PHYS283Undergraduate
Optics and Modern Physics
Printed in the catalogue as OPTICS AND MODERN PHYSICS
Course content
Optics: ray model of light; reflection and refraction; mirrors; thin lenses, simple optical instruments, waves, interference, diffraction, polarization. Modern Physics: special theory of relativity, particle properties of waves, wave properties of particles, Bohr model of atoms; introduction to quantum mechanics, nucleus and radioactivity.
Where it sits in a curriculum
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- Elementary Science EducationYear 2, Fall semester
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