Catalog of North Texas State University, 1984-1985, Graduate Page: 86
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86/Physics
Examinations
In addition to the entrance interview
required of all graduate students in physics,
as described above under the master's
examinations, the following examinations
apply to the Doctor of Philosophy degree:
Qualifying Examination
1. The first part of the qualifying exami-
nation is taken after completion of the
basic curriculum (see below), and consists
of an examination over its contents. The
Departmental Examination Committee
(DEC) will schedule and administer the
examination.
2. The second part of the qualifying exami-
nation consists of the student's oral pre-
sentation to the Graduate Advisory
Committee. The presentation will detail a
proposed dissertation topic and will dem-
onstrate familiarity with both laboratory
equipment and the theoretical basis of the
phenomena to be studied. Upon accept-
ance of the proposal by the Advisory Com-
mittee, the applicant applies to the Dean
of the Graduate School for admission to can-
didacy, and may begin research.
Final Examination
This oral examination is primarily a
defense of the dissertation which must be
submitted, in final form, to the Final Exam-
ination Committee at least 30 days prior to
the scheduled oral examination. Additional
committee members will be named by the
Dean of the Graduate School to partici-
pate in this examination.
Course Work
For the student who has not had previous
graduate study, the approximate require-
ments are as follows:
A. Basic-curriculum courses (21 sem. hrs.)
B. Survey courses (9 sem. hrs.)
C. Courses in the student's major area of
concentration (9 sem. hrs.)
D. Courses in a minor area or related areas
of concentration (12 sem. hrs.)
E. Additional approved work (39 sem. hrs.)
The graduate student will select his
courses in physics from the following, which
are grouped according to concentrations.
The course requirements for category D
(see above) may be met by any combina-
tion of courses chosen from a minor field
area or any areas of concentration outside
the student's major area.Basic Curriculum: 5500-5510, 5710, 5720-
6030, 6110, 6000
Survey Courses: 5250, 5300, 5450, 5600,
6330
Atomic Concentration: 5600, 6300, 6330,
6340
Quantum Optics Concentration: 5250,
6200, 6210, 6250
Additional Approved Work: 5900-5910 or
5980-5990, 5920-5930, 5951, 2, 6900-
6910, 6940, 6951, 2, 3, 4
Theoretical Concentration: 5610, 6500,
6510, 6750
Solid State Concentration: 5610, 6450,
6460, 6800
Courses of Instruction
Two course numbers appear with each
course. The new four diglit number is listed
first and the old number appears in
parentheses. New courses will have only the
four digit number listed.
Physics (PHYS)
4110. (411) Statistical and Thermal Physics.
3 hours. Basic probability concepts; sta-
tistical description of systems of particles;
statistical thermodynamics and thermody-
namic laws; macroscopic and microscopic
descriptions of systems; phase transforma-
tions. Lecture three hours, recitation one
hour per week. Prerequisite: PHYS 2230,
MATH 2730.
4160. (416) Applied Nuclear and Atomic
Physics. 2 hours. A graduated series of
laboratory experiments designed to famil-
iarize the student with the experimental
techniques of precision measurements
in nuclear physics, the basic instrumenta-
tion for research, and techniques for data
analysis and simulation. Examples of experi-
ments are scintillation detector systems,
high-resolution gamma-ray energy spectro-
scopy, photon interactions with matter,
angular correlations, neutron activation
analysis, Rutherford scattering using the Van
de Graaff accelerator, etc. Lecture one
hour, laboratory three hours per week. Pre-
requisite: PHYS 3620. Credit: two semester
hours. Laboratory fee required.
4210. (421) Electricity and Magnetism. 3
hours. A rigorous vector treatment of elec-
trostatic fields in free space, multiple charge
distributions, boundary value problems in
electrostatics; dielectric theory; electro-
static field energy and capacitance; elec-
tromotive force and condition, steady elec-
tric currents, the electric circuit laws. Lec-
ture three hours, recitation one hour per
week. Prerequisite: differential equations;
PHYS 3210, which may be taken con-
currently.4310-4320. (431-432) The Quantum The-
ory of Atomic Structure. 3 hours each.
4310. (431) The Lorentz transformation
and special relativity; origins of the modern
theory of atomic structure; Scnroedinger's
formulation of non-relativistic, single-particle
quantum mechanics and its application
to simple systems; perturbation theory; the
one-electron atom. Lecture three hours,
recitation one hour per week. Prerequisite:
PHYS 2230, 3210.
4320. (432) Intrinsic angular momentum and
magnetic moments; the Pauli Principle
and its application to atomic systems; many-
electron atoms, atomic spectra and the
periodic table; the interaction of radiation
with material systems; scattering theory;
static and dynamic properties of the atomic
nucleus, nuclear models and nuclear
reactions. Lecture three hours, recitation one
hour per week. Prerequisite: PHYS 4310.
4420. (442) Physical Optics. 3 hours.
Huygen's principle and its application to
geometrical optics; interference pheno-
mena; Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction;
polarization; the electromagnetic theory
of light and its interaction with matter. Lec-
ture three hours, recitation one hour per
week. Prerequisite: PHYS 2230.
4500. (450) Applied Solid State Physics.
4 hours. (2;6). Theory and laboratory experi-
ence in solid state physics via use of
research-quality instruments. Crystallography,
x-ray diffraction, metals, insulators. Elec-
trical and optical properties of semi-
conductors. Low temperature techniques.
Prerequisite: PHYS 3210 and 3420, or
consent of department.
4700. (470) Procedures and Materials for
Teaching Secondary School Science. 3
hours. A study of the particular problems,
techniques, and procedures involved in
the teaching of science in junior and senior
high schools. Special laboratory attention
is given to the processes of science suit-
able for the secondary school. Same as
BIOL 4700 and CHEM 4700. Lecture two
hours; laboratory four hours a week.
Prerequisite: eighteen semester hours of
credit in physics. Laboratory fee required.
4750. (475) Lasers. 3 hours. Historical
background, lasing process, scientific and
engineering ideas in design and construc-
tion; technology and applications in indus-
try and research. Prerequisite: PHYS
3010 or consent of department. (Spring
semester, odd-numbered years.)
4920. (492) Cooperative Education in
Physics. 1-3 hours. Supervised work in a
job directly related to the student's major,
professional field of study or career objec-
tive. Prerequisite: 12 semester hours credit
in physics; student must meet employer
requirements and have consent of the de-
partment chairman. May be repeated.
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