Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
FISI 4049. ELECTRONICS. Three credit hours.
Two lectures and one three-hour laboratory per
week. Prerequisites: (FISI 3164 or FISI 3174 or
FISI 3154) and (FISI 3162 or FISI 3172 or FISI
3152).
Discussion of AC circuits theory, vacuum tubes,
transistors, power supplies, amplifiers, oscillations,
servo systems, operational amplifiers, electronic
switching and other electronic circuits. Laboratory
exercises are designed so that students develop a
practical knowledge of electronic circuits.
FISI 4051. INTERMEDIATE MECHANICS.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: FISI 3162 or FISI 3172 and
MATE 3063 or MATE 3185.
A study of kinematics, dynamics, gravitation, and
motion of rigid bodies; elasticity, hydrostatics and
hydrodynamics; vibration and wave motion.
FISI 4052. DYNAMICS. Three credit hours.
Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: FISI
4051.
Dynamics of particles and rigid bodies. Lagrange
and Hamilton´s equations of motion and related
matters.
FISI 4057. THERMAL PHYSICS. Three credit
hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: FISI 3162 or FISI 3172 or FISI 3012
and MATE 3063 o MATE 3185.
A study of the three laws of thermodynamics,
equations of state, phase transitions, and
thermodynamics potentials, with an introduction of
classical and quantum statistics and applications of
the distribution functions of Boltzman, Bose-
Einstein, and Fermi-Dirac.
FISI 4068. ELECTROMAGNETISM. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: (FISI 3162 or FISI 3172) and (MATE
3063 or MATE 3185).
An introductory study of electric theory,
electrostatics, electric and magnetic field, theory of
linear circuits, and electromagnetic radiation.
FISI 4076. INTERMEDIATE LABORATORY I.
Two credit hours. Two three-hour laboratories per
week. Prerequisite: FISI 3164 or FISI 3174 or FISI
4049.
measurements and appropriate experimental
techniques.
FISI 4077. INTERMEDIATE LABORATORY II.
Two credit hours. Two three-hour laboratories per
week. Prerequisite: FISI 3164 or FISI 3174 or FISI
4049.
Includes intermediate laboratory experiments in
wave phenomena, solid state, atomic, nuclear, and
molecular physics. The student will acquire
general research laboratory techniques in
spectroscopy, electric and magnetic measurements,
vacuum systems, and low temperatures.
FISI 4105. MODERN PHYSICS. Three credit
hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: FISI 3162 or FISI 3172.
A study of topics of twentieth century physics,
including Relativity theory, Radiation theory,
atomic structure of hydrogen like atoms,
introduction to Schroedinger's equation, radioactive
and selected topics in nuclear and solid state
physics.
FISI 4125. COMPUTERS IN PHYSICS. Three
credit hours. Two hours of lecture and one threehour
laboratory per week. Prerequisite: INGE
3025 or MATE 3010 or COMP 3010 or
authorization of the Director of the Department.
Introduction to computer techniques and their
applications to physics.
FISI 4135. APPLIED OPTICS. Four credit hours.
Three hours of lecture and one two-hour laboratory
per week. Prerequisite: FISI 4017.
Current topics in applied optics including:
radiometry and photometry, light detectors, optical
fibers and wave guides, Fourier optics and optical
image processing, holography, electro-optics, and
integrated optics.
FISI 4996. COOP PRACTICE. Three to six credit
hours. Prerequisite: Authorization of the Director of
the Department.
Practical experience in physics in cooperation with
private industry or government to be jointly
supervised by the academic department, the COOP
Program Coordinator, and an official from the
cooperating organization.
Includes intermediate laboratory experiments in
mechanics, electricity, magnetism, and modern
physics, stressing the importance of precision
216 Undergraduate Catalogue 2004-2005