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Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Describe low energy nuclear physics, including nuclear structure and basic interactions.
2. Describe particle physics including the quark model, the structure of mesons and hadrons, the fundamental forces and interactions.
3. Describe nuclear instability and model rates and properties for alpha, beta, and gamma decays, fusion and fission.
4. Describe the process for calculating particle interaction rates from first principles and the role of Feynman Diagrams.
5. Describe basic renormalization and model simple QED decay and annihilation processes from first principles.
6. Model nuclear and particle processes using 4-vectors and Special Relativity.
7. Describe the role of experiments in testing particle physics theories such as the Standard Model and describe limitations and extensions to particle physics theories.
8. Describe the role of nuclear and particle physics in the modern age including nuclear power (fission and fusion), nuclear medicine, and fundamental science.