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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

Corequisites: MATH-2214 or MATH-2214H.

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.04 (rounds to B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 26.13%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 4.00%

Almas Khan202122.4%41.0%23.1%5.3%1.9%6.3%2.802
Leo E Piilonen202452.4%28.1%9.9%6.4%1.4%1.8%3.203
Robert B Vogelaar201937.4%40.4%9.1%0.0%7.0%6.1%3.071

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Fall 2024Term050% W