1982-1983 Academic Catalog

108 71-454 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry 5 hours Modern concepts of the structure of matter, nature of the chem– ical bond, complex ions, and the periodic properties of the ele– ments. Prerequisite: 71-254 Quantitative Analysis. 71-455 Topics in Chemistry 2-5 hours Topics of special interest are selected by the chemistry faculty from the areas of modern chemistry. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: 71-153 General Chemistry or equivalent and consent of instructor. PHYSICS 71-271, 71-272, 71-273 Genernl Physics 5 hours each quarter Basic concepts of mechanics, heat, sound, light, electricity, magnetism, and modern physics. Four lectures and one 2-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: 71-281 Analytic Geometry and Calculus. 71-274 Mechanics 1- Statics 5 hom·s A study of the principles of mechanics including force systems, free body diagrams, resultants and equilibrium, centroids and centers of gravity, friction, moments of inertia with applications. Five lectures per week. Prerequisite: 71-271 General Physics, 71-283 Analytic Geometry and Calculus. 71-275 Mechanics II- Dynamics 5 hours A study of kinematics including translation, rotation, plane motion and relative motion. Also includes the kinetics of particles and bodies by the methods of Newton's laws, work-energy, and impulse-momentum. Five lectures per week. Prerequisite: 71-274 Mechanics I-Statics. 71-276 Electricity and Magnetism 5 hours Basic concepts of electricity and magnetism, AC and DC cir– cuits, electromagnetism, basic electronic circuits .Prerequisite: 71-272 General Physics. (Alternate, odd years) 71-277 Strength of Materials 3 hours The study of stresses, strains, and deflections under forces of tension, compression, shear and torsion; shear and moment dia– grams, buckling, and properties of materials. Three lectures per week. Prerequisite: 71-274 Mechanics I-Statics. 71-378, 71-379 Modem Physics 5 hours each quarter An extension of basic concepts of modern physics learned in General Physics. Topics include structure of matter, electricity and light, kinetic theory, x-rays, nuclear reactions, atomic and nuclear structure, radioactivity. Prerequisite: 71-273 General Physics. (Alternate, even years) MATHEMATICS 71-281, 71-282, 71-283 Analytic Geometry and Calculus 5 hours each quarter An integrated course of the basic concepts of analytic geometry and calculus. Includes theory of limits, derivatives, integrals, conic sections, solid analytic geometry, partial derivatives, multi– ple integrals, infinite series, differential equations. Prerequisite: 71-184, 71-185 Introduction to Analysis or equivalent. 71-384 Probability and Statistics 5 hours Probability, binomial, normal, t, chi square, and F distribu– tions; regression and analysis of variance are studied from theoretical and practical viewpoints. Prerequisite: 71-282 Analy– tic Geometry and Calculus. 71-387 Differential Equations 5 hours A study of the standard techniques employed in the solution of differential equations with emphasis on those arising from phys– ical problems. Prerequisite: 71-283 Analytic Geometry and Cal– culus. 71-388, 71-389 Advanced Calculus 5 hours Topics in function theory, differential and integral calculus of several variables, line and surface integrals, and infinite series are covered. Prerequisite: 71-283 Analytic Geometry and Calculus. 71-394 Linear Algebra -A 5 hours An introduction to the algebra of linear equations, including determinants, matrices, vector spaces, eigenvalues, and eigen– vectors, and linear mapping. Prerequisite: 71-283 Analytic Geo- metry and Calculus. (Alternate, even years) 71-396 Modern Algebra - 5 hours Introduction of sets and logic, and the development of algeb– raic systems, groups, rings, integral domains, and fields. Pre– requisite: 71-282 Analytic Geometry and Calculus. (Alternate, even years)