PHY 362 - Physics of Waves, 3 credit hours

Prerequisite(s): PHY 131, PHY 132 or PHY 145, PHY 146, one year of calculus, or instructor’s permission
Vibrations and waves are universal phenomena that affect objects and processes from ordinary scales down to subatomic particles and up to cosmic proportions. This course studies oscillations in mechanical and electromagnetic systems. Mathematics of complex numbers, differential equations, Fourier analysis, and linear algebra are introduced as needed. The Python programming language is used to solve appropriate problems.