Description
212: Modern Physics.
Goal: To understand the principles of modern physics.
Content: The development of modern physics, with emphasis on relativity, the kinetic theory of matter, quantum theory, the Schroedinger equation, and atomic physics.
Taught: Spring. Alternate years.
Prerequisites: PHY 122, or, with departmental approval, PHY 116 and MAT 205.
Credit: 4 hours.