90 courses in the 1977–78 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Professor, Chairman of the Department J.W. Leech, BSc, PhD (London), FinstP
Professor, Associate Dean Graduate Affairs, Faculty of Science N.R.isenor, BSc (Acadia), MSc, PhD (McMaster)
Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Science
W. B. Pearson’, DFC, MA, DSc (Oxon), FRSC, FCIC
Professors
R.A. Aziz, BA, MA, PhD (Toronto)
G. A. Bakos, MA (Bratislava), MA, PhD (Toronto)
F.W: Bosweil, BA, MA, PhD (Toronto)
D.E. Brodie, BSc, MSc, PhD (McMaster)
J. A. Cowan, BSc (Manitoba), MA, PhD (Toronto)
I.R. Dagg, BSc (Manitoba), MS (Penn State), PhD (Toronto)
J. Grindlay, BSc (Glasgow), DPhil (Oxon)
J.D. Leslie, BASc, (Toronto), MS, PhD (Illinois)
J. L. Ord, BASc (Toronto), MS, PhD (Illinois)
R.K. Pathria, BSc, MSc (Panjab), PhD (Delhi)
M.M.Pintar, BSc, MSc, PAD (Ljubliana)
G. E. Reesor, BA, MA (McMaster), PhD (Toronto)
G. Scoles', BSc, PhD (Genova)
R.A. Snyder, BSc, PhD (Western)
S.F.Wang, DSc (Nagoya)
Adjunct Professors
J. A. Barker, DSc (Melbourne), FAAS
P.A. Egelstaff, BSc, PhD (London)
D. J. Henderson, BA (UBC), PhD (Utah), FinstP
H. E. Petch, BSc (McMaster), MSc, PhD (UBC), FRSC, DSc (McMaster)
J.D. Poll, CandDoc (Leiden), PhD (Toronto)
Research Associate
G.L.H. Harris, BA (Mount Holyoke), MA (Wesleyan).
PhD (Toronto)
L.A. A.Read, BA, MSc (McMaster), PhD (Waterloo)
Course Descriptions
* Physics
Associate Professors
A. Anderson, MA, DPhil (Oxon)
J. M. Corbett, BASc (Toronto), MSc, PhD (Waterloo)
A. E. Dixon, BSc (Mt. Allison), MSc (Dalhousie), PhD (McMaster)
P.C. Eastman, BSc, MSc (McMaster), PhD (U.B.C.)
H.K. Ellenton, BSc (Western), MA (Toronto)
M.P. FitzGerald, BSc, MSc (Toronto), PhD (Case)
D. Hemming, BSc, PhD (Bristol)
J. Kruuv?, BASc, MSc (Waterloo), PhD (Western)
C.C. Lim, BA(DePauw), MA (Nebraska), PhD (Toronto)
R.A. Moore, BSc, MSc (McMaster), PhD (Alberta)
H.M. Morrison, BSc, PhD (Edinburgh)
A.D.S. Nagi, BA, BSc, (Panjab), PhD (Delhi)
H. J.T. Smith, BSc, PhD (London)
B.H. Torrie, BASc (Toronto), PhD (McMaster)
K.A. Woolner, BSc (London)
Assistant Professors
J.K. Brandon, BSc, PhD (McMaster), MA (Cantab.) D.R. Rayburn, BSc (Calgary), PhD (Queen's)
J. Vanderkooy, BEng, PhD (McMaster)
Senior Demonstrators A.B. Haner, BSc, MSc (Waterloo) D.S. McVicar, BSc (Waterioo)
Faculty members holding cross appointments as shown Chemistry and Physics ? Physics and Biology
Undergraduate Course Descriptions ©
Note 1 Details of the undergraduate programmes offered by the Faculty of Science are to be found in Chapter 13.
Note 2
Prerequisites are given as a guide to the student and may be waived with the consent of the instructor.
Phys 001 T .00
Pre-University Physics
This course covers the topics in Ontario Year 3 to 5 essential for first year university physics. The course includes Mechanics, Gravitation, Vibrations and Waves, Heat, Electricity, Light and Optics.
Successful completion of this course fulfills the University admisison requirements where high school Physics is necessary.
No University Credit
Brief review of kinematics and translation. Particle dynamics, work, energy, conservation of energy. Conservation of linear momentum, collisions. Rotational kinematics. Rotational dynamics, conservation of angular momentum. Equilibrium of rigid bodies.
For students in Year 1 Engineering
3C,2T 35
An introduction to the physical principles required for the analysis of the mechanics of human movement. A course for Kinesiology students.
Lab. alternate weeks, optional tut.
Note Normally students who have completed Ontario Year 5 Phys should select Phys 104 instead of 103.
Anintroduction to the physical principles required forthe -
analysis of mechanics of human movement. Basic electricity and magnetism. A course for Kinesiology students.
Prereq: Ontario Year 5 Phys. Lab alternate weeks, optional tut.
Mechanics, properties of matter, modern physics, heat flow and thermodynamics.
Tut. on alternate weeks.
3C0,1T 5
Physt11L F 3L .25 General Physics 1 Laboratory For students taking Phys 111. Lab. alternate weeks
Electric fields and potential, D.C. circuits, magnetic fields, A.C. generators and circuits, elementary electronics. The thin lens equations, diffraction, resolution of optical instruments, the eye; camera, telescope and microscope, coherent light, colour, polarization, birefringence and photometry.
Tut. on alternate weeks
3C,1T 5
For students taking Phys 112. Lab. alternate weeks
Course Descriptions ‘ 391 Physics .
Note
The one-year sequence Phys 111-112 is primarily intended for students who plan to proceed in Biol, Biol and Chem, or Earth. Phys 111L-112L is recommended for students who plan to proceed in the Optom programme and for those students who want some practical experience to complement their theoretical studies or to fulfill entrance requirements of certain medical or dental schools.
Introduction to mechanics including special relativity, motion of particles, conservation of energy and momentum, fluid statics and dynamics, rotational kinematics.
Prereq: Ontario Year 5 Math —- Functions and Relations, Calculus. Ontario Year 5 Physics recommended. Tut. on alternate weeks. Science students must take 121L with this course.
For students taking Phys 121.
Lab. alternate weeks
This course is a continuation of Phys 121. Rotational dynamics, vibrations, waves, gravitation, heat and thermodynamics, properties of materials.
Prereq: Phys 1217. Tut. on alternate weeks. Sci students must take 122L with this course
For students taking Phys 122.
Lab. alternate weeks
Note
The one-year sequence Phys 121-122 is primarily intended for students who plan to proceed in Phys and Math.
introduction to Newtonian mechanics including gravitation, collisions and conservation laws, conservative forces and motion under central forces. Prereq: At least 75% average in Ontario Year 5 Phys, Math -Functions and Relations, and Calculus. Tut.on alternate weeks. Sci students must take 162L with this course.
For students taking Phys 162.
Lab. alternate weeks ©
This course is a continuation of Phys 162. Rotational! dynamics, vibrations of physical systems, resonance, coupled oscillators and norma! modes, waves and interference..
Prereq: Phys 162. Sci students must take 163L with this course. Co-operative students wishing to take this sequence must have their 1B term in the Winter. Tut. on. alternate weeks..
For students taking Phys 163. Lab. alternate weeks
Note
The one-year sequence Phys 162-163 is an enriched version of Phys 121-122 sequence intended for students in the Year 1 Sci programme or the Year 1 Math programme.
Coulomb’s law, electric field, Gauss’s law, potential, capacitance, properties of dielectrics, current, resistance, electromotive force, D.C. circuits and instruments.
Prereq: First year phys and calculus. Not for Hons. Phys students. Phys Majors must take 222L with this course
For students taking Phys 222.
Lab. alternate weeks
Magnetic fields, induced electromotive forces, magnetic properties of matter, alternating currents, electromagnetic waves.
Prereq: Phys 222. Not for Hons. Phys students. Phys Majors must take 223L with this course
For students taking Phys 223
Lab. alternate weeks
Course Descriptions
Physics
Reflection and refraction at plane and curved surfaces, thin and thick lenses, optical instruments. Reading assignments on various topics in modern optics. Prereq: First year phys and calculus. Not for Hons. Phys students. Phys Majors must take Phys 226L with this course
For students taking Phys 226. Lab. alternate weeks
The wave nature of light, interference, diffraction, slits and gratings, resolution, polarization, photometry. Reading assignments on lasers and the uses and properties of laser light.
Prereq: Phys 226. Not for Hons. Phys students. Phys Majors must take Phys 227L with this course
For students taking Phys 227. Lab. aiternate weeks
Magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction, A.C. circuits, electrical measurements, diodes, transistors.
Prereq: First year phys and calculus. This course is primarily intended for Hons. Chem students.
For students taking Phys 243.
Lab. alternate weeks
Electronic charge, special relativity, particle accelerators, black body radiation and Planck's law, photoelectric effect, Bohr atom, wave equation, eigenfunctions and eigenvalues, wave properties of light, x-ray production and properties, Compton effect, de Broglie’s hypothesis, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. (Term A)
Prereq: A first year phys course and Math 113 or equivalent
Schrodinger equation, wave functions, potentia! steps barriers and wells, transmission and reflection probabilities, tunnel effect, Hydrogen atom, Zeeman effect, selection rules, electron spin and the Pauli exclusion principle, relativistic Doppler effect, elementary statistical mechanics, basic crystallography. (Term B)
Prereq: Phys 244a or equivalent
Nature of light, wave motion, superposition of waves. Interference of light, Fraunhofer diffraction and resolution limit of optical instruments; the diffraction grating and the analysis of light. Fresnel diffraction. Polarized light. Coherence of light, lasers, holography. Fibre Optics.
Prereq: First year phys and calculus. Coreq: Phys 246L. This course is primarily intended for students registered in the Optom programme.
For students taking Phys 246. Lab. alternate weeks
An introduction to the astronomy and astrophysics of the solar system for students with a background in elementary (University) Physics and Mathematics. Prereq: First year phys and math
An introduction to the astronomy and astrophysics of objects beyond the solar system for students with a background in elementary (University) Physics and Mathematics.
Prereq: First year phys and math
Coulomb's Law, electric fields, Gauss’ theorem, divergence theorem, potential, capacitance, dielectric theory, resistivity, DC circuits, transient currents, AC circuits, measuring instruments.
Phys Majors must take Phys 252L with this course. Prereq: First year phys and calculus. Recommended for students in Hons. Programmes. This course is a good basis for the understanding of practical circuits and of electrostatic forces in matter.
Course Descriptions 393 Physics.
For students taking Phys 252.
Lab. alternate weeks
Magnetic Fields, Ampere’s Law, Induced electromotive forces, magnetic properties of materials, magnetic devices, displacement currents, Maxwell’s equations, electromagnetic waves.
Phys Majors must take Phys 253L with this course. Prereq: Phys 252, Math 216.
Recommended for students in Hons programmes. This course, with Phys 252, forms a basis for the understanding of most of today’s electronic and electrical technology.
For students taking Phys 253.
Lab, alternate weeks
Background to quantum physics: special relativity, Bohr atom, wave-particle properties, uncertainty and wave packets. introduction to quantum mechanics: equation for travelling wave, Schrodinger equation, soiutions with potentials, correspondence principle, brief description of transitions and radiation processes.
Prereq: First year phys and calculus. Recommended for
students in Hons. programmes
Reflection and refraction at plane and curved surfaces using the matrix method, thin and thick lenses, optical instruments. The wave nature of light, interference, diffraction, slits and gratings, resolution. Polarization, optical activity, photometry.
Prereq: First year phys and calculus.
Phys Majors must take Phys 256L with this course. Recommended for students in Hons. programmes.
3C,1T 5
For students taking Phys 256. Lab. alternate weeks
Space lattices, symmetry, crystal structure, crystal geometry and stereographic projections. Electronic structure of atoms and atomic bonding in solids. Theory of X-ray diffraction, X-ray methods and the reciprocal lattice. Crystal formation, crystal defects and physical properties of crystals.
Prereq: First year phys and calculus. Coreq: Phys 259L
For students taking Phys 259.
Lab. alternate weeks
Some mathematical techniques used in the areas of physics familiar to second-year students i.e. mechanics, thermodynamics and electromagnetism. The use of differential equations, partial derivatives, vectors, polar co-ordinates and matrices. Elementary statistics for the analysis of experimental data.
Prereq: First year phys and calculus
Further experiments in optics for students taking Phys 256L.
Lab. alternate weeks
Further experiments in electricity and magnetism for students taking Phys 253L.
Lab. alternate weeks
Optics and microscopy; interference, phase contrast, polarizing, dark field and ultraviolet miscroscopes; polarimetry, spectra, spectroscopic techniques, luminescence.
Prereq: First year phys. Physics students may not take this course for credit.
Radioactivity and the use of radioactive tracers, nuclear magnetic resonance, mass spectrometry, the ultracentrifuge and other techniques.
Prereq: Phys 301. Physics students may not take this course for credit.
Fundamentals of modern physics, special theory of relativity, quantization of electromagnetic radiation, wave properties of particles, the hydrogen atom. Prereq: Phys 222, 223, 226 and 227.
Recommended for students in General programmes
Many electron atoms, atomic and X-ray spectra, nuclear structure, nuclear reactions, molecular and solid state physics.
Prereq: Phys 324.
Recommended for students in General programmes
Course Descriptions Physics
Atomic and molecular spectra, forbidden and permitted transitions. Emission and absorption of radiation. Planck, Saha and Boltzmann equations. Line broadening effects. Radiation transfer theory. Sources of opacity. The spectra of the sun and stars.
Prereq: None, however, familiarity with the contents of Phys 250-251 will be assumed. For third and fourth year students.
Physical properties of the stars. Stellar distance determination. Distribution of the stars in space. The solar motion. Galactic rotation. Stetlar dynamics. Characteristics and structure of our galaxy and external systems.
Prereq: None, however, familiarity with the contents of Phys 250-2517 will be assumed. For third and fourth year students.
Note
Phys 450, Phys 4517, are also open to third and fourth year students. Phys 350 alternates with Phys 450 and Phys 351 alternates with Phys 451.
Basic A.C. circuit theory. A survey of tubes, transistors and solid state devices, equivalent circuits, power supplies, amplifiers and feedback.
Prereq: Phys 222-223 and Math 216. Coreq: Phys 352L. Also given in Winter term if sufficient demand.
For students taking Phys 352.
Lab. alternate weeks, given in the same terms as Phys 352
Applications of feedback to oscillators, operational amplifiers, analogue computers and multi vibrators. Introduction to pulse techniques, FM and TV circuits. Prereq: Phys 352. Coreq: Phys 353L
For students taking Phys 353. . Lab. alternate weeks
Phys354 FSC. 5
Atomic and Molecular Physics
The Schrédinger equation applied to simple one-and three-dimension potentials. Hydrogen atoms, angular momentum and spin, molecular vibrations and rotations, many electron atoms, radiaton processes.
Prereq: Phys 255
Nuclear structure, interactions of nuclear radiations with matter, radioactive decay, nuclear reactions, nuclear force, elementary particles.
Prereq: Phys 255
Thermodynamic systems, equation of state, the laws of thermodynamics with applications. Change of phase. Prereq: Math 213 and a first year phys course
Basic theory, ideal, classical and quantum gas. Occupation numbers. Effects of statistics. Applications to metals, perfect crystals, radiation and dense ftuids. Prereq: Phys 358
Selected experiments in mechanics, atomic physics, solid state physics, optics and electronics.
18 hours of experiments
Continuation of 360A.
18 hours of experiments
Foundations of Newtonian mechanics. Dynamics of a particle, harmonic oscillator, central force motion, conservative force, potential energy. Dynamics of a system of particles, conservation laws.
Prereq: First year phys, Math 113, 213 and 216. This course is primarily intended tor Hons. Phys students.
Statics, translation and fixed-axis rotation of a rigid body. Moving frames of reference, gravitation. Lagrange’s equations.
Prereq: Phys 362. This course is primarily intended for Hons. Phys students
Course Description 395 Physics
Vector and tensor analysis with applications. Prereq: Math 213 and 216. This course is primarily intended for Hons. Phys students
The partial differential equations of mathematical physics. Sturm-Liouville theory. Bessel and Legendre functions. Fourier analysis.
Prereq: Math 213 and 216. This course is primarily intended for Hons. Phys students
Introductory topics on the physics of the earth. Seismology and the earth’s interior. Thermal history of the earth, gravity and isostasy. Origin of the continents and continental drift. (identical to Earth 368).
Prereq: First year phys and calculus
The geology of the ocean basins. Topics in physical oceanography. Physical properties of ocean water, heat budget of the world oceans. Oceanic circulations. Coriolis effects. Some idealized current regimes. (Identical to Earth 369).
Prereq: First year phys and calculus
Further experiments in atomic, nuclear and solid state physics, optics and electronics. For honours students who are taking Phys 360A.
18 hours experiments
Continuation of 371A.
For honours students who are taking Phys 360B. 18 hours experiments
Energy production, transport and release in Cells, structure of large molecules and their replication, genetic code, control of intracellular processes.
Structure and behaviour of cell membranes, diffusion problems, selective ion transport, electrical activity and nerve conduction, cilia and flagella, muscle cells, sensory receptor cells, synthesis of cell components and cell division.
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The theories of solid state physics are applied to explain the operation and use of several modern electronic devices, including the p-n junction, transistors, thyristors, tunnel diodes, field effect devices, optical devices, etc.
Prereq: Phys 435
An experimental research project. This course is designed for students in the Honours Physics Programme and in the Co-operative Applied Physics programme.
Students in the regular Hons Phys programme must take either Phys 433 or Phys 437. Although students in the Co-operative Applied Phys (Hons) programme are recommended to take one of these courses, enrolment may be limited.
Origins and necessity for quantum mechanics and its concepts and formulation. The Hamiltonian operator and Schrédinger’s equation, the harmonic oscillator (Schrédinger’s treatment). The uncertainty principle. Momentum representation. One dimensional potential! problems. Angular momentum. The hydrogen atom. Prereq: Phys 354
The matrix formulation of quantum mechanics. The harmonic oscillator (Heisenberg's treatment). The matrices for angular momentum. Time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory. The inter-action of atomic systems with radiation. Multiparticle systems, identical particles. Pauli exclusion principle. The helium atom.
Prereq: Phys 434A
Note Phys 434B is strongly recommended for students intending to do graduate work.
Introductory concepts in crystal diffraction and the reciprocal lattice. Crystal bonding, lattice vibrations, thermal properties of insulators, free-electron theory of metals, band theory, semiconductors.
Prereq: Phys 255
Course Descriptions Physics
Selected subjects for advanced study by theoretically inclined students, topics in relativistic, quantum, and Statistical physics.
Students in the regular Hons Phys programme must take either Phys 437 or Phys 433. Although students in the Co-operative Applied Phys (Hons) programme are recommended to take one of these courses, enrolment may be limited.
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A generalized treatment of the basic laws of electricity and magnetism, mathematical techniques for the problems of electrostatics, solution of Maxwell’s equations in free space and the study of plane waves, theory of waveguides and introduction to radiation. Prereq: Phys 222-223 or Phys 252-253, Phys 364-365
A survey with emphasis on the physical properties and behaviour of metals and alloys. Elastic and plastic deformations of crystals. Solidification, structure of alloys, free energy of alloy systems, equilibrium diagrams, diffusion, solid state phase transformations. Prereq: Phys 435
Genera! description of continuum behaviour: stress, Strain, rate of strain, constitutive relations, equations of motion, effect of symmetry, thermodynamics. Elastic media: Hooke’s law, simple problems, elastic waves. Fluids: classification, perfect fluids, Newtonian fluids, boundary layers, turbulence. Viscoelasticity, plastoelasticity. Applications to various systems. Prereq: Phys 364-365
Elements of nuclear structures and systematics. Alpha emission, beta decay, gamma emission, two-body systems and nuclear forces, nuclear reactions. Neutron physics. Sub-nuclear particles.
Prereq: Phys 355
The electromagnetic nature of light, polarization and coherence. Applications of temporal and spatial coherence. Quantum optics and photoelectric detection. Spontaneous and stimulated emission, lasers, laser beam propagation, holography.
Prereq: Phys 256, Phys 354
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Not offered in 1977–78.
Not offered in 1977–78.
Fundamentals and advanced concepts of digital logic stressing practical uses of modern integrated circuit technology.
Prereq: Phys 352-353. 18 hours experiments
A variety of topics in the operation of ‘systems. Transistors, modern circuit techniques, noise, stability under feedback, information theory, and possible student motivated topics. Includes laboratory demonstrations.
Prereq: Phys 352-353
Applications to Physics of the theory of functions of a complex variable.
Prereq: Phys 364-365
Theory and applications of integral tranforms (Fourier, Laplace), integral equations and Green’s functions Prereq: Phys 464
The effect of radiation of various kinds on cells and tissues, exposure calculations, mechanism of damage, repair theories, genetic effects, target theory, isotopic tracers in biophysical research.
Physics of homeostasis, interactions with the environment, circulation of blood, temperature regulation, respiration, transport problems and special organ systems.
Neurons; nerve conduction, sensory transducers; coding, processing and storage of information; control of muscles and other effector organs.
Recommended for third or fourth year students in Math, Eng or Sci.
Course Descriptions Physics