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2013-2014 Academic Catalog

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	PHIL 310/3010 - Philosophy and Art (3 cr.) Description The course introduces the theme of beauty and issues of aesthetic value. Examples are drawn from areas such as literature, music, the plastic arts, and architecture. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 315/3011 - Nineteenth Century Philosophy (3 cr.) Prerequisites Two philosophy courses or consent of instructor. Description This course examines how nineteenth century philosophers reacted to the Enlightenment’s faith in reason: Whereas earlier nineteenth century thinkers believed that all aspects of reality and human experience could be explicated with a rationalistic ‘system’, this faith in reason became increasingly undermined by the belief that a more adequate insight is provided by non-rational ‘feeling’ and/or aesthetic experience. The course will also explore the ‘historical turn’ in nineteenth century philosophy. Figures discussed might include: Reinhold, Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Comte, Feuerbach, Mill, Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, and Bergson. When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 318/3012 - Theory of Knowledge (3 cr.) Prerequisites Two philosophy courses or consent of instructor. Description What is the nature of knowledge? How can we know? How is science possible? Is knowledge innate or acquired? These are some of the questions that are examined in the context of selected classical as well as contemporary texts. When Offered Offered in alternate years. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 319/3013 - Development and Responsibility (3 cr.) Description Western Civilization has gone to great lengths to ‘develop’ the ‘underdeveloped world’. This course is a critical review of practices and goals of international development. By concentrating on ethical considerations within the various relevant fields, such as business, engineering and environmental protection, the students explore the mutual responsibilities in this cooperative enterprise. When Offered Offered in alternate years. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 344/3014 - Literature and Philosophy (3 cr.) Description The course concentrates on the intersection of the literary mode with the philosophical quest in Eastern and Western writing. Students are trained to analyze philosophical myths, tales, poems and dialogues as well as grasp the symbolic structures and expository techniques of philosophers. Cross-listed Same as ECLT 3014 . When Offered Offered occasionally. Repeatable May be repeated for credit if content changes Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 354/3015 - Islamic Philosophy (3 cr.) Prerequisites HIST 2203 or ARIC/ HIST 3210 or consent of instructor. Description A survey of the rational and spiritual dimensions of Arab-Islamic civilization as shown in the thought and ideas of major theologians, philosophers, and mystics. Cross-listed Same as ARIC 3405 . When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 356/3016 - American Philosophy (3 cr.) Prerequisites Two philosophy courses or consent of instructor. Description The course examines philosophy in North America, focusing on the central themes of democracy and pragmatism. A guiding question of the course will be: How is the democratic process embedded in the philosophic enterprise? The views of major thinkers such as Peirce, James, Royce, Santayana, Dewey, Quine, and Hartshorne will be examined. Cross-listed Same as AMST 3016 . When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 382/3017 - Philosophy of Science and Technology (3 cr.) Description The relationship between science and technology has become a serious topic of debate. Is technology applied science or is science itself techno-science? Both have become pervasive facts which have altered human abilities and experiences of the world. This increase in power brings with it new responsibilities for the creators and users of science and technology. This course will explore these new powers and attendant obligations upon humanity, other cultures and the environment. When Offered Offered in alternate years. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 405/4100 - Independent Study in Philosophy (1-3 cr.) Prerequisites Three philosophy courses and consent of instructor Description Independent research projects in Philosophy. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 402/5111 - Metaphysics (3 cr.) Prerequisites Two philosophy courses on the 300 or 400 level or consent of instructor. Description This course deals with questions as to the ultimate reality of the world, e.g., why is there something rather than nothing? Profound metaphysical questions posed by ancient, modern, and contemporary philosophers will be discussed. Issues may include Aristotle’s Being qua Being, Leibniz’ Principle of Sufficient Reason, and Heidegger’s Analysis of Being. When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 502/5111 - Metaphysics (3 cr.) Description This course deals with questions as to the ultimate reality of the world, e.g., why is there something rather than nothing? Profound metaphysical questions posed by ancient, modern, and contemporary philosophers will be discussed. Issues may include Aristotle’s Being qua Being, Leibniz’ Principle of Sufficient Reason, and Heidegger’s Analysis of Being. When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 410/5112 - Advanced Seminar in Aesthetics (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHIL 3010 or consent of instructor. Description This course offers in-depth analysis and discussion concerning key texts from the history of aesthetics and/or addressing current debates in aesthetic theory. Issues covered may include the beautiful and the sublime, classicism and romanticism, tragedy and the absurd, modernism and post-modernity. When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 510/5112 - Advanced Seminar in Aesthetics (3 cr.) Description This course offers in-depth analysis and discussion concerning key texts from the history of aesthetics and/or addressing current debates in aesthetic theory. Issues covered may include the beautiful and the sublime, classicism and romanticism, tragedy and the absurd, modernism and post-modernity. When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 317/5113 - Current Trends in Philosophy (3 cr.) Prerequisites Two philosophy courses or consent of instructor. Description This course covers key philosophical themes found in books published since the year 2000. While the popular imagination still regards Derrida and Foucault as the cutting edge in continental philosophy, different and even opposed trends have arisen over the course of the past decade. By the end of the semester, students should feel comfortable with major themes of philosophical debate going on at this very moment. When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 517/5113 - Current Trends in Philosophy (3 cr.) Description This course covers key philosophical themes found in books published since the year 2000. While the popular imagination still regards Derrida and Foucault as the cutting edge in continental philosophy, different and even opposing trends have arisen over the course of the past decade. By the end of the semester, students should feel comfortable with major themes of philosophical debate going on at this very moment. When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 418/5114 - Philosophical Masterpieces (3 cr.) Prerequisites One philosophy course on the 300 or 400 level or consent of instructor. Description This course will be an in-depth study of a single great work of philosophy and its place in the history of ideas. When Offered Offered in alternate years. Repeatable May be repeated for credit if the content changes Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 518/5114 - Philosophical Masterpieces (3 cr.) Description This course will be an in-depth study of a single great work of philosophy and its place in the history of ideas. When Offered Offered in alternate years. Repeatable May be repeated for credit if the content changes. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 420/5115 - Philosophical Figures (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisites: One philosophy course on the 300 or 400 level or consent of instructor. Description This course is an in-depth study of one great philosophical figure. It is an opportunity to explore the philosophy of the thinker as a whole concentrating on his/her place in the history of ideas and in history itself. When Offered Offered in alternate years. Repeatable May be repeated for credit if content changes. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 520/5115 - Philosophical Figures (3 cr.) Description This course is an in-depth study of one great philosophical figure. It is an opportunity to explore the philosophy of the thinker as a whole concentrating on his/her place in the history of ideas and in history itself. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 330/5116 - Advanced Ethics (3 cr.) Prerequisites Two philosophy courses or consent of instructor. Description This course will explore the theoretical underpinnings of ethical judgments and behavior. It will involve a more complex set of reading than the Introduction to Ethics and apply ethical theories to particular issues. When Offered Offered in alternate years. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 530/5116 - Advanced Ethics (3 cr.) Description This course will explore the theoretical underpinnings of ethical judgments and behavior. It will involve a more complex set of readings than the Introduction to Ethics and apply ethical theories to particular issues. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 360/5117 - Philosophy of Language and Communication (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisite: Two philosophy or consent of instructor. Description Language is the basis of learning, understanding and communication. Therefore, a detailed study of language (oral, physical and written) is necessary for any true understanding of self and society. This course investigates such topics as the nature of sign systems, the problems of meaning, reference, sense and interpretation, the place of rhetoric and the methods of communicative practice. When Offered Offered in alternate years. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 560/5117 - Philosophy of Language and Communication (3 cr.) Description Language is the basis of learning, understanding and communication. Therefore, a detailed study of language (oral, physical and written) is necessary for any true understanding of self and society. This course investigates such topics as the nature of sign systems, the problems of meaning, reference, sense and interpretation, the place of rhetoric and the methods of communicative practice. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 362/5118 - Formal and Mathematical Logic (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHIL 2010 or MACT 2131 or permission of the instructor. Description This course is an introduction to the ideas and methods of mathematical logic. The basis of predicate calculus (first order logic) will be presented in some details. More advanced topics such as Goedel’s completeness and incompleteness theorems, some of the philosophico-mathematical problems in set theory and alternative logics will be discussed. Cross-listed Same as MACT 3133 . When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 562/5118 - Formal and Mathematical Logic (3 cr.) Description This course is an introduction to the ideas and methods of mathematical logic. The basis of predicate calculus (first order logic) will be presented in some details. More advanced topics such as Goedel’s completeness and incompleteness theorems, some of the philosophico-mathematical problems in set theory and alternative logics will be discussed. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 458-558/5119 - Advanced Seminar in Political Philosophy (3 cr.) Description This advanced seminar will focus on contemporary trends in political philosophy with an emphasis on how classical political texts and problems have served as points of departure for new perspectives. The approaches studied in this course will vary from semester to semester and may include deliberative democracy, theories of recognition, liberalism, secularism/post-secularism, cosmopolitanism, and the relationship between politics and aesthetics. Reading may include the work of Arendt, Schmitt, Agamben, Ranciere, Honneth, Habermas, Rawls, Taylor, Zizek, Fraser, and Foucault. When Offered Offered in alternate years. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 403/5199 - Selected Topics in Philosophy (3 cr.) Prerequisites One philosophy course on the 300 or 400 level or consent of instructor. Description According to special interest of faculty and students. When Offered Offered occasionally. Repeatable May be repeated for credit if content changes. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 503/5199 - Selected Topics in Philosophy (3 cr.) Description According to special interest of faculty and students. When Offered Offered occasionally. Repeatable May be repeated for credit if content changes. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 500/5201 - Classical Western Philosophy (3 cr.) Description This course will deal with issues in Ancient Greek and Medieval Philosophy that are relevant for an appreciation of Egypt’s philosophical tradition, as well as for an understanding of the philosophical debates that contributed to the development of Islamic Philosophy. Special emphasis will accordingly be placed upon the following: Some of the great philosophers who lived and worked in Egypt (such as Philo Judaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Origen and Moses Maimonides); the history of Platonism (Plato, Plotinus and the Ancient commentators on Plato and Aristotle working in the schools of Athens and Alexandria); and the Aristotelian tradition (Aristotle, Alexander of Aphrodisias and Themistius). Because it provides valuable background material for PHIL 5202 , the course will generally run in the Fall Semester. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 501/5202 - Advanced Seminar in Islamic Philosophy (3 cr.) Description This course will survey the classical tradition of Islamic Philosophy. It will constitute a close study of the works of figures such as Al-Farabi, Ibn Sina, Al-Ghazali, and the Andalusian thinkers such as Ibn Tufayl and Ibn Rushd. Ibn Al-Arabi and the Sufi tradition, as well as selective writings by Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi and Mulla Sadra, may also be studied. Some consideration may also be given to the significant status of Islamic Philosophy within the History of Science. Additionally, towards the end of the course, some contemporary work in the field of Islamic Philosophy may also be considered. Because PHIL 5201 provides valuable material for PHIL 5202, the latter will generally run in the Spring Semester. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 504/5203 - Kant and Idealism (3 cr.) Description This course will focus upon the transformation of philosophy during the late enlightenment period that was enacted by Immanuel Kant and which gave rise to what is now known as ‘Continental Philosophy.’ Kant’s works will be studied alongside either those thinkers by whom he was influenced, such as Leibniz and Hume, or those thinkers upon whom he had an influence, such as Fichte, Schelling, Hegel and Schopenhauer. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 505/5204 - Advanced Seminar in Phenomenology (3 cr.) Description This course will begin by investigating the origins of phenomenology by means of a close reading of key selections from the work of Husserl. It shall then move on to consider Heidegger’s transformation of phenomenology. The work of later phenomenologists, such as Sartre and Merleau-Ponty, may also be discussed. Check course scheduling information
	PHIL 599/5299 - Research Guidance and Thesis (0 cr.) Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 100/1001 - Physics for Poets (3 cr.) Description A conceptual overview of classical and modern physics. Mechanics, properties of matter, heat, sound, electricity and magnetism, light, atomic and nuclear physics, relativity theory. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Notes No credit for Thannawia Amma Math/Science students, or equivalent, or students majoring in any of the departments of the School of Sciences and Engineering. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 111/1011 - Classical Mechanics, Sound and Heat (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisites: Thanawiya Amma MACT or Science, or IGCSE O-level physics, or German Abitur, or French Baccalaureate, or International Baccalaureate, or PHYS 1001 .MACT 1121 or concurrent enrollment. Concurrent enrollment with PHYS 1012 Description An introduction to classical mechanics covering vectors, applications of Newton’s laws, conservation laws and forces, motion in a plane, circular motion, equilibrium and elasticity, rotational motion, simple harmonic motion, energy and power; mechanical and sound waves, temperature, heat and the first law of thermodynamics. When Offered Offered in fall, spring and summer. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 123L/1012 - General Physics Laboratory I (1 cr.) Prerequisites Concurrent with PHYS 1011 Description The fundamental quantities of physics are measured through selected experiments in mechanics, heat, and sound. Data are summarized, errors are estimated, and reports are presented. Hours .One three-hour laboratory period When Offered Offered in fall, spring and summer. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 112/1021 - Electricity and Magnetism (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 1011 , PHYS 1012 , MACT 1122 or concurrent. Concurrent with PHYS 1022 Description An introduction to electricity and magnetism covering the electric field, Gauss’s law, electric potential, capacitance, dc circuits, magnetic fields, Faraday’s and Ampere’s laws, time-varying fields, Maxwell’s equations in integral form and alternating currents. When Offered Offered in fall, spring and summer. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 124L/1022 - General Physics Laboratory II (1 cr.) Prerequisites Concurrent with PHYS 1021 Description The fundamental quantities of physics are measured through selected experiments in electricity, magnetism, and optics. Data are summarized, errors are estimated, and reports are presented. Hours One three-hour laboratory period When Offered Offered in fall, spring and summer. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 199/1930 - Selected Topic for Core Curriculum (3 cr.) Description Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major. When Offered Offered occasionally. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 211/2041 - Foundations of Modern Physics (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 1021 and MACT 2141 . Description Introduction to special relativity and quantum physics, experimental basis of relativity, Einstein’s Postulates, Lorentz transformation, relativistic momentum and energy, experimental evidence of quantization, wave-particle duality, and Schrodinger equation. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 215/2211 - Introduction to Electronics (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 1021 and PHYS 2212 concurrent. Description Foundation of circuit analysis, AC theory, introduction to semiconductor devices, amplifiers, feedback oscillators. When Offered Offered in fall, spring and summer. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 221L/2212 - Electronics Laboratory I (2 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisite: concurrent with PHYS 2211 . Description Basic experiments in electronics. When Offered Offered in fall, spring and summer. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 222L/2213 - Electronics lab for Computer Scientists & Computer Engineers (1 cr.) Prerequisites Concurrent with PHYS 2211 Description Basic experiments in electronics for the Computer Science & Engineering majors. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 214/2221 - Waves and Optics (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 1021 and PHYS 2222 concurrent. Description Wave phenomena; EM waves, geometrical and physical optics. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 204L/2222 - Optics Laboratory (1 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 2221 or concurrent. Description Basic experiments in physical optics with special emphasis on laser optics. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 279/2241 - Computational Methods in Physics (2 cr. + 1 cr.) Prerequisites CSCE 1001 and MACT 2123 . Description Linear systems of equations and matrices; eigenvalues and eigenvectors; numerical errors; numerical solution of linear and nonlinear equations; curve fitting; numerical differentiation and integration; numerical solution of ordinary differential equations; applications in various fields of physics. MATLAB will mostly be used as a programming language in the weekly computer laboratory sessions. Hours Two credits lectures and one credit computer lab. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 312/3013 - Theoretical Mechanics (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 2041 and MACT 2141 Description Vector and tensor analysis, statics, kinematics, and dynamics of a particle and system of particles, rigid and deformable bodies; rotating coordinate systems, Lagrange’s and Hamilton’s equations with applications. When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 316/3023 - Electromagnetic Theory (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 1021 , MACT 2124 Description Electric field and potential. Gauss’s law; divergence. Conductors, dielectrics and capacitance. Poisson’s and Laplace’s equations. Electrostatic analogs. Magnetic field and vector potential. Time varying fields; displacement current. Maxwell’s equations in differential form. Cross-listed Same as EENG 3401 . When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 311/3031 - Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 2041 and MACT 2141 Description A macroscopic and microscopic study of equilibrium thermal physics, fundamental laws of thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics applied to various systems. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 321L/3052 - Nuclear Physics Lab (1 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 2041 or concurrent. Description Experiments in atomic and nuclear physics. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 319/3214 - Digital Logic Design (3 cr.) Prerequisites CSCE 1001 . Concurrent with PHYS 3215 Description The nature of digital logic and numbering systems. Boolean algebra, Karnaugh map, decision-making elements, memory elements, latches, flip-flops, design of combinational and sequential circuits, integrated circuits and logic families, shift registers, counters and combinational circuits, adders, subtracters, multiplication and division circuits, memory types. Exposure to logic design automation software. Cross-listed Same as EENG 2101 . When Offered Offered in fall, spring and summer. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 309L/3215 - Digital Logic Design Laboratory (1 cr.) Prerequisites Concurrent with PHYS 3214 Description The laboratory will cover experiments in digital design and experiments illustrating material of course PHYS 3214 . Cross-listed Same as EENG 2108L . When Offered Offered in fall, spring and summer. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 327/3216 - Operational Amplifiers and Applications (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 2211 concurrent with PHYS 3217 Description Differential amplifiers, operational amplifiers, open-loop characteristics, inverting and noninverting amplifiers, comparators, signal generators, op amps with diodes, differential instrumentation and bridge amplifiers, bias, offsets and drift, band width, slew rate noise and frequency compensation, active filters, IC timers, power supplies and power amplifiers. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 307L/3217 - Electronics Laboratory II (1 cr.) Prerequisites Concurrent with PHYS 3216 Description Basic experiments in instrumentation electronics. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 314/3223 - Advanced Optics (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 2222 , PHYS 2221 Description Geometric optics: generalized paraxial formulas, matrix formalism of Gaussian optics. Imaging properties of lens systems: lens combination, the vector nature of light: polarization effects, diffraction effects, superposition of waves: interference, spatial and temporal coherence length, and multilayer structures. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 325/3231 - Introduction to Solid-State Physics (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 2041 Description Classification of materials and their structural characteristics, symmetry and properties of materials, free-electron theory, band theory, dielectric processes, optical processes in material. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 322L/3232 - Solid-State Physics Lab (2 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 3231 Description Experiments in solid-state physics and semiconductor devices. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 315/3251 - Modern Sensors (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 2211 , PHYS 2212 . Concurrent with PHYS 3252 Description Physical principles of sensing, sensors characteristics, micro-fabrication technology, theory of operation of the following sensors: Infrared sensors, acceleration and angular rate sensors, occupancy and motion detectors, pressure sensors, flow sensors, radiation detectors, error analysis of experimental data and design of experiments. When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 305L/3252 - Modern Sensors Laboratory (1 cr.) Prerequisites Concurrent with PHYS 3251 Description Experiments in instrumentation illustrating material covered in PHYS 3251 . When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 333/3261 - Introduction to Applied Geophysics (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 2221 and PHYS 3251 or concurrent. Description Introduction to dynamic Earth; magnetic and gravimetric (potential), geoelectric and seismic methods to determine the physical properties, structure and dynamics of the Earth; seismic instruments and sources. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 318/3271 - Instrumentation Systems and Control (3 cr.) Prerequisites MACT 2141 Description Linearity, Laplace transform, step and impulse response, block diagrams, signal graphs, state variables, feedback control, transfer functions of system components, criteria for design, stability analysis, Nyquist and Routh criteria, root locus method. When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 421/4042 - Quantum Mechanics (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 2041 and MACT 3142 . Description Statistical interpretation of the wave function, time independent Schrodinger equation, stationary states, observables, eigenfunctions and eigenvalues, Dirac notation, Schrodinger equation in spherical coordinates, H-atom, angular momentum and sping, identical particles, time independent perturbation theory. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 413/4051 - Nuclear and Particle Physics (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 4042 Description A modern view of the fundamental structure of matter, nuclear structure, nuclear models, nuclear decay and radioactivity, nuclear reactions; quarks, gluons, leptons; accelerators, particle interactions with matter, detectors; weak, electromagnetic and strong interactions. When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 414/4224 - Photonics (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 2221 or consent of instructor. Description Light sources and transmitters, receivers, laser diodes, LEDs and photodiodes. Electromagnetic mode theory for optical propagation. Optical fiber measurements: fiber materials, multimode fibers, single-mode fibers. Fabrication, cabling, connectors and couplers. Optical amplifiers, Erbium-Doped fiber amplifiers. Modulation of light, multiplexing and de-multiplexing, fiber networking. When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 404L/4225 - Photonics and Optical Communication Laboratory (1 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 2222 or consent of instructor. Description Experiments in fiber optics illustrating concepts pertaining to fiber dispersion, attenuation measurements, characterization of light sources (LEDs and laser diodes) and detectors (photodiodes), optical multiplexing and de-multiplexing, optical and interferometric sensors. When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 412/4233 - Semiconductor Physics (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 3231 Description Fundamental theory and characteristics of elemental and compound semiconductors. Semiconductor technology. P-N junctions and transistors. When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 323L/4234 - Semiconductor Technology Lab (2 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 2211 and PHYS 2212 Description Experiments in semiconductor and electronics technology. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 407L/4272 - Process Instrumentation and Digital Control Laboratory (1 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 4274 concurrent. Description Experiments on process measurement, digital process control and programmable logic controllers. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 409L/4273 - Computerized Instrumentation Laboratory (1 cr.) Prerequisites Concurrent with PHYS 4276 Description Experiments in computerized instruments illustrating material covered in PHYS 429. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 417/4274 - Process Instrumentation (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 2211 and PHYS 4272 concurrent. Description Basic concepts in process measurement and control; process controllers; Final control devices; Typical applications; Programmable logic controllers; Distributed control systems; Process safety and alarming. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 427/4275 - Analytical Techniques in Instrumentation (3 cr: 2 cr. lecture, 1 cr. lab) Prerequisites PHYS 2211 and PHYS 2212 . Description UV and visible light absorption instruments, nuclear magnetic resonance instruments, electron-spin resonance spectroscopy; x-ray instruments; atomic absorption spectrometry (a case study), thermal analysis, gas chromatography, infrared spectroscopy, electron microscopy. Lab activities include: conducting experiments using analog recorders and data acquisition systems, methods to upgrade old analog instruments, in addition to student projects in the area of instrumentation. When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 429/4276 - Computerized Instrumentation (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 3214 or consent of instructor. Concurrent with PHYS 4273 Description Microcomputer architecture and operation. Programming: assembly versus high-level languages. Interfacing: polling, interrupts, direct memory access. Use of PLD’s, PALASM language. Standard Interface: RS 232; IEEE-488 (HPIB). System design and testing: top down design, bottom-up testing. Digital signal processing: A/D conversion; sample and hold devices. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 416/4281 - Experimental Methods in Undergraduate Research (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisites: Junior standing. Consent of instructor. Description Experimental techniques for studying thermal, optical, magnetic and electric properties of matter. Low temperature physics: gas liquefaction, storage of liquefied gases, cryostats for low temperature studies, applied cryogenics. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 426/4291 - Industrial Physics (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisites: Junior standing. Consent of instructor. Description .Vacuum technology, pumps, manometers and gauges. Application of vacuum technology in research and industry. Handling of industrial gases; gas separation, purification and gas analysis; physics in industry, sensors in industrial environments. When Offered Offered in spring Notes Students field trips to several factories and manufacturing firms. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 402/4910 - Independent Study (1-3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisites: consent of the instructor, senior standing. Description In exceptional circumstances some senior physics students, with departmental approval, may arrange to study a selected topic outside of the regular course offerings. The student and faculty member will select a topic of mutual interest and the student will be guided in research and readings. The student would demonstrate achievement either by submitting a report or passing an examination, according to the decision of the supervisor. May be repeated for credit more than once if contents change. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 415/4930 - Selected Topics in Physics (3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Description Topics chosen according to special interest, such as temperature physics, vacuum physics, solid-state electronics, electronics and communications. When Offered Offered occasionally. Repeatable May be repeated for credit more than once if content changes. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 401/4980 - Senior Thesis and Seminar (3 cr.) Prerequisites Senior standing. Description Methods used in obtaining and reporting the results of research. Each student selects a topic in his/her field of interest under the supervision of a faculty member, prepares an outline, assembles a bibliography, and makes a study plan to be followed in preparing his project. After finishing the project, each participant then makes an oral presentation of his/her chosen topic. A written thesis has to be completed after criticism and suggestions. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 504/5013 - Classical Mechanics (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 3013 or equivalent. Description Variational principles and Lagrange’s Equations, central force problem, kinematics and equations of motion of rigid body problem, oscillations, classical mechanics of the special theory of relativity, Hamiltonian equations of motion, canonical transformations, Hamilton-Jacobi theory and action-angle variables. When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 502/5023 - Classical Electrodynamics (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 3023 or equivalent and PHYS 5061 . Description Boundary value problems in electrostatics: Poisson and Laplace equations, formal solution of electrostatic boundary value problem with Green function, applications in rectangular, spherical and cylindrical coordinates, multipoles, electrostatics of macroscopic media, magnetostatics, Faraday’s law and quasi-static fields, Maxwell equations, macroscopic electromagnetism and conservation laws. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 549/5024 - Passive Microwave Circuits (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 3023 or equivalent. Description Transmission line theory, Different types of planar transmission lines, Empirical and quasistatic solution of planar lines, Network parameters and their relationships, Matching circuits based on lumped elements/transformers/tuning stubs, Lossy and lossless power dividers, Different types of directions couplers, Microstrip antenna elements and arrays, Electromagnetic simulation of different microwave circuits, Optimization of microwave circuits. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 509/5032 - Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 3031 or equivalent. Description The laws and applications of thermodynamics, Boltzmann transport equation and transport phenomena, classical statistical mechanics, canonical and grand canonical ensembles, quantum statistical mechanics, ideal Fermi and Bose gases, phase transitions and critical phenomena. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 506/5043 - Advanced Quantum Mechanics (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 4042 or equivalent. Description Fundamental concepts of quantum mechanics including the harmonic oscillator, the hydrogen atom, electron spin and addition of angular momentum. Qualitative and approximation methods in quantum mechanics, including time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory, variational methods, scattering and semiclassical methods. Applications are made to atomic, molecular and solid matter. Systems of identical particles including many electron atoms and the Fermi gas. Cross-listed Same as NANO 5201 . When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 501/5061 - Mathematical Physics (3 cr.) Prerequisites MACT 2141 or equivalent. Description Vector analysis, coordinate systems, tensor analysis, matrices, group theory, functions of a complex variable: conformal mapping and calculus of residues, series solutions of differential equations, special functions, partial differential equations of theoretical physics, separation of variables, nonhomogeneous equations-Green’s function, integral transforms, Fourier and Laplace transforms. When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 510/5235 - Introduction To Solids (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 3231 or equivalent. Description Classification of solids; preparation and characterization; binding energies; ionic, covalent and metallic bonds; crystallography; reciprocal lattice; Brillouin zones; vector representation; crystal symmetry and macroscopic properties; tensor formulation; diffraction in crystalline and amorphous solids; crystal imperfections; point-, linear-, and planar type; effects on properties; origin of microstructure in crystalline and amorphous solids. When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 512/5236 - Electronic Transport in Semiconductor (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 2211 and PHYS 3231 or equivalent. Description This is a course about how charge flows in semiconductors with an emphasis on transport in nanoscale devices. The course consists of three main parts. Part 1 focuses on near- equilibrium transport in the presence of small gradients in the electrochemical potential or temperature, with or without the application of a small magnetic field. The emphasis in Part 2 is on the physics of carrier scattering and how the microscopic scattering processes are related to macroscopic relaxation times and mean-free-paths. Part 3 examines high-field transport in bulk semiconductors and so-called “non-local” transport in sub-micron devices. The course concludes with a brief introduction to quantum transport. The objective of the course is to develop a broad understanding of the basic concepts needed to understand modern electronic devices. It is intended for those who work on electronic devices – whether they are experimentalists, device theorists, or computationalists. Cross-listed Same as NANO 5222 . When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 513/5237 - Theory of Solids (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 3231 or equivalent. Description Semi-classical theory of electron dynamics; classification of solids; failures of the static lattice model; classical and quantum theories of harmonic crystal: phonons and lattice vibrations; thermal properties of insulators; defects, dislocations and thermodynamics stability; dielectric properties; phenomena in insulators: excitons, photoconductivity, light amplification, non-linear optics, luminescence. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 507/5242 - Computational Physics (3 cr.) Prerequisites MACT 2141 MACT 3143 or consent of instructor. Description Numerical methods for quadrature solution of integral and differential equations, and linear algebra. finite difference methods, finite element techniques, solving a system of equations. Use of computation and computer graphics to simulate the behavior of complex physical systems. Monte Carlo simulations. When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 556/5277 - MEMS/NEMS Technology and Devices (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 2211 and consent of instructor. Description This course will cover basic MEMS/NEMS fabrication technologies, various transduction mechanisms such as piezoelectric, pyroelectric, thermoelectric, thermionic, piezoresistive, etc. In addition, the theory of operation of few sensors will be covered this will include infrared detectors, radiation sensors, rotation and acceleration sensors, flow sensors, pressure and force sensors, and motion sensors. Finally, the course will give insight of different techniques for analyzing experimental data. Cross-listed Same as NANO 5221 , RCSS 5242 . When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 508/5282 - Advanced Experimental Techniques (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 3052 PHYS 3232 and PHYS 4234 or equivalent. Description This course is designed to introduce students to advanced techniques in experimental physics. The emphasis is on self-study of the phenomena, data analysis, and presentation in journal paper format. Experiments may vary each semester. Examples of topics: Thin film deposition and characterization, high pressure physics, photonics, solid state techniques, fluid flow visualization. This course is team-taught through a course coordinator. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 561/5910 - Independent Studies (1-3 cr.) Prerequisites Prerequisite: Consent of supervisor, graduate standing. Description In exceptional circumstances, some senior graduates with departmental approval may arrange to study beyond the regular course offerings. Guided reading for research and discussions based on a subject of mutual interest to the student and the responsible faculty member. The student demonstrates his/her achievement by submitting a report and by passing a subsequent examination. Notes Maximum of 3 credit hours of independent studies can be used towards the M. Sc. degree in physics. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 562/5930 - Selected topics in Physics (3 cr.) Prerequisites Consent of the faculty advisor. Description Topics to be chosen according to specific interests. Maybe taken for credit more than once if content changes. Cross-listed Same as PHYS 6930 . When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 590/5940 - Graduate Seminar I (1 cr.) Prerequisites Seminars of research topics given by invited speakers. The student must register for this course prior to submitting a thesis topic. When Offered Offered in fall. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 591/5941 - Graduate Seminar II (1 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 5940 Description Presentations and discussions of results obtained by the graduate students during research work. When Offered Offered in spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 599/5980 - Research Guidance and Thesis (3 cr. + 3 cr.) Description Thesis consultation for qualified students. Two semesters are required, with credit being given each time. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 602/6025 - Classical Electrodynamics II (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 5023 Description Plane electromagnetic waves and wave propagation, waveguides, resonant cavities, radiating systems, multipole fields and radiation, scattering and diffraction, covariant formulation of electrodynamics, dynamics of relativistic particles and electromagnetic fields, collisions, energy loss, and scattering of charged particles, Cherenkov and transition radiation, radiation by moving charges, radiation damping. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 641/6225 - Integrated Photonics (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 4224 or equivalent. Description This course will introduce students to a range of passive photonic components; students will gain an understanding of the fundamentals of how these devices operate and an appreciation of where these components find applications in communications, energy and sensing systems. Topics covered in this course include: interaction of light with matter; resonator optics; periodic structures, optical thin films and gratings; photonic band gap materials; waveguides and couplers, Plasmonics and Nanoparticles. Hands on experience for modeling and design of these devices and structures using photonic software is of prime essential to illustrate and validates the fundamentals of the course. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 642/6243 - Computational Electromagnetics (3 cr.) Prerequisites PHYS 5023 , PHYS 5242 or equivalent. Description Modeling electromagnetic phenomena related to microwave, millimeter, terahertz, and optical frequencies. Fundamentals of electromagnetic theory, Green’s functions in layered media, Integral equation formulation, Method of Moments, The Mode Matching Method, Finite difference time domain, Variation approaches in electromagnetic and finite element methods, the Beam propagation method, Spectral Fourier method for periodic structures. When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	PHYS 662/6930 - Advanced Selected Topics in Physics (3 cr.) Prerequisites Consent of the faculty advisor. Description Topics to be chosen according to specific interests. May be taken for credit more than once if content changes. Cross-listed Same as PHYS 5930 . When Offered Offered in fall and spring. Check course scheduling information
	POLS 101/1001 - Introduction to Political Science (3 cr.) Prerequisites ENGL 0210 Description Methods of study and the nature of political phenomena; terminology and conceptual tools; origins, forms, and historical development of political organization; political institutions and functions; comparison of modern forms of political organization at the national, local, and international levels. Check course scheduling information
	POLS 199/1099 - Selected Topics in Political Science (3 cr.) Description Course addressing broad intellectual concerns and accessible to all students, irrespective of major, and available for fulfillment of the primary level Social Sciences requirement in the core curriculum. Check course scheduling information

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PHIL 310/3010 - Philosophy and Art (3 cr.)

PHIL 315/3011 - Nineteenth Century Philosophy (3 cr.)

PHIL 318/3012 - Theory of Knowledge (3 cr.)

PHIL 319/3013 - Development and Responsibility (3 cr.)

PHIL 344/3014 - Literature and Philosophy (3 cr.)

PHIL 354/3015 - Islamic Philosophy (3 cr.)

PHIL 356/3016 - American Philosophy (3 cr.)

PHIL 382/3017 - Philosophy of Science and Technology (3 cr.)

PHIL 405/4100 - Independent Study in Philosophy (1-3 cr.)

PHIL 402/5111 - Metaphysics (3 cr.)

PHIL 502/5111 - Metaphysics (3 cr.)

PHIL 410/5112 - Advanced Seminar in Aesthetics (3 cr.)

PHIL 510/5112 - Advanced Seminar in Aesthetics (3 cr.)

PHIL 317/5113 - Current Trends in Philosophy (3 cr.)

PHIL 517/5113 - Current Trends in Philosophy (3 cr.)

PHIL 418/5114 - Philosophical Masterpieces (3 cr.)

PHIL 518/5114 - Philosophical Masterpieces (3 cr.)

PHIL 420/5115 - Philosophical Figures (3 cr.)

PHIL 520/5115 - Philosophical Figures (3 cr.)

PHIL 330/5116 - Advanced Ethics (3 cr.)

PHIL 530/5116 - Advanced Ethics (3 cr.)

PHIL 360/5117 - Philosophy of Language and Communication (3 cr.)

PHIL 560/5117 - Philosophy of Language and Communication (3 cr.)

PHIL 362/5118 - Formal and Mathematical Logic (3 cr.)

PHIL 562/5118 - Formal and Mathematical Logic (3 cr.)

PHIL 458-558/5119 - Advanced Seminar in Political Philosophy (3 cr.)

PHIL 403/5199 - Selected Topics in Philosophy (3 cr.)

PHIL 503/5199 - Selected Topics in Philosophy (3 cr.)

PHIL 500/5201 - Classical Western Philosophy (3 cr.)

PHIL 501/5202 - Advanced Seminar in Islamic Philosophy (3 cr.)

PHIL 504/5203 - Kant and Idealism (3 cr.)

PHIL 505/5204 - Advanced Seminar in Phenomenology (3 cr.)

PHIL 599/5299 - Research Guidance and Thesis (0 cr.)

PHYS 100/1001 - Physics for Poets (3 cr.)

PHYS 111/1011 - Classical Mechanics, Sound and Heat (3 cr.)

PHYS 123L/1012 - General Physics Laboratory I (1 cr.)

PHYS 112/1021 - Electricity and Magnetism (3 cr.)

PHYS 124L/1022 - General Physics Laboratory II (1 cr.)

PHYS 199/1930 - Selected Topic for Core Curriculum (3 cr.)

PHYS 211/2041 - Foundations of Modern Physics (3 cr.)

PHYS 215/2211 - Introduction to Electronics (3 cr.)

PHYS 221L/2212 - Electronics Laboratory I (2 cr.)

PHYS 222L/2213 - Electronics lab for Computer Scientists & Computer Engineers (1 cr.)

PHYS 214/2221 - Waves and Optics (3 cr.)

PHYS 204L/2222 - Optics Laboratory (1 cr.)

PHYS 279/2241 - Computational Methods in Physics (2 cr. + 1 cr.)

PHYS 312/3013 - Theoretical Mechanics (3 cr.)

PHYS 316/3023 - Electromagnetic Theory (3 cr.)

PHYS 311/3031 - Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (3 cr.)

PHYS 321L/3052 - Nuclear Physics Lab (1 cr.)

PHYS 319/3214 - Digital Logic Design (3 cr.)

PHYS 309L/3215 - Digital Logic Design Laboratory (1 cr.)

PHYS 327/3216 - Operational Amplifiers and Applications (3 cr.)

PHYS 307L/3217 - Electronics Laboratory II (1 cr.)

PHYS 314/3223 - Advanced Optics (3 cr.)

PHYS 325/3231 - Introduction to Solid-State Physics (3 cr.)

PHYS 322L/3232 - Solid-State Physics Lab (2 cr.)

PHYS 315/3251 - Modern Sensors (3 cr.)

PHYS 305L/3252 - Modern Sensors Laboratory (1 cr.)

PHYS 333/3261 - Introduction to Applied Geophysics (3 cr.)

PHYS 318/3271 - Instrumentation Systems and Control (3 cr.)

PHYS 421/4042 - Quantum Mechanics (3 cr.)

PHYS 413/4051 - Nuclear and Particle Physics (3 cr.)

PHYS 414/4224 - Photonics (3 cr.)

PHYS 404L/4225 - Photonics and Optical Communication Laboratory (1 cr.)

PHYS 412/4233 - Semiconductor Physics (3 cr.)

PHYS 323L/4234 - Semiconductor Technology Lab (2 cr.)

PHYS 407L/4272 - Process Instrumentation and Digital Control Laboratory (1 cr.)

PHYS 409L/4273 - Computerized Instrumentation Laboratory (1 cr.)

PHYS 417/4274 - Process Instrumentation (3 cr.)

PHYS 427/4275 - Analytical Techniques in Instrumentation (3 cr: 2 cr. lecture, 1 cr. lab)

PHYS 429/4276 - Computerized Instrumentation (3 cr.)

PHYS 416/4281 - Experimental Methods in Undergraduate Research (3 cr.)

PHYS 426/4291 - Industrial Physics (3 cr.)

PHYS 402/4910 - Independent Study (1-3 cr.)

PHYS 415/4930 - Selected Topics in Physics (3 cr.)

PHYS 401/4980 - Senior Thesis and Seminar (3 cr.)

PHYS 504/5013 - Classical Mechanics (3 cr.)

PHYS 502/5023 - Classical Electrodynamics (3 cr.)