Mar 29, 2024  
2021-2022 University Catalog 
    
2021-2022 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Prefix and Course Index 

 

Nursing

Courses are designated as NURS in the class schedule. Note: All clinical nursing courses for the B.S. in Nursing require admission to the university and to the School of Nursing as a nursing major. The School of Nursing application, health care information listed under the “Bachelor of Science in Nursing” text above, and references are also required.

  
  • NURS 690 - Advanced Pathophysiology for Anesthesia II (4)


    Incorporates the pathophysiologic basis for anesthesia management, including neurologic, endocrine, and gastro-intestinal care. Integrates concepts of pharmacology related to anesthesia and the application of current scientific research findings in these populations.

    Prerequisite: NURS 688 . Corequisite: NURS 691L .

    Graduate-level

  
  • NURS 691L - Nurse Anesthesia Practicum IV (6)


    Supervised increasingly complex clinical experience provides clinical application of the foundational principles in anesthesia (18 practicum hours per week.)

    Prerequisite: NURS 689L . Corequisite: NURS 690 .

    Graduate-level

  
  • NURS 692 - Professional Nurse Anesthesia Role: Comprehensive Clinical Integration (3)


    The professional component of nurse anesthesia practice emphasizing ethical, medical and legal responsibilities of the practitioner, including various aspects that impact the profession of nurse anesthesia. Review of anesthesia topics for national anesthesia certification examination. May be repeated for a maximumof 9 units.

    Prerequisite: NURS 691L . Corequisites: NURS 684 , NURS 693L .

    Graduate-level

  
  • NURS 693L - Nurse Anesthesia Residency (6)


    Culminating preceptored clinical experience provides clinical practice in all areas of anesthesia management. (18 hours practicum per week)

    Prerequisite: NURS 691L . Corequisite: NURS 692 .

    Graduate-level

  
  • NURS 694 - Advanced Pharmacology III (3)


    Pharmacology and physiology as an integral part of modern anesthesia practice. Pharmacodynamics pharmacokinetics, pharmacotherapeutics, pharmacy, toxicology of adjunct drugs, including antibiotics, diabetic agents, antiretrovirals, asthma medications, cardiac medications and antihypertensives.

    Prerequisite: NURS 684 .

    Graduate-level

  
  • NURS 695 - Seminar in Integrative Clinical Scholarship (2)


    Proposal Development as applied to clinical scholarly work for DNP project. Course requires 95 hours in a clinical setting with faculty consultation. Outcome is a proposal for a scholarly clinical doctoral project.

    Prerequisites: NURS 600 , NURS 605 , NURS 640 .

    Graduate-level

  
  • NURS 697A - Integrative Clinical Scholarship I: Evidence-Based Practice (1)


    Under supervision of a faculty project chair. Clinical project on a topic in student’s areas of interest and specialization. Role of DNP in clinical inquiry and evaluation, and related leadership. Principles of proposal writing as applied to clinical problems.

    Prerequisites: NURS 600 , NURS 605 , NURS 640 . Corequisite: NURS 695 .

    Graduate-level

  
  • NURS 697B - Integrative Clinical Scholarship II: Evidence-Based Practice (3)


    Implementing DNP project within a clinical setting, using theory integration and evidence-based change from nursing science and other disciplines. Incorporating principles of practice inquiry, evidence-based practice, and/or practice inquiry. Integrating core DNP concepts and competencies.

    Prerequisite: NURS 605 .

    Graduate-level

  
  • NURS 697C - Integrative Clinical Scholarship III: Evidence-Based Practice (3)


    Evaluating and completing DNP project within a clinical setting. Incorporating principles of practice inquiry, evidence-based practice, and/or practice inquiry. Integrating core DNP concepts and competencies.

    Prerequisite: NURS 697B .

    Graduate-level

  
  • NURS 699 - Independent Doctoral Study (1-3)


    Independent doctoral level inquiry in nursing resulting in oral or written report.

    Prerequisite: DNP standing.

    Graduate-level

    Department Consent Required

Persian

Courses are designated PERS in the class schedule.

  
  • PERS 101 - Fundamental Persian-A (3)


    Develop listening and reading comprehension, speaking and writing, and cultural awareness to communicate on a basic level. Introduction to Persian customs, cultures and civilization. Conducted primarily in Persian.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

    One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
  
  • PERS 102 - Fundamental Persian-B (3)


    Continued introduction to Persian culture. Students express themselves in oral and written forms at a basic/intermediate level about cultural topics, such as technology, art, daily activities, work environment, leisure, travel and multiculturalism. Conducted primarily in Persian.

    Prerequisite: PERS 101 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

    One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
  
  • PERS 299 - Directed Study (1-3)


    Supervised research projects in Persian language, literature, culture, linguistics or business. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units. Requires consent of instructor and department chair.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

    Department Consent Required
  
  • PERS 499 - Independent Study (1-3)


    Supervised research projects in Persian language, literature, culture, linguistics or business. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units. Requires consent of instructor and department chair.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

    Department Consent Required

Philosophy

Courses are designated as PHIL in the class schedule.

  
  • PHIL 100 - Introduction to Philosophy (3)


    Nature, methods and some of the main problems of philosophy. Primarily for freshmen and sophomores. Not a prerequisite for advanced courses.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

    One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
  
  • PHIL 101 - Meaning, Purpose, and the Good Life (3)


    Introduction to Western and Eastern approaches to perennial topics in philosophy concerning human flourishing and the nature of persons. Questions considered include, What is happiness? What is the good life? Does life have meaning and purpose? and What is a person?

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 105 - Critical Thinking (3)


    Developing non-mathematical critical reasoning skills, including recognition of arguments, argument evaluation and construction of arguments.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

    One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
  
  • PHIL 106 - Introduction to Logic (3)


    Logical structure of language and correct reasoning: deduction, induction, scientific reasoning and informal fallacies.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 110 - Religions of the World (3)


    Introduction to at least five religious world views from an historical and comparative perspective, with descriptive analyses of their belief systems, moral codes and symbolic rituals: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism. (RLST 110 and PHIL 110 are same course.)

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

    One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
  
  • PHIL 120 - Introduction to Ethics (3)


    Problems of human conduct and moral evaluation: standards for moral assessment of conduct and persons; morality and its relation to mores, social demands and personal commitments.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 224 - Existentialism as a Way of Life (3)


    Introduction to classical and contemporary existential philosophies with an emphasis on their applicability to everyday life.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 227 - Video Games, the Arts and Philosophy (3)


    Introduction to art, visual art, games and game theory. Aesthetics of games and interactive visual media. Epistemic and moral relations of virtual worlds to reality. Ultimate value of game-play and visual arts to life’s meaning and purpose.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 290 - History of Philosophy: Greek Philosophy (3)


    Origins of Western philosophy and its development through Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 291 - History of Philosophy: Medieval Philosophy (3)


    Study of philosophies from Late Antiquity through the Renaissance and Reformation. Topics include: Hellenistic philosophy, Scholasticism, and rise of Christian, Jewish, and Islamic philosophy. Figures include: Plotinus, Augustine, Maimonides, Avicenna, Catherine of Siena, Thomas Aquinas, and William of Ockham.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 300 - History of Philosophy: Rationalism and Empiricism (3)


    Rationalism of Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz, and the empiricism of Locke, Berkeley and Hume.

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category C.2.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 301 - History of Philosophy: Kant and the 19th Century (3)


    Rationalism and empiricism as a background to Kant. Revolutionary aspects of Kant’s critical philosophy. Subsequent trends in 19th century philosophy, emphasizing such figures as Hegel, Schopenhauer, Marx, Mill, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche.

    Prerequisite: PHIL 300 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 302 - Introduction to Women’s Studies (3)


    Interdisciplinary introduction to women’s issues and research in relevant disciplines. (WGST 302 and PHIL 302 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: PHIL 100 , BIOL 101 , PSYC 101 , or SOCI 101 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

    One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
  
  • PHIL 303 - Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (3)


    The ongoing debates within philosophy of science about the claims of scientific progress, and the limits of scientific knowledge and the scientific method, with an eye on the impact of science on society and of society on science.

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category B.1 or B.2; or lower-division philosophy course.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 311 - Aesthetics: Philosophy of Art and Beauty (3)


    Conditions and aims of art and of aesthetic experience.

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category C.1 or C.2.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 312 - Business and Professional Ethics (3)


    Nature and limits of the moral rights and responsibilities of business and the professions (including law, medicine, science, engineering, journalism, management and teaching).

    Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

    One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
  
  • PHIL 313 - Environmental Ethics (3)


    Conceptual and moral foundations of environmental ethics, focusing on ecosystem and wildlife conservation policies, animal rights, a land ethic, competing policy analyses and obligations to future generations.

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category C.2 or D.1.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 314 - Medical Ethics (3)


    Ethical issues raised by recent technical developments in medicine and of the moral rights and responsibilities of patients and health-care professionals.

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category C.2.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

    One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
  
  • PHIL 315 - Philosophical Argument and Writing (3)


    Philosophical concepts, distinctions and methods are used to teach philosophical and argumentative writing that is clear, critical, expressive and precise. Designed to satisfy the classroom portion of the upper-division writing requirement for philosophy majors.

    Prerequisite: three units of philosophy.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 316 - Research Ethics (3)


    Ethical principles and problems implicit in the conduct of scientific research, with special attention to issues of scientific integrity, fraud, deception, data accuracy, authorship credit and use of research funds, especially when animal or human subjects are used.

    Prerequisite:PHIL 120  or completion G.E. Category B.3.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 320 - Contemporary Moral Issues (3)


    Applying ethical and social/political theories to contemporary moral problems. Topics selected from current issues in law, business, medicine, sexual morality, and gender/multicultural studies, including abortion, racism, crime, punishment, welfare, domestic violence and pornography.

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category C.2.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

    One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
  
  • PHIL 323 - Existentialism (3)


    Introduction to existentialist perspectives on freedom, meaning, responsibility, authenticity and self-deception. Typically includes discussion of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger and Sartre.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 325 - Philosophy of Sex and Love (3)


    Philosophical approaches to love, friendship, marriage and eroticism. Nature of love, relationship between sexuality and love, gender roles and gender equality. Investigates ethical and legal controversies in sexuality, marriage and privacy.

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category C.2.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 333 - Evolution and Creation (3)


    Interdisciplinary study of evolutionary biology’s impact on culture in context of religious doctrines of creation. Evolutionary theory and religious and philosophical reactions from Darwin to the present, including relevant educational and legal contexts. (PHIL 333 and LBST 333 are the same course.)

    Prerequisites: completion of G.E. Categories B.2 and C.2.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

    One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
  
  • PHIL 342 - Experimental and Empirical Philosophy (3)


    Developments in psychological, biological, anthropological and experimental philosophy research pertaining to answers to core questions in philosophy about morality, culture, knowledge and more.

    Prerequisite: PHIL 290 , PHIL 300  or PHIL 315 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 343 - Philosophy of Feminism (3)


    Philosophical issues connected with second-wave U.S. feminism. Alternative feminist theories, goals and reconstruction of traditional areas of philosophy. (PHIL 343 and WGST 343 are the same course.)

    Prerequisite: three units of philosophy or women’s studies.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 345 - Social and Political Philosophy (3)


    Individualism, community, freedom, authority, justice, human rights and alienation, from the perspective of social and political theory.

    Prerequisite: three units of philosophy.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 349 - Philosophy, Literature and Cinema (3)


    Aesthetics of literature and film, emphasizing how storytelling deepens our imagination and understanding of identity, culture, society and values through use of word and image.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 350 - Asian Philosophy (3)


    Asian philosophies such as Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism (especially Zen): world views, conceptions of human nature and the good life. Applications to martial and non-martial arts. Comparisons with Western philosophies, religions and values.

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category C.2.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 355 - Philosophy and Law in America (3)


    Moral issues in American law, including free speech, affirmative action and punishment. Influence of politics on legal reasoning and the Constitution. Tension between legal reasoning and equal treatment under the law, and how philosophical theories of law respond to this.

    Prerequisites: completion of G.E. Area A.2, A.3 or C.2.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 368 - First Course in Symbolic Logic (3)


    Recognition and construction of correct deductions in the sentential logic and the first-order predicate calculus.

    Prerequisite: Completion G.E. Category B.1, B.2 or B.4.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 375 - Meaning and Mind (3)


    Philosophical issues about language and mind, including topics such as meaning, reference, truth, speech act and belief. (PHIL 375 and LING 375 are the same course).

    Prerequisite: six units of philosophy or six units of linguistics or three units of each.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 377 - Philosophical Approaches to Race, Class, and Gender (3)


    Despite the history of analyzing race, class, and gender as separate phenomena, the three are integrally connected. Focus on the interstitial connections among the three to gain knowledge of the formation of race, class and gender.

    Prerequisite: lower-division philosophy course.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 379 - American Philosophy (3)


    Examines and critiques significant philosophical themes, texts, and trends in the philosophy of the Americas in the late 19th and early 20th century, especially the classical pragmatists (e.g. Peirce, James, Dewey, Addams, DuBois), and their contemporary interpreters (e.g. Misak, Haack, Talisse).

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category D.3.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 380 - Analytic Philosophy (3)


    Rise and development of the analytic movement in 20th-century philosophy. Study works of such philosophers as Moore, Russell, Wittgenstein and Carnap, Quine, Putnam, and Davidson.

    Prerequisite: three units in philosophy.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 382 - Marx and Marxism (3)


    Marx and his followers in philosophical perspective. Theories of human nature, society and intellectual activity; conceptual tools for the analysis of social phenomena; sources; and followers, both critical and dogmatic.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 383 - Postmodernism (3)


    Such modern and post-modern movements as phenomenology, hermeneutics, critical theory, post-structuralism, deconstruction, the Frankfurt school and French feminism; influences of these movements on political, literary and psychoanalytic theory.

    Prerequisite: PHIL 301  or PHIL 323 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 390 - Time and Consciousness (3)


    Introduces cross-cultural perspectives on the nature of time and its relation to consciousness. Topics include such issues as whether time is real, whether time emerges from human consciousness, whether time passes at different rates and whether it is logically possible to travel back in time.

    Prerequisite: three units in philosophy.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 399 - Directed Study (1-3)


    Supervised individual study as an elective. May be repeated with different content for a maximum of 6 units. No more than 3 units may be taken with any one adviser in any one semester. Requires approval of department.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 409 - The Nature of Morality (3)


    Studies the nature of morality and asks: Can moral judgments be true? If so, who or what makes them true? Is moral truth objective, subjective or relative? Is it possible to know the moral truth, and if so, how?

    Prerequisites: PHIL 315 ; 6 units of upper-division philosophy.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 410 - Ethical Theory (3)


    Major ethical theories as advanced by such authors as Aristotle, Kant, Mill and Rawls.

    Prerequisite: PHIL 290 , PHIL 300  or PHIL 315 .

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 420 - Metaphysics (3)


    Metaphysics and metaphysical issues such as reality, universals, space, time, substance, identity and difference, causality, permanence and change, freedom and determinism, minds and bodies.

    Prerequisite: PHIL 290 , PHIL 300  or PHIL 315 .

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 425 - Phenomenology (3)


    Ephemeral structure of experience and subjectivity. Conceptualizations of the subject, consciousness, embodiment and engagement with the world. Primary figures include Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger and Maurice Merleau-Ponty.

    Prerequisite: PHIL 315 ; any lower-level course in philosophy.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 430 - Epistemology (3)


    Nature of knowledge, belief, certainty, truth, perception, and the a priori; examinations of skepticism, traditional responses to skepticism and the foundations of knowledge.

    Prerequisite: PHIL 290 , PHIL 300  or PHIL 315 .

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 435 - Philosophy of Language (3)


    Key problems in the philosophy of language such as the nature of language, function of language in communication, meaning and reference of proper names, and the connection between thought and language. Not available for graduate degree credit.

    Prerequisite: PHIL 290  or PHIL 300  or PHIL 375 /LING 375 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 440 - Philosophy of Mind (3)


    Contemporary philosophical approaches to the nature of mind. Topics include: artificial intelligence, the relation between the mind and the brain, the nature of consciousness, the possibility of neuroscience providing a complete explanation of experience from the first-person point of view.

    Prerequisite: PHIL 290 , PHIL 300  or PHIL 315 .

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 450 - Normative Theory and Public Affairs (3)


    The search for moral principles and other aspects of moral theory to govern such issues as climate change, criminal justice, military affairs, immigration, the normative foundations of particular areas of law, and other issues of public concern.

    Prerequisites: PHIL 315 ; 6 units of upper-division philosophy.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 455 - Seminar in Values (3)


    Valuation or some important form of value: ethical, aesthetic, political. May be repeated once with different content.

    Prerequisites: PHIL 315 ; 6 units of upper-division philosophy.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 470 - Seminar in Metaphysics and Epistemology (3)


    Metaphysics and epistemology such as reality, substance, mind, action, cause, knowledge and truth.

    Prerequisites: PHIL 315 ; 6 units of upper-division philosophy.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 480 - Seminar in the History of Philosophy (3)


    Covers some important work, figure, school or problem in the history of philosophy before 1900. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.

    Prerequisites: PHIL 315 ; 6 units of upper-division philosophy.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 490 - Seminar in Contemporary Philosophy (3)


    Issues raised by such 20th-century philosophers as Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein, Austin, Quine, Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty or Foucault.

    Prerequisites: PHIL 315 ; 6 units of upper-division philosophy.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHIL 493 - Senior Internship in Ethics and Society (3)


    Supervised internship in professional setting. Required course project on philosophical and ethical issues. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units.

    Prerequisite: 6 units from the following: PHIL 120 , PHIL 312 , PHIL 320 , PHIL 313 , PHIL 314 , PHIL 345 , PHIL 355 .

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

    Department Consent Required
  
  • PHIL 499 - Independent Study (1-3)


    Develop competency in research. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units. No more than 3 units may be taken with any one adviser in any one semester.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

    Department Consent Required

Physics

Courses are designated as PHYS in the class schedule. A “C” (2.0) or better is required in all prerequisite courses. Prerequisite requirements with exception of the grade requirement may be waived by the instructor of the course if the instructor is satisfied that the student is qualified to undertake the course.

  
  • PHYS 101 - Survey of Physics (3)


    Basic concepts of physics for the non-science major. Physical concepts in real-world contexts such as global warming. How our ideas about motion, energy, heat and temperature, light and color, electricity, and atoms form a framework for understanding the natural world.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 101L - Survey of Physics Laboratory (1)


    Experiments that demonstrate important concepts in astronomy and physics. For non-science majors.

    Corequisite: PHYS 101 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 102 - Physical Science for Future Elementary Teachers (3)


    Designed especially for the prospective elementary teacher, this activity-based course examines physical science concepts in real-world contexts such as global warming, kitchen science and the automobile. Lecture and laboratory is combined into a single unified learning experience. (PHYS 102 and CHEM 102 are the same course.)

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 211 - Elementary Physics (3)


    Introduction to mechanics and thermodynamics. Designed for life and health science majors.

    Prerequisite: MATH 125 . Corequisites: MATH 130  or MATH 150A ; PHYS 211L .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 211L - Elementary Physics: Laboratory (1)


    Laboratory for PHYS 211. (3 hours laboratory). Instructional fee required.

    Corequisite: PHYS 211 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 212 - Elementary Physics (3)


    Introduction to electricity and magnetism, wave motion and optics. Designed for life and health science majors.

    Prerequisites: PHYS 211 , PHYS 211L  with a C (2.0) or better. Corequisite: PHYS 212L .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 212L - Elementary Physics: Laboratory (1)


    Laboratory for PHYS 212. Instructional fee required. (3 hours laboratory).

    Corequisite: PHYS 212 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 225 - Fundamental Physics: Mechanics (3)


    Classical Newtonian mechanics; linear and circular motion; energy; linear/angular momentum; systems of particles; rigid body motion; wave motion and sound.

    Prerequisite: MATH 150A  with a C- (1.7) or better. Corequisite: PHYS 225L  .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 225L - Fundamental Physics: Laboratory (1)


    Laboratory for PHYS 225. Instructional fee required. (3 hours laboratory)

    Corequisite: PHYS 225 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 226 - Fundamental Physics: Electricity and Magnetism (3)


    Electrostatics, electric potential, capacitance, dielectrics, electrical circuits, resistance, emf, electromagnetic induction, magnetism and magnetic materials, and introduction to Maxwell’s equations.

    Prerequisites: MATH 150B , PHYS 225  with a C (2.0) or better. Corequisite: PHYS 226L .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 226L - Fundamental Physics: Laboratory (1)


    Laboratory for PHYS 226. Instructional fee required. (3 hours laboratory)

    Corequisite: PHYS 226 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 227 - Fundamental Physics: Waves, Optics, and Modern Physics (1-3)


    Geometrical and physical optics, wave phenomena; quantum physics, including the photoelectric effect, line spectra and the Bohr atom; the wave nature of matter, Schroedinger’s equation and solutions; the Uncertainty Principle, special theory of relativity.

    Prerequisite: PHYS 226  with a C (2.0) or better. Corequisite: PHYS 227L , except for Biochemistry, Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering majors, who may enroll for one unit (optics component); all others must enroll for three units.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 227L - Fundamental Physics: Laboratory (1)


    Laboratory for PHYS 227. Instructional fee required. (3 hours laboratory)

    Corequisite: PHYS 227 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 300 - Survey of Mathematical Physics (3)


    Mathematical techniques required for upper-division physics courses, including differential vector operators, complex variables, partial and ordinary differential equations, special functions, Fourier transforms and series, matrices and operators, probability and statistics.

    Prerequisites: MATH 250A , PHYS 226 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 301 - Energy and Sustainability (3)


    Basic physical principles applied to the generation and use of energy. Conventional and alternative energy sources. Environmental consequences of energy use, greenhouse effect, global warming. Energy conservation principles.

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category B.1.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

    One or more sections may be offered in any online format.
  
  • PHYS 305 - Physics of Sound (3)


    Applying physical principles in music, including topics such as sound wave propagation, time periodicity, vibrations, resonance, acoustics and human perception. Selected topics in stringed, woodwind, brass instruments, the human voice, recording and playback, and digital vs. analog music.

    Prerequisite: completion of G.E. Category B.1.

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 310 - Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory, and Statistical Physics (3)


    Laws of thermodynamics with physical, chemical and engineering applications; kinetic theory of gases. Introduction to statistical physics with reexamination of laws of thermodynamics.

    Prerequisite: PHYS 226 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 315 - Computational Physics (3)


    Previous computing experience recommended. Basic numerical methods in physics. Applications include curve fitting and minimization, numerical simulation of classical particles, waves and Fourier analysis, quantum square well, Monte Carlo methods and diffusion. Hands-on computing with high-level languages, graphics and symbolic mathematics. (1 hour lecture, 4 hours activity)

    Prerequisite: PHYS 227 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 320 - Classical Mechanics (3)


    Classical mechanics and associated mathematical and numerical techniques: Newtonian dynamics; Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics.

    Prerequisites: PHYS 227 , PHYS 300 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 330A - Electromagnetic Theory I (3)


    Applying vector calculus and special mathematics techniques to electric and magnetic phenomena in matter.

    Prerequisites: PHYS 227 , PHYS 300 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 330B - Electromagnetic Theory II (3)


    Applying Maxwell’s equations to the propagation of EM waves in dielectrics, plasmas, and conductors. Selected topics in radiation, diffraction and eigenfunction expansions of static and waveguide fields. Special relativity: Einstein’s postulates, Lorentz transformations, relativistic motion of charged particles.

    Prerequisites: PHYS 300 , PHYS 330A .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 340 - Modern Physics (3)


    Modern physical theories and associated mathematical techniques. Early quantum mechanics development; Schrodinger’s equation; one dimensional systems; the harmonic oscillator.

    Prerequisites: PHYS 227 , PHYS 300 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 380 - Methods of Experimental Physics (3)


    Experiments using analog, digital, and integrated circuits including: filtering circuits, diodes, transistor amplifiers, operational amplifiers, triggers, and digital logic. Introduction to automated experimentation. (1 hour lecture, 6 hours laboratory). Instructional fee required.

    Prerequisite: PHYS 226 .

    Undergraduate Course not available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 411 - Modern Optics (3)


    Wave propagation. Fourier optics, introduction to spatial filtering and image enhancement, lasers, analytical ray tracing, matrix methods in optics.

    Prerequisites: PHYS 300 PHYS 330A  or PHYS 340 .

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 416 - Thermal and Statistical Physics (3)


    Disciplines of thermodynamics statistical mechanics and kinetic theory (and their applications); their unifying microscopic foundation.

    Prerequisites: PHYS 227 PHYS 300 .

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 454 - Introduction to the Solid State of Matter (3)


    Physical properties of matter in the solid state, as explained by atomic theory. Crystal structure, thermal, electric and magnetic properties of metals, semi-conductors, band theory and solid state devices.

    Prerequisites: PHYS 300 , PHYS 340 .

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 455 - Introduction to Quantum Physics (3)


    Concepts and theory of quantum physics. Early quantum theories, the Schroedinger equation, Eigenvalue equations, operators, commutation properties, applications to simple quantum systems, angular momentum.

    Prerequisites: PHYS 300 , PHYS 340 .

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 476 - Atomic/Molecular Physics (3)


    Theory of atoms and small molecules including perturbation methods. Topics include the interaction of atoms and molecules with electric and magnetic fields and electromagnetic radiation, angular momentum coupling, anti-symmetrization, and the spectroscopy of atoms and simple diatomic methods.

    Prerequisites: PHYS 300 , PHYS 340 .

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 481 - Experimental Physics (3)


    Techniques and methods of experimental physics including: use of sensors, transducers, time series, power spectra, phase sensitive detection, computer interfacing and signal conditioning. Experiments cover several areas of physics. (1 hour lecture, 6 hours laboratory). Instructional fee required.

    Prerequisites: PHYS 300 PHYS 380 .

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

  
  • PHYS 495 - Internship (1-3)


    Professional physics work in industry or government to provide an in-depth experience. Written report is required. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units. Requires consent of the chair.

    Prerequisites: Physics major; junior or senior standing.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

    Department Consent Required
  
  • PHYS 496 - Student-to-Student Tutorials (1-3)


    Learn through teaching, increase mastery of subject matter, develop awareness of teaching problems and competence in teaching techniques. Consult Student-to-Student Tutorials in this catalog for more complete course description. May be repeated for a maximum of 3 units. Requires consent of chair.

    Prerequisite: junior or senior standing.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

    Department Consent Required
  
  • PHYS 499 - Independent Study (1-3)


    Topic in physics, selected in consultation with and completed under the supervision of the instructor. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units. Requires approval of study plan by department chair and instructor.

    400-level Undergraduate Course available for Graduate Credit

    Department Consent Required
  
  • PHYS 510 - Mathematical Physics (3)


    Advanced techniques in mathematical physics: calculus of variation, coordinate transformations, tensor analysis, special functions, series solutions of differential equations, orthogonal functions, partial differential equations, numerical techniques for the solution of differential equations, complex variables, integral transforms, probability, Monte Carlo methods.

    Prerequisite: PHYS 300 .

    Graduate-level

 

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