1983-1984 Academic Catalog

71-450 Study in Chemistry 1-4 hours Independent experimental study of some chemical phenome- non. 71-453 autumn winter ..,.u,.,.... 11-...... ~ 3 hours spring quarter A study of the properties of chemical systems, including the fundamentals of thermodynamics, chemical dynamics, and quan– tum mechanics. Three lectures and one 3-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: 71-254 Quantitative Analysis or 71-273 Gen- eral Physics. (Alternate, odd years) 71-454 Advanced 5 hours Modem 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 2-5 hours Topics of special interest are selected by the chemistry faculty from the areas of modem chemistry. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequisite: 71-153 General Chemistry or equivalent and consent of instructor. 5 hours each nn~rj~Jll>r Basic concepts of mechanics, heat, sound, light, electricity, magnetism, and modem physics. Four lectures and one 2-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: 71-281 Analytic Geometry and Calculus. 71-274 Mechanics I- Statics 5 hours 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 ofparticles and bodies by the methods of Newton's laws, work-energy, and impulse-momentum. Five lectures per week. Prerequisite: 71-274 Mechanics I-Statics. 71-277 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. 71-376 Electricity and 5 hours Basic concepts of electricity and magnetism. AC and DC cir– cuits, electromagnetism, basic electronic circuits. Prerequisite: 71-272 General Physics, 71-388 Advanced Calculus. 71-378, 71-379 Modem 5 hours each nn!:arts~r An extension of basic concepts of modem 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) 71-283 and Calculus 5 each fiH!:llll"1tPr 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 and Calculus. 71 -387 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.