• PHYS 4600: Topics in Medical Physics

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: PHYS 3110 and 3160. Topics in medical physics at an advanced undergraduate level integrated with topics from applied physics and mathematics. Possible topics include mechanics of the human body, thermodynamics and systems of many particles, diffusion and transport through neutral membranes, impulses in nerve and muscle cells, the exterior potential and the electrocardiogram, biomagnetism, electricity and magnetism at the cellular level, Fourier transforms and convolution in imaging, interactions of photons and charged particles with matter, the medical use of X-rays, nuclear medicine, and magnetic resonance imaging.
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• PHYS 4630: Principles of the Solid State

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: PHYS 3110 and 3150. Includes crystal structures, lattice dynamics, statistics of conductors and semiconductors, thermal properties, the metallic state, free electron theory, band theory of solids, dielectric and magnetic properties of solids, and the low temperature behavior of matter, particularly solids. Three hours lecture.
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• PHYS 4740: Research Methods

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  (Same as BIOL/CHEM/MATH 4740.) Prerequisite: YOED 3520. Provides secondary science and mathematics teacher candidates with the tools that scientists use to solve scientific problems. Students will use these tools in a laboratory setting, communicate findings, and understand how scientists develop new knowledge.
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• PHYS 4800: Special Topics A in Physics

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: An extensive physics background and permission of instructor. Detailed study of a selected topic of current interest in physics not normally covered in the regular undergraduate physics curriculum. Possible topics include advanced atomic physics, high-energy physics (nuclear and elementary particles), scattering theory, astrophysics, and general relativity.
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• PHYS 4810: Special Topics B in Physics

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: An extensive physics background and permission of instructor. Detailed study of a selected topic of current interest in physics not normally covered in the regular undergraduate physics curriculum. Possible topics include advanced atomic physics, high-energy physics (nuclear and elementary particles), scattering theory, astrophysics, and general relativity.
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• PHYS 4850: Physics Research

  2.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Independent study of a selected research problem in physics. Includes experimental and/or theoretical investigation of an important, yet unexplored, problem. Includes literature research, experiment design/problem formulation and execution, resulting in oral and written presentation of results suitable for submission for publication in a suitable journal. One hour lecture and significant additional time working with research mentor.
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• PHYS 4860: Physics Research

  2.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Independent study of a selected research problem in physics. Includes experimental and/or theoretical investigation of an important, yet unexplored, problem. Includes literature research, experiment design/problem formulation and execution, resulting in oral and written presentation of results suitable for submission for publication in a suitable journal.
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• PHYS 4900: Physics Senior Thesis

  2.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: PHYS 4850 and consent of department chair. Brings undergraduate experience to focus on a specific research problem; chosen with the consent of the thesis committee and with the potential for original discovery or for creative development of a tool or technique applicable to scientific research. Independent pursuit of research objectives outlined in a research proposal results in a written thesis whose approval will include an oral defense.
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• PLEG 3010: Litigation Trial Practice

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: PS 1005 and 2440. Legal procedures required for introducing and pursuing cases in the judicial system.
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• PLEG 3410: Family Law

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: PS 1005 and 2440. The law of marriage, divorce, child custody and support, adoption, paternity, and related issues.
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