Principles of Physics for Scientists and Engineers-Electricity and Magnetism, Optics, Modern Physics
PHYS 1212-1212L
4 hours. 3 hours lecture and 3 hours lab per week.
Principles of Physics for Scientists and Engineers-Electricity and Magnetism, Optics, Modern Physics
Course Description
The continuation of Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering Students-Mechanics, Waves, Thermodynamics. Electricity, electric fields, and electric circuits, magnetism and magnetic fields, geometric and wave optics, and elementary atomic and nuclear physics.
Athena Title
Prin of Phys for Scien and Eng
Prerequisite
PHYS 1111-1111L or PHYS 1211-1211L or PHYS 1311-1311L or PHYS 1251
Pre or Corequisite
MATH 2260 or MATH 2310H or MATH 2410 or MATH 2410H
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students should be able to analyze text, diagrams, and graphs representing basic problems in optics and electromagnetism to identify the physics principles and concepts needed to solve the problem.
Students should be able to derive relevant mathematical relationships from the physical principles and concepts.
Students should be able to apply those mathematical relationships to solve quantitative problems and reason abstractly with regard to dimensional and scaling arguments.
Students should be able to explain their reasoning and describe their problem-solving process when approaching optics and electromagnetism problems.
Students should be able to evaluate the reasonableness of any solution through such methods as dimensional analysis, limiting/special cases, and order of magnitude estimates.
Students should be able to generate diagrams, graphs, and other visual representations of optics, electric, and/or magnetic data and measurements.
