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NUTR 543 - Research Methods I 2 Credit Hours
Scientific method, study design, data interpretation, and critical evaluation of current nutrition literature.
Recommended Background: Statistics and advanced nutrition.
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NUTR 545 - Research Methods II 2 Credit Hours
Ethics and compliance, scientific grant writing, and critical evaluation of current nutrition literature.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 543.
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NUTR 547 - Field Experience 3-9 Credit Hours
Experience in food-related industry or agency under supervision of faculty member.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 20 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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NUTR 548 - Directed Study in Nutrition 1-3 Credit Hours
Advanced study in nutrition.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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NUTR 549 - Special Topics 1-3 Credit Hours
Recent advances in nutrition or food systems administration.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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NUTR 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation 3-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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NUTR 602 - Advanced Topics in Nutrition Science 1-3 Credit Hours
Comprehensive individual study and group discussion of topics related to current problems in nutrition.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 512 or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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NUTR 616 - Maternal and Child Nutrition 3 Credit Hours
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 511 and 543.
Recommended Background: Advanced Nutrition or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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NUTR 618 - Nutrition and Aging 3 Credit Hours
Topical readings from the current research literature will be assigned each week and discussed in class the following week.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 511.
Recommended Background: Advanced nutrition course or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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NUTR 621 - Physiological Basis for Diet and Disease 3 Credit Hours
Altered nutrient needs as result of metabolic changes that occur in selected disease states.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 511.
Comment(s): Prior knowledge may satisfy prerequisite with consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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Philosophy (PHIL) |
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PHIL 400 - Special Topics 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
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PHIL 420 - Topics in History of Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
One or more figures or movements from antiquity through mid-20th-century.
Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 9 hours.
Recommended Background: 6 hours of philosophy courses.
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PHIL 435 - Intermediate Formal Logic 3 Credit Hours
Metatheory of formal logic and philosophy of logic.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 235.
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PHIL 441 - Global Justice and Human Rights 3 Credit Hours
Issues such as justice between distinct and diverse political communities; universal human rights; and moral issues in environment, trade, and development.
Cross-listed: (Same as Global Studies 441.)
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PHIL 442 - Topics in Applied Ethics 3 Credit Hours
Topic varies.
Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 9 hours.
Recommended Background: 6 hours of philosophy courses.
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PHIL 450 - Topics in Ethical Theory 3 Credit Hours
Topic varies.
Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 9 hours.
Recommended Background: 6 hours of philosophy courses.
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PHIL 460 - Topics in Philosophy of Science 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 6 hours.
Recommended Background: 6 hours of philosophy courses.
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PHIL 480 - Topics in Metaphysics and Epistemology 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 9 hours.
Recommended Background: 6 hours of philosophy courses.
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PHIL 500 - Thesis 1-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHIL 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities 1-15 Credit Hours
Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHIL 510 - Philosophical Research 1-15 Credit Hours
Paper workshop (writing, revising papers, getting papers ready to publish).
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
Credit Restriction: May not be applied toward degree requirements.
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PHIL 520 - Topics in Ancient or Medieval Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
Intensive critical work on major philosopher or school.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
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PHIL 522 - Topics in Modern Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
Intensive critical work on major philosopher or school.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
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PHIL 524 - Topics in 20th-Century Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
Intensive critical work on major philosopher or school.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
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PHIL 528 - Topics in Contemporary Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
Intensive critical work on themes in late 20th-century philosophy.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
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PHIL 540 - Topics in Ethics or Value Theory 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
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PHIL 542 - Topics in History of Ethics 3 Credit Hours
Dominant movements in history of ethics.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
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PHIL 545 - Topics in Environmental Ethics 3 Credit Hours
Content may vary.
Repeatability: May be repeated if content differs. Maximum 9 hours.
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PHIL 560 - Topics in the Philosophy of Science 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
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PHIL 573 - Topics in Metaphysics 3 Credit Hours
Topics vary.
Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 9 hours.
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PHIL 574 - Topics in Epistemology 3 Credit Hours
Topics vary.
Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 9 hours.
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PHIL 577 - Topics in Philosophy of Mind 3 Credit Hours
Relation of mental to physical and the role of words in discourse about mental activities, thinking and feeling.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
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PHIL 585 - Special Topics 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
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PHIL 590 - Topics in Social and Political Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
Philosophical problems concerning social and political life: family, state, freedom, justice; major theoretical responses: anarchism, social contract, Marxism.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
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PHIL 591 - Foreign Study 1-15 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
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PHIL 592 - Off-Campus Study 1-15 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
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PHIL 593 - Independent Study 1-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit or letter grade.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 30 hours.
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PHIL 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation 3-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHIL 601 - Proseminar 3 Credit Hours
Topically focused seminar with emphasis on development of philosophical skills and methods. Required of all first-year graduate students in philosophy.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHIL 620 - Topics in Ancient or Medieval Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHIL 622 - Topics in Modern Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHIL 624 - Topics in Contemporary Philosophy 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHIL 626 - Topics in Metaphysics and Epistemology 3 Credit Hours
Topics vary.
Repeatability: May be repeated if topic differs. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHIL 640 - Topics in Ethics or Value Theory 3 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHIL 644 - Topics in Applied Ethics 3 Credit Hours
Content may vary.
Repeatability: May be repeated if content differs. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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Physics (PHYS) |
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PHYS 405 - Science, Technology, and Public Policy 3 Credit Hours
The United States faces challenges which include climate change, energy independence, human genomics, nano-technology, and modified food crops. The process by which public policy decisions are made, currently and historically, in the federal government is examined with an eye to the role scientists, advocacy groups, industry, researchers, national laboratories and individual citizens play in setting public policy. The role played by political values in setting the research agenda is explored.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum junior standing.
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PHYS 411 - Introduction to Quantum Mechanics 3 Credit Hours
Fundamental principles of quantum mechanics. The Uncertainty Principle. Solutions of the Schrödinger equation in one dimension. Bound states. Angular momentum. The Hydrogen atom. Required course for all physics majors.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 250.
Recommended Background: A course (200-level or higher) in advanced calculus.
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PHYS 412 - Introduction to Quantum Mechanics II 3 Credit Hours
Methods of calculation: perturbation theory, the variational principle, and the WKB approximation. Introduction to scattering theory. Quantum statistics. Applications to atomic, molecular, nuclear, and condensed matter physics. This course is targeted toward students who intend to pursue graduate studies in physics.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 411.
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PHYS 421 - Modern Optics 4 Credit Hours
Transmission of light in uniform, isotropic media, reflection and transmission at interfaces. Mathematics of wave motion and interference effects. Rudiments of Fourier optics and holography.
Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 3 labs.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 136 or 138 or 232 or 431.
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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PHYS 431 - Electricity and Magnetism 3 Credit Hours
Electrostatics and magnetostatics in vacuum and in matter. Time-dependent electric and magnetic fields. Maxwell’s equations. Required course for all physics majors.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 136 or 138 or 232.
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PHYS 432 - Electricity and Magnetism II 3 Credit Hours
Methods of calculation in electrostatics and magnetostatics. Conservation laws. Potentials. Electromagnetic waves. Relativistic electrodynamics. Radiation. This course is targeted toward students who intend to pursue graduate studies in physics.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 431.
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PHYS 461 - Modern Physics Laboratory 3 Credit Hours
Introduction to fundamental and modern techniques in experimental physics, and to the theory and practice of measurement and data analysis. Selected experiments in nuclear, atomic, molecular and solid state physics, and modern optics.
Contact Hour Distribution: 6 hours lab per week.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 361; and 250 or 411.
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PHYS 490 - Senior Seminar 1-3 Credit Hours
Topics of current interest.
Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 6 hours.
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PHYS 500 - Thesis 1-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHYS 501 - Graduate Research Participation 3 Credit Hours
Advanced research techniques under supervision of staff research director whose research area coincides with interests of student.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 18 hours.
Comment(s): Open to all graduate students in good standing.
Registration Permission: Consent of department and research director.
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PHYS 502 - Registration for Use of Facilities 1-15 Credit Hours
Required for the student not otherwise registered during any semester when student uses university facilities and/or faculty time before degree is completed.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Credit Restriction: May not be used toward degree requirements.
Credit Level Restriction: Graduate credit only.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHYS 503 - Physics Colloquium 1 Credit Hours
Lectures and discussion on current research topics. Continuous registration required for current graduate students.
Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
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PHYS 506 - Experimental Methods 3 Credit Hours
Introduction to experimental methods of spectroscopy through hands on operation of FTIR, Raman, NMR, photoelectron, laser and mass spectrometers. Principles and hazards of cw and pulsed lasers, radiation detectors, photomultiplier tubes, image intensifiers, image converters; high-vacuum systems including cryogenic-based devices, data acquisition techniques including lock-in amplifiers, box-car integrators, digital electronics methods and micro-computer data acquisition.
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PHYS 507 - Contemporary Optics 3 Credit Hours
Topics in geometrical, physical, Fourier, and nonlinear optics and introductory laser physics. Extensive use of computer calculations and design of practical and sophisticated optical systems.
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PHYS 513 - Problems in Theoretical Physics I 3 Credit Hours
Fundamentals of physics: classical mechanics (Newtonian mechanics, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics) and electrostatics and magnetostatics.
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PHYS 514 - Problems in Theoretical Physics II 3 Credit Hours
Fundamentals of physics: electrodynamics, relativity, and quantum mechanics.
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PHYS 521 - Quantum Mechanics 3 Credit Hours
Fundamental principles of quantum mechanics, angular momentum, electron spin, particles in electric and magnetic fields, perturbation theory, variational methods, scattering theory; second quantization, quantization of electromagnetic field, emission, absorption, and scattering of light, bremsstrahlung, pair creation and annihilation. Application of quantum mechanics to problems of atomic, molecular, nuclear, and solid state physics.
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PHYS 522 - Quantum Mechanics 3 Credit Hours
Fundamental principles of quantum mechanics, angular momentum, electron spin, particles in electric and magnetic fields, perturbation theory, variational methods, scattering theory; second quantization, quantization of electromagnetic field, emission, absorption, and scattering of light, bremsstrahlung, pair creation and annihilation. Application of quantum mechanics to problems of atomic, molecular, nuclear, and solid state physics.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 521.
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PHYS 531 - Classical Mechanics 3 Credit Hours
Variational formulation, Lagrange’s and Hamilton’s equations, constraints, canonical transformations, Hamilton-Jacobi theory and action-angle variables.
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PHYS 541 - Electromagnetic Theory 3 Credit Hours
Review of electrostatics, magnetostatics, and quasi-static problems; Maxwell’s field equations and their solutions in dielectric and conducting media; electrodynamics and relativity, retarded potentials and gauge transformations, radiation produced by accelerating charges.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 571.
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PHYS 551 - Statistical Mechanics 3 Credit Hours
Ergodic theory, classical ensemble theory, quantum mechanical ensembles, relation of statistical mechanics to thermodynamics, transport theory and approach to equilibrium, phase transition, fluctuations and correlations.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 521, 531, and 571.
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PHYS 555 - Solid State Physics 3 Credit Hours
Elementary solid state physics. Bonding in solids, free-electron-gas theory of metals, crystal structures, reciprocal lattice, energy bands, phonons, semiconductors and semiconductor devices, optical properties of solids, phenomenological description of superconductivity, magnetism, and other forms of broken symmetry.
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PHYS 556 - A Survey of Modern Nuclear Physics Topics 3 Credit Hours
Covers essential problems in nuclear physics with emphasis on topics from high, medium and low-energy nuclear physics. Models of the nucleon and nuclei will be surveyed and contemporary experimental methods will be presented in the context of applications and other areas of physics.
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PHYS 571 - Mathematical Methods in Physics I 3 Credit Hours
Linear vector spaces, matrices, tensors, curvilinear coordinates, functions of a complex variable, partial differential equations and boundary value problems, Green’s functions, integral transforms, integral equations, spherical harmonics, Bessel functions, calculus of variations.
Cross-listed: (Same as Mathematics 517.)
Recommended Background: Advanced calculus and differential equations.
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PHYS 573 - Numerical Methods in Physics 3 Credit Hours
Numerical methods for solution of physical problems, use of digital computers, analysis of errors.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 571 or consent of instructor.
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PHYS 591 - Foreign Study 1-15 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
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PHYS 592 - Off-Campus Study 1-15 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
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PHYS 593 - Independent Study 1-15 Credit Hours
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 15 hours.
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PHYS 594 - Special Problems 3 Credit Hours
Especially assigned theoretical or experimental work on problems not covered in other courses.
Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
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PHYS 599 - Seminars 1-3 Credit Hours
(a) Mechanics; (b) Radiation; (c) Heat and Thermodynamics; (d) Electricity and Magnetism; (e) Modern Physics.
Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 18 hours.
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PHYS 600 - Doctoral Research and Dissertation 3-15 Credit Hours
Grading Restriction: P/NP only.
Repeatability: May be repeated.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHYS 601 - Atomic Physics 3 Credit Hours
Survey of research problems and methods. Topics of current interest.
Comment(s): Intended for all graduate students.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHYS 602 - Atomic Physics 3 Credit Hours
Advanced problems.
Comment(s): For students specializing in the field.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHYS 605 - Laser Spectroscopy 3 Credit Hours
Applications of lasers to spectroscopy of atomic and molecular systems; absorption, laser-induced fluorescence, and Raman spectroscopy; molecular and atomic coherence, quantum beats, resonance fluorescence, photon echoes, self-induced transparency; saturation and Doppler-free spectroscopy; laser cooling and trapping.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 521 and 541.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHYS 606 - Nonlinear Optics 3 Credit Hours
Nonlinear optical susceptibilities, wave propagation in nonlinear media, sum-frequency and difference frequency generation, harmonic generation, parametric amplification and oscillation, stimulated Raman processes, two- and multi-photon processes, four-wave mixing and phase conjugation, transient coherent optical effects and free induction decay, optical breakdown and nonlinear effects in plasmas.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 522.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHYS 610 - Quantum Optics 3 Credit Hours
Quantum theory of emission and absorption of radiation; frequency-dependent susceptibility; coherence theory; field quantization and coherent photon states; interaction of radiation with atoms; photon optics, counting and higher-order coherence; atomic scattering phenomena.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 521.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHYS 611 - Advanced Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory 3 Credit Hours
Survey of problems and methods. Topics of current interest.
Comment(s): Intended for all graduate students.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHYS 612 - Advanced Topics in Quantum Field Theory 3 Credit Hours
Renormalization, Lamb shift, anomalous magnetic moments, gauge theories, electroweak theory, quantum chromodynamics, grand unified theories, and advanced topics in laser physics and quantum optics. Topics vary according to interest of students, instructor, and present state of physics.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 611 or consent of instructor.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHYS 615 - Astrophysics and Cosmology 3 Credit Hours
Stellar evolution: hydrostatic equilibrium, energy production and transport, star birth, main sequence, red giants, variable stars, and stellar explosions. General relativity and gravitation, white dwarfs, neutron stars, pulsars, and black holes.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHYS 616 - Astrophysics and Cosmology 3 Credit Hours
Galaxies and the interstellar medium. Active galaxies, quasars, and supermassive black holes. Large-scale structure, the expanding Universe, cosmologies, big bang, cosmic background radiation, inflation, dark matter, formation of structure, and fate of the Universe. The Planck scale and quantum gravity.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHYS 621 - Nuclear Physics 3 Credit Hours
Survey of research problems and methods. Topics of current interest.
Comment(s): Intended for all graduate students.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHYS 622 - Nuclear Physics 3 Credit Hours
Advanced problems.
Comment(s): Intended for students specializing in the field.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHYS 626 - Elementary Particle Physics 3 Credit Hours
Survey of elementary particle physics: experimental methods, conservation laws, invariance principles, and models of interactions.
Comment(s): Intended for all graduate students.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHYS 627 - Elementary Particle Physics 3 Credit Hours
Advanced topics - quark models, electroweak interactions, and unification of elementary forces.
Comment(s): Intended for students specializing in the field.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHYS 642 - Advanced Topics in Modern Physics 3 Credit Hours
Advanced theoretical or experimental topics not covered in other courses.
Repeatability: May be repeated with consent of department. Maximum 9 hours.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHYS 643 - Computational Physics 3 Credit Hours
Developing computer algorithms for solving representative problems in various fields of physics, celestial dynamics in astrophysics, boundary value problems in electromagnetism, atomic and nuclear structures, band structure in solid state physics, transport problems in statistical mechanics, Monte Carlo simulation of liquids, fitting and interpolation of data, correlation analysis, or optimization strategy.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 521, 531, and 571.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHYS 671 - Advanced Solid State Physics 3 Credit Hours
Second quantization. Models of fermion and boson systems. Interacting electrons at the mean field level: Hartree-Fock and density functional theory. Linear response theory (I): Thomas-Fermi and Lindhard models, Friedel oscillations. Semi-classical theory of transport, transport in quantum/topological systems, electron-phonon interactions, charge density waves, Kohn anomalies, BCS theory of superconductivity.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 555.
Comment(s): Intended for graduate students seeking a more advanced exposure to the principles of Solid State Physics.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PHYS 672 - Advanced Solid State Physics 3 Credit Hours
Magnetism: microscopic mechanism, spin-wave theory, magnons. Strongly correlated systems: Hubbard model, Mott insulators, charge transfer insulators, many-body methods including Green’s functions. Spectral functions. Linear response theory (II). Impurities: Kondo problem, periodic Anderson model, High-Tc superconductivity.
(DE) Prerequisite(s): 671.
Comment(s): Intended for graduate students seeking a more advance exposure to the principles of Solid State Physics.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.
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PLSC 410 - Nursery Management and Production 3 Credit Hours
Management methods as applied to retail and wholesale nurseries and landscape contracting firms. Methods of producing liners, container and field-grown woody liners, containers and field-grown ornamental plants.
Recommended Background: Working knowledge and familiarity with regionally adapted ornamental plant varieties.
Comment(s): Offered Spring in alternate, odd-numbered years.
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PLSC 421 - Native Plants in the Landscape 3 Credit Hours
Native plants and plant communities as a basis for landscaping and environmental restoration. Weekly lecture coupled with either an outing or service practicum of invasive exotic plant removals or planting of natives. Study and work sites will primarily be demonstration projects of the University of Tennessee Environmental Landscape Design Lab. They include local schoolyard habitats, greenways, wetlands, streambanks, and shorelines.
Contact Hour Distribution: One 1.5-hour lecture, one 4-hour lab.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): 220 or Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 330.
Recommended Background: Coursework or familiarity with general principles and practices in horticulture.
Comment(s): Graduate standing or prior experience may satisfy prerequisite(s) with consent of instructor.
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PLSC 429 - Field Study of Public Horticulture Institutions 2 Credit Hours
Extended 10-12 day field study of various public horticulture institutions such as botanical gardens, arboreta, historical grounds, zoos, conservatories, cemeteries, and nature preserves.
Comment(s): Offered only during mini-term; application and student course fee required (additional fees may apply depending upon horticultural sites visited).
Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
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PLSC 430 - Greenhouse Management 3 Credit Hours
Principles of greenhouse operation and management for commercial crop production. Greenhouse construction and operation, crop scheduling, and cost accounting. Environmental inputs and cultural practices as they affect plant physiological processes and influence plant growth and development. Weekend field trips may be required.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab.
Recommended Background: 210 or working familiarity with general principles and practices of horticulture.
Comment(s): Offered Spring in alternate, even-numbered years.
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PLSC 434 - Fruit and Vegetable Crops 3 Credit Hours
Botanical description, geographical distribution, general cultural practices of warm and cool season vegetables, small fruits, and deciduous tree fruits.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab.
Recommended Background: 210 or working familiarity with general principles and practices of horticulture.
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PLSC 435 - Field and Forage Crops 3 Credit Hours
Agronomic principles of forage and field crop production, establishment, fertilization and management practices will be discussed using forage crops as the primary model.
Recommended Background: Coursework in general agronomics or crop production.
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PLSC 436 - Plant and Garden Photography 3 Credit Hours
Principles and techniques of photography as they relate to plants and gardens. Study of equipment options and field shooting under various weather conditions and in different seasons.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level ― senior or graduate standing.
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