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

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