Course Detail
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Course Components:
Discussion
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisites: "C-" or better in (((MATH 1220 OR MATH 1250 OR MATH 1311 OR MATH 1320 OR MATH 2210) OR AP Calculus BC score of 4+) AND ((PHYS 2210 OR PHYS 3210) OR AP Physics C Mech score of 4+)).
Requirement Designation:
Physical/Life Science Exploration
Description
Continuation of PHYS 2210. A calculus based physics course designed to give science and engineering students a thorough understanding of electricity and magnetism. Topics include electrostatics, electric fields and potentials, magnetic fields and Faradays' law; current flow, resistance, capacitance and inductance; electric circuits and electromagnetic oscillations; electromagnetic waves, geometric and physical optics. All topics are covered in one, two, and three spatial dimensions. Three lectures and two recitations weekly. Those wishing to take this course as a lecture-laboratory course should register concurrently for PHYS 2225.