Undergraduate Courses :: Physics 244

Name:   General Physics 3: Modern Physics
Description:  
Format:   To be properly registered, you must enroll in one lecture and one lab.
Prerequisites:   Grade of C or better in Phys 142 or an average grade of B or better in PHYS 107 and 108 and credit in MATH 181.
Credits:   3 hours.
Outline:   Special theory of relativity. Particle-wave duality. Uncertainty principle. Bohr model Introduction to quantum mechanics. Schroedinger equation. Hydrogen atom. Many-electron atoms. Introduction to nuclear and particle physics.
Typical Text:   Taylor & Zafiratos
Webpage:   physicsweb.phy.uic.edu/244/
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