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PHYS-3324: Modern Physics

Description: Photons and their interactions with matter, wave-particle duality, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, Schrodingers equation of motion, hydrogenic and multi-electron atoms, Pauli exclusion principle, molecules, solids, nuclei, elementary particles. Includes lab work. MATH 4544 can be substituted for co-requisite MATH 2214 or 2214H. Pre: 2306.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 4 credits

Prerequisites: PHYS-2306

Required By: NANO-4124, PHYS-3704, PHYS-4514, PHYS-4524, PHYS-4534

Corequisites: MATH-2214 or MATH-2214H.

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 15

Average GPA: 2.82 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 21.73%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 5.48%

Leo E Piilonen202344.3%27.8%15.6%6.1%1.1%5.2%3.113
Victoria G Soghomonian201318.2%43.1%26.4%8.2%2.5%1.6%2.663
Jean J Heremans201124.4%40.1%26.7%4.5%2.2%2.2%2.881
Almas Khan202125.5%36.5%19.6%9.1%4.4%4.9%2.723
Robert B Vogelaar201934.5%26.4%15.2%7.3%7.6%9.0%2.805

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