QUARTER TO SEMESTER CONVERSION - DRAFT

PROPOSED PHYSICS COURSES (Fall 2012 -)

General Education physics

Current	QCH	Prereq	Coreq	Description	Proposed	SCH	Prereq	Coreq	Description
PHY 105 Sounds and Colors	3				PHY 1050	3
PHY 106 Revolutions in Physics	3				PHY 1060 The Universe	3
PHY 107 Stars, Galaxies and the Cosmos	3

Current	QCH	Coreq	Lab fee	Description	Proposed	SCH	Coreq	Lab fee	Description
PHY 115 Sounds and Colors Lab	1	PHY105	$10	8 1:40 labs	PHY 1050L Lab	1	PHY1050	?	12 2:10 labs
PHY 116 Revolutions in Physics Lab	1	PHY106	$10	8 1:40 labs	PHY 1060L Lab	1	PHY1060	?	12 2:10 labs
PHY 117 Stars, Galaxies and the Cosmos Lab	1	PHY107	$10	8 1:40 labs

Algebra-based sequence

Current	QCH	Prereq	Coreq	Description	Proposed	SCH	Prereq	Coreq	Description
PHY 111 Principles of Physics	4			Mechanics	PHY 1111 Principles of Physics I	4	?		Mechanics, Heat
PHY 112 Principles of Physics	4	PHY111		Waves, Heat, Electricity	PHY 1112 Principles of Physics II	4	PHY1111		Electricity & Magnetism, Optics, Modern
PHY 113 Principles of Physics	4	PHY112		Magnetism, Optics, Modern

Current	QCH	Coreq	Lab fee	Description	Proposed	SCH	Coreq	Lab fee	Description
PHY 101 Principles of Physics Lab	1	PHY111	$15	8 1:40 labs	PHY 1111L Principles of Physics I Lab	1	PHY1111	?	12 2:10 labs
PHY 102 Principles of Physics Lab	1	PHY112	$15	8 1:40 labs	PHY 1112L Principles of Physics II Lab	1	PHY1112	?	12 2:10 labs
PHY 103 Principles of Physics Lab	1	PHY113	$15	8 1:40 labs

Calculus-based sequence

Current	QCH	Prereq	Coreq	Description	Proposed	SCH	Prereq	Coreq	Description
PHY 240 General Physics	4	EGR 101 or MTH 229		Mechanics	PHY 2400 General Physics I	4		MTH1	Mechanics, Waves, Thermal physics
PHY 242 General Physics	4	PHY240 MTH 230		Electricity & Magnetism	PHY 2401 General Physics II	4	PHY2400		Electricity & Magnetism, Optics
PHY 244 General Physics	5	PHY240 MTH 230		Waves, Optics, Thermal physics

Current	QCH	Coreq	Lab fee	Description	Proposed	SCH	Coreq	Lab fee	Description
PHY 200 General Physics Lab	1	PHY240	$25	8 1:40 labs	PHY 2400L Physics I Lab	1	PHY2400	$30	12 2:10 labs
PHY 202 General Physics Lab	1	PHY242	$25	8 1:40 labs	PHY 2401L Physics II Lab	1	PHY2401	$30	12 2:10 labs
PHY 204 General Physics Lab	1	PHY244	$25	8 1:40 labs

Upper-level Physics

Current	QCH	Prereq	Coreq	Lab fee	Proposed	SCH	Prereq	Coreq	Lab fee
PHY260 Introduction to Modern Physics (WI)	4	PHY244, MTH230	PHY260L, PHY260W	$15	PHY2600 Introduction to Modern Physics (WI)	4	PHY2410		$15
PHY315 Physics Instrumentation I	3	PHY242, PHY244		$20	PHY3150 Physics Instrumentation I	3	PHY2401		$20
PHY316 Physics Instrumentation II	3	PHY315		$20
					PHY3500 Advanced Physics Lab I	2			$20
					PHY3501 Advanced Physics Lab II	2	PHY3500		$20
PHY322 Applied Optics	4	PHY244, MTH253		$20	PHY3220 Optics	3	PHY2401, MTH253
PHY371 Analytical Mechanics	3	PHY244, MTH232	MTH233		PHY3710 Analytical Mechanics	3	PHY2110, MTH232	MTH233
PHY372 Analytical Mechanics	3	PHY371, MTH233
PHY420 Thermodynamics	3	PHY244			PHY4200 Thermodynamics	3	PHY2401
PHY427 Remote Sensing	4				PHY3270 Remote Sensing	?	?
PHY432 Lasers	3	PHY260			PHY4320 Lasers
PHY440 Nanotechnology	4	PHY260			PHY4400 Nanotechnology	3	PHY2600
PHY450 Electricity and Magnetism	3	PHY242, MTH232, 233			PHY4500 Electricity and Magnetism I	3	PHY2002, MTH232, 233
PHY451 Electricity and Magnetism	3	PHY450			PHY4510 Electricity and Magnetism II	3	PHY4500
PHY452 Electricity and Magnetism	3	PHY451
PHY460 Quantum Mechanics	3	PHY260, 372, MTH333			PHY4600 Quantum Mechanics I	3	PHY2600, 3720, MTH333
					PHY4601 Quantum Mechanics II	3	PHY4600
PHY461 Solid State Physics	3	PHY460			PHY4610 Solid State Physics	3	PHY4600
PHY462 Nuclear Physics	3	PHY460			PHY4620 Nuclear Physics	3	PHY4600
PHY470 Selected Topics	1-4				PHY4700 Selected Topics	1-4
					PHY4730 Mathematical Physics	3
PHY483 Statistical Mechanics	4	PHY420			PHY4830 Statistical Mechanics	3
PHY494 Senior Projects	3				PHY4940 Senior Projects	3
PHY494W Senior Projects	3				PHY4940W Senior Projects	3

Physics Education

Current	QCH	Prereq	Coreq	Lab fee	Proposed	SCH	Prereq	Coreq	Lab fee
SM145 Foundation in Sci. Lit. (WI)	3	MTH126 or 127 or MPL4	SM 145W	$15
PHY245 Concepts in Physics	4.5	ENG 102, MTH 143, SM 144		$15	PHY2450 Concepts in Physics	3.5	ENG 102, MTH 143, SM 144		$20?
PHY246 Concepts and Appl. Phy. I	4.5	MTH 143, SM 145		$15	PHY2460 Concepts and Appl. Phy. I	3.5	MTH 143, SM 145		$20?
PHY346 Concepts and Appl. Phy. II	4.5	PHY246, MTH 243, MTH 244		$15	PHY3460 Concepts and Appl. Phy. II	3.5	PHY246, MTH 243, MTH 244		$20?
SM445 Projects in Science	3	PHY346		$15	SM4450 Projects in Science	3	PHY3460		$20?
SM446 Projects in Science II	3	SM445

Documents:

1. Semester course inventory
2. Proposed BS (Physics) Program

For questions and comments, please email: lok.lewyanvoon@wright.edu.

Department Semester Coordinators:

• Jerry Clark (undergraduate): jerry.clark@wright.edu
• Gary Farlow (graduate): gary.farlow@wright.edu

Updated: Jul 24, 2009