Career planning and job application skills for students in physics, astronomy, or a closely related area. Prerequisite: Completion of at least 20 credit hours of coursework in the physical sciences or mathematics, or admission to the PHY M.S. program.

Exposes pre-service secondary chemistry and physics teachers to theory and practice of teaching in secondary schools, design of instructional units and safety practices. Must be completed prior to student teaching. Identical to CHM 505. Credit may not be earned in more than one of these courses. Prerequisites: CHM 132 or CHM 161; PHY 131 or PHY 146; Tier Two - Admission of Candidacy to Teacher Education; signed major or minor in chemistry, physics, or chemistry-physics (secondary education); Junior standing. Graduate students must be enrolled in a teaching master's program.

Supervised experience in high school chemistry and/or physics classes. Experience will include observation, participation in instruction, and critical analysis of the experience. Identical to CHM 507. Credit may not be earned in more than one of these courses. CR/NC only. Prerequisites: Tier Two - Admission of Candidacy to Teacher Education; junior or senior standing. Graduate students must be enrolled in a teaching master's program. Pre/Co-requisite: CHM 505 or PHY 505.

Introduction to standard numerical techniques applied to problems in physics, including numerical differentiation and integration, systems of differential equations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and Monte-Carlo simulations. Prerequisites: MTH 233; or graduate standing. Pre/Co- requisites: PHY 322, MTH 334; or graduate standing. Recommended: Basic knowledge of a programming language such as FORTRAN, Java, C, Python, or others.

Radioactive transformations, detection of radiation, methods of producing high-speed particles, nuclear structure, fission, cosmic radiation and applications of radioactivity. Prerequisite: PHY 442 or graduate standing in Physics.

Geometrical and physical optics, electromagnetic theory of light, interference and diffraction from standpoint of Huygens' principle, Fourier formalism, polarized light, principles and applications of lasers. Prerequisites: PHY 332.

Vibrational and electronic properties of crystalline materials as well as more specialized selected topics such as magnetism, optical, and transport properties. Prerequisites: PHY 442 or graduate standing in Physics. Pre/Co-requisites: PHY 450 or graduate standing in Physics.

Selected experiments utilizing the techniques of modern experimental physics. Writing Intensive. Prerequisites: PHY 277, PHY 322 or graduate standing in Physics. Pre/Co-requisites: PHY 332 or graduate standing in Physics.

Special topics not included in standard courses in physics. Course may be taken more than once; total credit not to exceed six hours. Prerequisite: PHY 442 or graduate standing.