2011-2012 Bulletin â PDF - SEAS Bulletin - Columbia University
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Applied Physics: Third and Fourth Years<br />
59<br />
Semester V Semester VI Semester VII Semester VIII<br />
Required<br />
Courses<br />
PHYS W3003 (3)<br />
Mechanics<br />
MSAE E3111 (3)<br />
Thermodynamics<br />
APMA E3101 (3)<br />
Linear algebra<br />
APPH E4901 (1)<br />
Seminar<br />
APPH E3100 (3)<br />
Intro. to quantum<br />
mechanics<br />
APPH E3300 (3)<br />
Applied electromagnetism<br />
APMA E3102 (3)<br />
Partial differential<br />
equations<br />
APPH E4300 (3)<br />
Applied electrodynamics<br />
APPH E4100 (3)<br />
Quantum physics<br />
Course in first<br />
AP area (3)<br />
APPH E4903 (2)<br />
Seminar<br />
Course in second<br />
AP area (3)<br />
APPH E4018 (2)<br />
Laboratory<br />
Electives<br />
Tech 1 3 points 3 points 2 points 9 points<br />
NonTech<br />
or Tech<br />
3 points 3 points 3 points 3 points<br />
total points 16 15 16 17<br />
1<br />
They must include at least 2 points of laboratory courses. If PHYS W3081 is taken as part of the first two years of the program, these technical electives need not<br />
include laboratory courses. Technical electives must be at the 3000 level or above unless prior approval is obtained.<br />
the opportunity for specialization through<br />
technical electives.<br />
The applied physics curriculum<br />
offers students the skills, experience,<br />
and preparation necessary for several<br />
career options, including opportunities<br />
to minor in economics and to take<br />
business-related courses. In recent<br />
years, applied physics graduates have<br />
entered graduate programs in many<br />
areas of applied physics or physics,<br />
enrolled in medical school, or been<br />
employed in various technical or financial<br />
areas immediately after receiving the<br />
B.S. degree.<br />
Opportunities for undergraduate<br />
research exist in the many research<br />
programs in applied physics. These<br />
include fusion and space plasma<br />
physics, optical and laser physics,<br />
and condensed matter physics.<br />
Undergraduate students can receive<br />
course credit for research or an<br />
independent project with a faculty<br />
member. Opportunities also exist for<br />
undergraduate students in the applied<br />
physics program to participate in this<br />
research through part-time employment<br />
during the academic year and full-time<br />
employment during the summer, either<br />
at <strong>Columbia</strong> or as part of the NSF REU<br />
program nationwide. Practical research<br />
experience is a valuable supplement<br />
to the formal course of instruction.<br />
Applied physics students participate in<br />
an informal undergraduate seminar to<br />
study current and practical problems in<br />
applied physics, and obtain hands-on<br />
experience in at least two advanced<br />
laboratory courses.<br />
Majors are introduced to two areas<br />
of application of applied physics (AP) by<br />
a course in each of two areas. Approved<br />
areas and courses are:<br />
DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS:<br />
APMA E4101 or PHYS G4003<br />
OPTICAL OR LASER PHYSICS:<br />
APPH E4110 or E4112<br />
NUCLEAR SCIENCE: APPH E4010<br />
PLASMA PHYSICS: APPH E4301<br />
PHYSICS OF FLUIDS: APPH E4200<br />
CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS: PHYS G4018<br />
BIOPHYSICAL modeling: APMA E4400<br />
In addition to these courses, courses<br />
listed in the Specialty Areas in Applied<br />
Physics can be used to satisfy this<br />
requirement with preapproval of the<br />
applied physics adviser.<br />
All students must take 30 points of<br />
electives in the third and fourth years,<br />
of which 17 points must be technical<br />
courses approved by the adviser. The 17<br />
points include 2 points of an advanced<br />
laboratory in addition to APPH E4018.<br />
Technical electives must be at the 3000<br />
level or above unless prior approval<br />
is obtained from the department. A<br />
number of approved technical electives<br />
are listed in the section on specialty<br />
areas following. The remaining points<br />
of electives are intended primarily as an<br />
opportunity to complete the four-year,<br />
27-point nontechnical requirement, but<br />
any type of course work can satisfy them.<br />
Undergraduate Programs<br />
in Applied Mathematics<br />
The applied mathematics program is<br />
flexible and intensive. A student must<br />
take the required courses listed below, or<br />
prove equivalent standing, and then may<br />
elect the other courses from mathematics,<br />
computer science, physics, Earth and<br />
environmental sciences, biophysics,<br />
economics, business and finance, or other<br />
application fields. Each student tailors his<br />
or her own program in close collaboration<br />
with an adviser. He or she must also<br />
register for the applied mathematics<br />
engineering <strong>2011</strong>–<strong>2012</strong>
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