Course Descriptions
- PHYS-232 - UNIVERSITY PHYSICS 2 4 credits
- This course, also called, “electricity and magnetism,” is intended for engineering and science transfer majors and is a continuation of PHYS-132. Topics include electricity and magnetism, electromagnetic waves, and an introduction to quantum physics. The concept of field strength is applied to a study of the interactions between electric charges and magnets and to a study of the forces among stationary charges (electrostatics) and among stationary magnets, as well as charges in motion (which are magnets). Voltage and current and the material properties that govern the relationship between them (Ohm's law) are explored and practiced. Maxwell's equations (Gauss's two laws, Faraday's law, Ampere's law) are shown to lead to a wave equation that leads to the conclusion that the speed of light is a constant. The limits of classical electromagnetic theory are addressed and probability as a physical variable is introduced. In addition to three hours of lecture, this course includes three hours of laboratory work per week, where special equipment will be used to practice measurements of physical properties to verify the relationships expressed in the laws of physics and an additional one hour recitation each week. Web assisted. Honors component with permission of instructor. Scientific Calculator required. Use of software program using spread sheet required. The non-calculus based physics course equivalent in topic coverage is PHYS-230. Required by some programs. Web Offered both semesters. PREREQUISITE: PHYS-132 and MATH-255 with a grade of C- or better and placement at ENGL-100 COREQUISITE: PHYS-232L and MATH-355. Required of ENGR 01 and ENGR 02; open to all students.