Union University Physics Program

Announcements

 

The physics program of Union University seeks to support science teaching in West Tennessee in a variety of ways. One of those ways is in maintaining an active physics program for training future science teachers and supporting current teachers through courses relevant to their discipline. For those wishing to certify in physics we have two offerings that might be of particular interest.

 

PHY 314 Intermediate Electricity and Magnetism, June and July 2003, three meetings a week in late afternoon. The prerequisite is the completion of one year of calculus-based general physics. The course will begin with a unit on vector algebra, calculus in three dimensions, and curvilinear coordinates. Once these mathematical foundations have been planted, the course proceeds to address electrostatic and magnetostatic fields (in vacuum and media), Laplace’s equation, multipole expansions, Maxwell’s equations, and conclude with electromagnetic waves.

 

PHY 311 Modern Physics will be offered Fall Semester of 2003. This course covers the physics of the 20th century and begins with an introduction to Einstein’s Special Relativity.  Next, the wave properties of matter are discussed, followed by an introduction to quantum physics which deals with the structure of the atom. The course concludes with units on radiation, nuclear, and particle physics. (This course is sometimes referred to as the “third semester” of introductory physics.)

 

 

More Happenings in the Physics Program!

 

*We will also be offering Physical Science (Physics 111) as well as Earth and Space Science (Physics 112) in the summer of 2003.

*For 7th-9th grade students we're offering the 2nd annual Adventures  in Physics Summer Camp, June 2003. This 8 day experience introduces students to the major areas of physics with lectures, daily experiments, hands-on activities, and carry home experiments. Click for Registration Form and Topics!
Galileo, move over! Summer researchers busy at rediscovering how the universe works, Adventures in Physics Summer Camp, June 2002.

 

*We also enjoy visiting science classes or having them visit us! Call us for demo shows at your school or here at Union University.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For further information on any of the above, feel free to contact :

 

Dr. Kyle Hathcox                                                   Dr. David Ward

Physics Program Coordinator            or                 731-661-5241

731-661-5249