problems in physics using multimedia software and utilization of Internet resources.

    Prereq: PHYS 301 , PHYS 323 .
 

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