UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG GENERAL 
( PARTS OF COMM, MATH, ECON, ENGR, CS, ENGL, FRENCH, GERM, RUSS, SPAN, CLAS, PHIL, PHYS, STAT CATALOGS,
 NEEDED FOR CpE and ECE COURSES)

COMM 100 Introduction to Oral Communication (3:3:0).
Students gain an understanding of the elements involved in the process of oral communication. Emphasis on the principles and types of public oral communication, especially on giving information and understanding the principles of persuasion. Practice in preparing and presenting materials in public settings as well as listening to such messages.

MATH 105 Pre calculus Mathematics (3:3:0).  
Prerequisites: High school Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry, and successful completion of Math Placement Test given by the Testing Center, or successful completion of self-paced Algebra Tutorial Program offered by the Math Literacy Center (call the Mathematical Sciences Department at (703) 993-1460 for details). Review of mathematics skills essential to the study of calculus. Topics covered are equations, inequalities, absolute values, graphs, functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, and trigonometry. May not be used as credit toward the B.A. or B.S. in Mathematical Sciences or toward satisfying Area B of the university core requirements or the analytical reasoning requirement for the B.A. degree in the College of Arts and Sciences. May not be taken for credit after receiving a grade of C or better in any MATH course numbered 113 or higher.  

MATH 113 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (4:4:1).
Prerequisites: Thorough understanding of high school algebra and trigonometry and successful completion of Math Placement Test offered through the Testing Center, or a grade of C or better in MATH 105. Functions, limits, the derivative, maximum and minimum problems, the integral, and transcendental functions.  

MATH 114 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II (4:4:1).
Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in MATH 113. Methods of integration, conic sections, parametric equations, infinite series, and power series.  

MATH 125 Discrete Mathematics I (3:3:0).
Introduction to the ideas of discrete mathematics and combinatorial proof techniques including mathematical induction, sets, graphs, trees, recursion, and enumeration.  

MATH 203 Matrix Algebra (3:3:0).
Prerequisite: MATH 114 or permission of instructor. Systems of linear equations, linear independence, linear transformations, inverse of a matrix, determinants, vector spaces, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and orthogonalization.  

MATH 213 Analytic Geometry and Calculus III (3:3:0).
Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in MATH 114. Partial differentiation, multiple integrals, line and surface integrals, and three-dimensional analytic geometry.  

MATH 214 Elementary Differential Equations (3:3:0).
Prerequisite: MATH 213 or 215. First-order ODEs, higher-order ODEs, Laplace transforms, linear systems, nonlinear systems, numerical approximations, and modelling.  

MATH 351 Probability (3:3:0). 
Prerequisite: MATH 213 or 215. Random variables, probability functions, special distributions, and limit theorems.

ECON 103 Contemporary Microeconomic Principles (3:3:0).
Introduction to microeconomics in the context of current problems. Explores how the market mechanism allocates scarce resources among competing uses; uses basic tools of supply and demand and production and distribution theory to analyze diverse problems.  

ENGR 107 Introduction to Engineering (2:2:0).
Introduction to engineering profession fundamentals and problem solving. Topics include description of engineering disciplines, functions of the engineer, professionalism, ethics and registration, problem solving and representation of technical information, estimation and approximations, and analysis and design. f,s

ENGR 210 Statics and Dynamics (3:3:0). 
Prerequisites: PHYS 250 and MATH 114. General principles and fundamental concepts. Units of measurement. Force vectors and their use, including vector operations. Equilibrium of a particle. Resultants of a system of forces. Equilibrium of a rigid body. Dry friction. Center of gravity and centroid. Moments of inertia, including the parallel axis theorem and radius of gyration. Kinematics of a particle. Work and energy. f,s.

CS 105 Computer Ethics and Society (1:1:0). 
Introduction to the legal, social, and ethical issues surrounding software development and computer use. Professional conduct, social responsibility, and rigorous standards for software testing and reliability are stressed. Issues such as liability, ownership of information, privacy, security, and crime are examined. Students read, write, discuss, and present reports on these topics

CS 112 Computer Science I (4:3:2). 
Prerequisite: Qualification for MATH 113 on math placement test offered through the Testing Center, or a grade of C or better in MATH 105. Introduction to computer science for majors and others with a serious interest in computer science. Topics include an overview of computer system hardware and organization, problem-solving methods and algorithm development, program structures, abstract data types, simple data and file structures, introduction to analysis of algorithmic complexity and program correctness, and applications development in a high-level programming language that supports modular design.

CS 211 Computer Science II (3:3:0). 
Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in CS 112. Continuation of CS 112. Topics include abstract data types and data structures (sets, files, strings, linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, graphs) and examples of their applications. Emphasis on program development continues and is reinforced through several larger programming projects. Additional programming language instruction supplements the major topics of this course. 

CS 310 Computer Science III (3:3:0). 
Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in CS 211. Tools and techniques required to develop moderate to large programs. Topics include continued study of object-oriented techniques, data structures, recursion, and problem-solving skills. Students complete several moderate-size programs. 

CS 330 Formal Methods and Models (3:3:0). 
Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in CS 211 and MATH 125. Abstract concepts that underlie much advanced work in computer science, with major emphasis on formal languages, models of computation, logic, and proof strategies.

CS 332 Object-Oriented Specification and Implementation (3:3:0). 
Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in CS 310. Concentration on the transition from an abstract data type (ADT) specification to its implementation. Covers symbolic logic for reasoning about programs, axiomatic and algebraic methods for ADT specification, and introduction to goal-directed programming. The term project involves the design and construction of a program incorporating several ADTs.

CS 363 Comparative Programming Languages (3:3:0).
Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in CS 265. Key programming mechanisms described independently of particular machines or languages including control, binding, procedural abstraction, and types. Systematically surveys diverse high-level language capabilities.

CS 365 Computer Systems Architecture (3:3:0).
Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in CS 265 and ECE 303. Computer hardware organization, software structure, and data organization. Students complete a term project that simulates one computer system on another.

CS 367 Computer Systems and Programming (3:3:0).
Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in ECE 303 or 445. Uses bottom-up approach to teach how high-level language control and data structures are represented at the machine level. Introduces systems programming.

CS 421 Introduction to Software Engineering (3:3:0).
Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in CS 310 (or both CS 211 and SYST 301) and ENGL 302. Techniques in software design and development. Discusses formal models of structured programming, software engineering methods and tools, functional or object-oriented design, and documentation. Working in teams, students organize, manage, and develop a software engineering project

CS 440 Language Processors and Programming Environments (3:3:0). 
Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in CS 310, 330 and 365. Survey of basic programming language processors and software development tools such as assemblers, interpreters, compilers, and CASE tools. Topics include design and construction of language processors, formal syntactic definition methods, parsing techniques, and code generation techniques.

CS 450 Data Base Concepts (3:3:0). 
Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in CS 310 and CS 330. Data models and data sublanguages for the relational, hierarchical, and network approaches to data base management systems. Covers normal forms, external models, implementation, data independence, alternative logical views of data, and object-oriented design. Various approaches are compared in the context of applications

CS 451 Computer Graphics and Software Design (3:3:0). 
Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in MATH 203, CS 310 and 365. Graphics devices and hardware, graphical user interfaces, scan conversion of geometric primitives, 2D/3D transformations and viewing, curves, hidden surface removal, illumination and color models, and a programming project that includes designing a menu-driven system.

CS 455 Computer Networking Systems (3:3:0). 
Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in CS 310, 365 and STAT 344. Data communications and networking protocols, with study organized to follow the seven-layer ISO reference model. Emphasis is on the TCP/IP family of protocols. Topics include the role of various media and software components, local and wide area network protocols, network performance, and emerging advanced commercial technologies.

CS 471 Operating Systems (3:3:0). 
Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in CS 310, CS 330, CS 365, and either OR 481 or MATH 446. Issues in multiprogramming. The course covers concurrent processes and synchronization mechanisms, processor scheduling, memory management, file management, I/O management, deadlock management, performance of operating systems, and projects dealing with synchronization in a multi-programmed OS and with virtual memory management. f,s

CS 475 Distributed Systems (3:3:0). 
Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in CS 471 or permission of instructor. Practical issues in designing and implementing distributed software. Topics include concurrent programming, synchronization, multi-threading, local and wide-area network protocols, distributed computation, systems integration, and techniques for expressing coarse-grained parallelism at the application level. Projects involve network programming at the application level ( e.g., client-server programming using sockets and remote procedure calls)

CS 480 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (3:3:0). 
Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in CS 310 and CS 330. Principles and methods for knowledge representation, reasoning, learning, problem solving, planning, heuristic search, and natural language processing and their application to building intelligent systems in a variety of domains. LISP, PROLOG, or an expert system programming language is used. f,s

CS 483 Data Structures and Analysis of Algorithms (3:3:0). 
Formerly CS 465. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in CS 310, CS 330, and MATH 114. Analysis of the computational resources required for important problem types by alternative algorithms and their associated data structures, using mathematically rigorous techniques. Specific algorithms are analyzed and improved. f,s

CS 490 Design Exhibition (3:3:0). 
Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in CS 421, 483, two other CS 400-level courses, and senior standing. Capstone course focusing on the design and successful implementation of a major software project, encompassing a broad spectrum of knowledge and skills, developed by a team of students. Final exhibition of the result to a faculty/industry panel is required. f,s

CS 498 Independent Study in Computer Science (1-3:0:0). 
Prerequisites: 60 credits, major in computer science, and permission of instructor. Research and analysis of selected problems or topics in computer science. Topic must be arranged with an instructor and approved by the department chair before registering. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits if the topics are substantially different.

CS 499 Special Topics in Computer Science (3:3:0).
Prerequisites: 60 credits and permission of instructor; specific prerequisites vary with nature of topic. Topics of special interest to undergraduates. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits if the topics are substantially different.

ENGL 101 Composition (3:3:0). 
ENGL 101 (or 100) is prerequisite to all 200-level and above English courses. Intensive practice in drafting, revising, and editing expository essays of some length and complexity. Study of the logical, rhetorical, and linguistic structure of expository prose. Methods and conventions of preparing research papers. Students must attain a minimum grade of C to fulfill degree requirements. 

ENGL 201 Reading Texts (3:3:0). 
Close analysis of texts, including but not limited to poetry, fiction, and drama. Emphasis upon reading and writing exercises to develop basic interpretive skills. Examination of figurative language, central ideas, relationship between structure and meaning, narrative point of view, etc. 

ENGL 202 Texts and Contexts (3:3:0). 
Prerequisite: ENGL 201 or permission of department. Study of texts within the framework of culture. Examination of texts within such categories as history, gender, sexuality, religion, race, class, and nation. Builds on reading and writing skills taught in ENGL 201. 

ENGL 203, 204 Western Literary Masterworks (3:3:0), (3:3:0).
Prerequisite: ENGL 201 or permission of department. Great works of Western civilization. ENGL 203 focuses on writers such as Homer, Sophocles, Euripides, Dante, Cervantes, Machiavelli, and Montaigne. ENGL 204 covers writers such as Moliere, Mme. de Lafayette, Goethe, Ibsen, Flaubert, Dostoyevski, Tolstoy, Mann, Kafka, Borges, and Soyinka. All readings in modern English.  

ENGL 302 Advanced Composition (3:3:0). [For Natural Sciences or for Technology]
Prerequisites: Completion of 45 credits, three credits of composition, and up to six credits of literature (Literature requirements vary among degree programs). Intensive practice in writing and analyzing such expository forms as the essay, article, proposal, and technical or scientific reports with emphasis on research related to the student's major field. The Schedule of Classes designates particular sections of  ENGL 302 in the following broad areas: business, humanities, natural sciences and technology, social sciences. Students must attain a minimum grade of C to fulfill degree requirements. 

ENGL 309 Independent Writing (3:3:0). 
Not to be taken concurrently with ENGL 489. Advanced practice in analyzing and writing such nonfiction forms as the essay, memo, article, and technical and scientific reports, depending on the interests of the individual student. (Not a remedial course.) 

ENGL 311 Writing Ethnography (3:3:0). 
Study and practice of ethnographic writing. Students conduct ethnographic investigations and practice journal keeping, field note recording, interviewing, transcription, and interpretation. Includes introduction to current issues in ethnographic writing. 

ENGL 325 Dimensions of Literature (6:6:0). 
Examines English as a discipline and develops interpretive skills that students will need for further study in the major. All sections cover such issues as form, genre, point of view, figurative language, conventions of close reading and of literary interpretation, and the ways in which culture shapes texts. In addition to regular class meetings, students are required to attend weekly lectures, performances, or readings. Open to all students. Required of those majoring or minoring in English, who should take ENGL 325 before taking other 300 or 400 level literature courses, and who must obtain a minimum grade of C to satisfy degree requirements in the English major or minor. 

ENGL 326 See LING 326.

ENGL 327 Introduction to Cultural Studies (3:3:0). 
Introduction to the interpretive practices associated with the field of cultural studies. 

ENGL 332 Introduction to Film (3:3:0). 
Introduction to film medium as an art form. 

ENGL 333 Folklore of the Americas. (3:3:0). 
Topics include folktales, personal narratives, legends, proverbs, jokes, folk songs, folk art, folk craft, and folk architecture. Consideration of ethnicity, community, family, festival, folklore in literature, and oral history. Discussion of traditions in students' own lives. 

ENGL 334 Literary Approaches to Popular Culture (3:3:0).
Emphasis on popular fiction and adaptation of popular prose genres to media that have strong verbal and visual elements. Relationship between verbal and nonverbal elements of such media as film, comics, and radio.

ENGL 335, 336 Shakespeare (3:3:0). 
Twenty selected plays. First semester emphasizes histories and comedies; second semester, tragedies and romances. 

ENGL 337 Special Topics in Myth and Literature (3:3:0). 
Study of the ways in which the traditional mythologies have been reflected in English and American literature and other texts as themes, motifs, and patterns. May be repeated once for credit with permission of department. 

ENGL 338 Cultural Constructions of Sexualities (3:3:0).
Introductory survey of cultural, literary, and theoretical constructions of sexuality that seeks to complicate traditionally fixed categories of identity. Examination of various representations of human sexuality, with particular attention to its intersections with gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, and class.  

ENGL 340 American Visions (3:3:0). 
Survey of influential and representative American cultural texts that attempt to define the American community and the struggle of subordinate groups for fuller participation in the life of the nation. Emphasis on the close analysis of primary texts, especially literary works, and their relationship to the larger cultural context. 

ENGL 345 Special Topics: Literary Surveys (3:3:0). 
Advanced introduction to the major movements and representative figures of two or more centuries or periods of American, British, European, or world literature. May be repeated once for credit when the course content is different. 

ENGL 360, 363 Special Topics in Literature (3:3:0). 
Study of literature by topics, such as women in literature, science fiction, and literature of the avant garde. Topic changes each time the course is offered. May be repeated with permission of department. 

ENGL 369 Women and Literature (3:3:0). 
Exploration of the experience of women as both authors of and subjects in imaginative literature. May be repeated once for credit when subtitle is different, with permission of department. 

ENGL 370 Foundations of African American Literature (3:3:0).
Beginning with the poetry of Phillis Wheatley and such texts as David Walker's Appeal (1829), this course is a study of significant voices of the 19^th century in African American literature, such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Harriet Wilson, William Wells Brown, Charles Chesnutt, Frances Harper, and Paul Laurence Dunbar.  

ENGL 371 African American Literature of the 20^th Century (3:3:0).
Significant works of poetry, fiction, drama, autobiography and non-fiction written by American black writers in the 20^th century that illustrate the aesthetic and stylistic concerns and the cultural political issues that have shaped the work of such writers as Toomer, Hughes, Hurston, Wright, Baldwin, Brooks, Ellison, Baraka, Morrison, Naylor, and Walker.  

ENGL 380 Recent American Fiction (3:3:0). 
American short story writers and novelists from World War II to the present, with emphasis on Mailer, Barth, Hawkes, Cheever, Oates, Gass, and Kosinski. 

ENGL 390 Recent American Poetry (3:3:0). 
Major American poets from World War II to the present, with emphasis on the work of such poets as Roethke, Wilbur, Brooks, Rich, Dickey, Lowell, Merwin, Kinnell, and Ammons. 

ENGL 396 Introduction to Creative Writing (3:3:0). 
Introduction to the theory and practice of creative writing. Assignments will include writing exercises and original works of poetry and fiction. May also include drama and/or creative nonfiction. Includes reading assignments in covered genres, and may include oral presentations or in-class performance. Original student work is read and discussed in class and in conference with the instructor. 

ENGL 397 Poetry Writing (3:3:0). 
Prerequisite: ENGL 396 or permission of instructor. Workshop course in reading and writing poetry. Original student work is read and discussed in class and in conferences with the instructor. Includes technical exercises in the craft of poetry and may include reading assignments. 

ENGL 398 Fiction Writing (3:3:0). 
Prerequisite: ENGL 396 or permission of instructor. Workshop course in reading and writing fiction. Original student work is read and discussed in class and in conferences with the instructor. Includes technical exercises in the craft of fiction and may include reading assignments. 

FRENCH 325 Major French Writers (3:3:0). 
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Study of the works of major French writers. Writers to be studied vary. Course work in English. May be taken toward fulfillment of the general requirement in literature for baccalaureate degrees. May be repeated for credit with permission of department.

FRENCH 329 Problems of Western Civilization in French Literature (3:3:0). 
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Basic philosophical, moral, social, and political dilemmas reflected in the literature of major French writers. Course work in English. May be taken toward fulfillment of the general requirement in literature for baccalaureate degrees. May be repeated for credit with permission of department.

GERM 325 Major Writers (3:3:0). 
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Works of major German, Austrian, and Swiss writers in translation. Writers to be studied vary. Course work in English. May be repeated for credit with permission of department.

RUSS 325 Major Russian Writers (3:3:0). 
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Study of the works of major Russian writers in translation. Course work in English. Writers to be studied vary. May be taken toward fulfillment of the general requirement in literature for baccalaureate degrees. May be repeated once for credit when the course content is different.

RUSS 326, 327 A Survey of Russian Literature (3:3:0), (3:3:0).
Prerequisite: 60 credits or permission of instructor. RUSS 326 consists of a survey of Russian literature from its beginning to 1880. RUSS 327 consists of a survey of Russian literature of the late 19th and 20th centuries. Course work in English. May be taken toward fulfillment of the general requirement in literature for baccalaureate degrees.  

SPAN 325 Major Hispanic Writers (3:3:0). 
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Designed for nonmajors. Study of the works of major Hispanic writers in translation. Writers studied vary. Course work in English. May be taken toward fulfillment of the general requirement in literature for baccalaureate degrees. May be repeated for credit with permission of department.

SPAN 329 Special Topics in Spanish and Latin American Literature (3:3:0). 
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or permission of instructor. Designed for nonmajors. Course work in English. May be taken toward fulfillment of the humanities requirement in literature for baccalaureate degrees.

CLAS 240 Greek and Latin Elements in English (3:3:0).
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Studies the formation of English vocabulary derived from Greek and Latin prefixes, stems, and suffixes to increase students' word power in English (vocabulary, style). Special emphasis on bioscientific, medical, and legal terminology. Intended for both native and non-native speakers of English. Word analyses and vocabulary uses will be illustrated by literary texts. Fulfills the general requirement in literature for baccalaureate degrees.

CLAS 250 Classical Mythology (3:3:0). 
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Classical myths with illustration of their role in classical and modern literature and art. Course work in English. Fulfills the general requirement in literature for baccalaureate degrees.

CLAS 260 The Legacy of Greece and Rome (3:3:0). 
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Introduction to the history, culture, and literature of Greece and Rome through close readings of a number of central passages from classical literature dealing with some of the most important aspects of human existence (e.g., the individual and society, divine justice, war and peace). Illustrates the importance of classical antiquity for our Western tradition. Fulfills the general requirement in literature for baccalaureate degrees.

CLAS 340 Greek and Roman Epic (3:3:0). 
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Explores the development of classical epic as a genre from its beginnings with the Homeric epics to its transformations in the works of later Greek and Roman authors (e.g., Apollonius of Rhodes or Vergil). Course work in English. Fulfills the general requirement in literature for baccalaureate degrees.

CLAS 350 Greek and Roman Tragedy (3:3:0). 
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Follows the development of tragedy as a genre from its origins to the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and its reappearance in the Roman world in the tragedies of Seneca. Considers the influence of Greek tragedy on Roman and later cultures. In addition to readings, some plays may be studied in visual form. Course work in English. Fulfills the general requirement in literature for baccalaureate degrees.

CLAS 360 Greek and Roman Comedy (3:3:0). 
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Studies the forms, contexts, and developments of comedy as a dramatic form in the Greco-Roman world. Traces the development of New Comedy in the Hellenistic age and the translation and adaptation of New Comedy by the Roman dramatists Plautus and Terence. Course work in English. Fulfills the general requirement in literature for baccalaureate degrees.

CLAS 370 Greek and Roman Historians (3:3:0). 
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Examines the writings of the major Greek and Roman historians, including Herodotus, Thucydides, Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus; their interpretations of the past; and their influence. Course work in English. Fulfills the general requirement in literature for baccalaureate degrees.

CLAS 380 Greek and Roman Novels (3:3:0).
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Examines the origins and developments of the Greek and Roman novel, the different kinds of novels written in antiquity (e.g., Greek romances, satiric novels), and their influences on postclassical and modern novels. Special emphasis is given to the novels of Longus, Petronius, and Apuleius. Course work in English. Fulfills the general requirement in literature for baccalaureate degrees.

CLAS 390 Topics in Classical Literature and Culture (3:3:0).
Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Studies the forms, contexts, and developments of a distinctive literary genre or cultural phenomenon in the Greco-Roman world, focusing on careful study of the most representative texts and authors. Course work in English. Certain topics may have CLAS 250, 260, 301, 302, or 310 as prerequisites. Fulfills the general requirement in literature for baccalaureate degrees.

CL 300 Introduction to Comparative Literature (3:3:0).
Prerequisite: 60 credits. Introduction to methods of comparative literature through study, in translation, of a selected theme or motif as it appears in various periods, genres, or national literatures. Readings drawn chiefly from English, American, or European literature; on occasion, non-Western literature is featured.

PHIL 253 Philosophy and Literature (3:3:0). 
Course can count for literature as well as philosophy credit. Philosophic significance of psychiatry, existentialism, and Marxism and their expression in 20th-century literature in the stories of Mann, Kafka, Hesse, Camus, Sartre, Koestler, Bellow, and Pynchon. Themes include paradox, alienation, absurdism, narcissism, totalitarianism versus democracy, art and neurosis, sexuality, symbolism, freedom, and authenticity. 

PHYS 160 (formerly 250), University Physics I (4:3:1)(3:3:0). Corequisite: MATH 114. The first semester of three-semester calculus-based introductory physics sequence, designed primarily for science and engineering majors. Mechanics. (homepage)

PHYS 161, University Physics I Lab(1:0:2). Corequisite: PHYS 160. Experiments in mechanics.

PHYS 260 (formerly 350), University Physics II (3:3:0). 
(One-hour recitation) Prerequisite: PHYS 160; Corequisite: MATH 213. Waves, thermal physics, and electricity. (homepage) 

PHYS 261 (formerly 351), University Physics II Laboratory (1:0:2). Corequisite: MATH 213, PHYS 260. Experiments in electricity and magnetism. 

PHYS 262 (formerly 352), University Physics III (3:3:0). 
(One hour recitation.) Prerequisite: PHYS 260. Corequisite: MATH 214. Electromagnetism, optics, and twentieth-century physics. (homepage) 

PHYS 263 (formerly 353), University Physics III Laboratory (1:0:2). Corequisite: MATH 214 and PHYS 262. Experiments in optics and modern physics. 

PHYS 265 Advanced University Physics II Laboratory (2:0:3).
Corequisites: MATH 213 and PHYS 260. Credit may be received for PHYS 261 or 265. Experiments in mechanics, electricity, and magnetism with emphasis on data analysis using spreadsheets and Matlab.

PHYS 305/ECE 305, Electromagnetic Theory (3:3:0). Prerequisite: PHYS 262, 263 and MATH 214. Interaction of static charges, interaction of stationary currents, electromagnetic induction, Maxwell's equations. (homepage) 

PHYS 306, Wave Motion and Electromagnetic Radiation (3:3:0). Prerequisite: PHYS 305. Vibrating string, plane waves, interference, diffraction, polarization, electromagnetic waves, dispersion, and relativity. (homepage)

PHYS 308 (formerly 361), Modern Physics with Applications (3:3:0).  
Prerequisite: MATH 214 and PHYS 262. Study of modern physics with emphasis on applications. Topics include introductory quantum physics, modern optics, lasers, binding and energy bands in solids, electrical, thermal and magnetic properties of solids, semiconductors, radioactivity, nuclear reactions, radiation detectors, and applications of nuclear physics to other sciences. (homepage)  

PHYS 428/ASTR 428, Relativity and Cosmology (3:3:0).
Prerequisite: PHYS 262, MATH 214 or 216; and PHYS 303, 305 or permission of instructor. Special relativity, four-dimensional space-time, general relativity, non-Euclidian geometries, geodesic and field equations, tests of general theory of relativity, black holes, cosmology, models of the universe, remnant blackbody radiation, big bang cosmology, thermodynamics and the universe.

PHYS 513, Applied Electromagnetic Theory (3:3:0).
Prerequisite: PHYS 305, 306, MATH 313, 314 or equivalent. Classical electromagnetic theory with applications. Topics include electrostatics, magnetic fields and materials, electromagnetic wave propagation, wave guides, transmission lines, radiation and antennas

STAT 344 Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists I (3:3:0). 
Prerequisite: MATH 213. Introduction to probability and statistics with applications to computer science, engineering, operations research, and information technology. Basic concepts of probability, random variables and expectation, Poisson process, bivariate distributions, sums of independent random variables, correlation and least squares estimation, central limit theorem, sampling distributions, maximum likelihood and unbiased estimators, confidence interval construction, and hypothesis testing.