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2024-2025 Catalog

PHY 202 Physics II

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Lec: 3.0 Lab: 3.0 Credit: 4.0

This is the second in a two-semester sequence of non-calculus-based physics. Topics covered in the sequence include mechanics, wave motion, sound, heat electromagnetism, optics and modern physics. The second semester focuses on electromagnetic forces, fields and waves, circuits, optics, relativity, quantum mechanics, and atomic and nuclear physics. Laboratory exercises supplement lectures.

Prerequisite

  • PHY 201
  • with a minimum grade of C. The prerequisite should have been completed in the last five years.

Course Offered

Fall
Spring
Summer

Grade Type

Letter Grade

Restrictions

Students may not receive credit for both PHY 202 and PHY 222

Division

Science and Mathematics