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PHYS 142R - (3) (Y)
General Physics I
Prerequisite: Rodman scholar status
Covers the same material as PHYS 142E, with certain
topics treated in greater depth.
PHYS 241E - (3) (Y)
General Physics II
Prerequisites: PHYS 142E and
APMA102
Analysis of electrostatic; conductors and insulators, DC circuits,
magnetic forces and fields, magnetic effects of moving charges and
currents, electromagnetic induction, Maxwell's equations,
electromagnetic oscillations and waves; introduction to geometrical and
physical optics. Three hours lecture, one hour recitation.
PHYS 241L - (1) (Y)
General Physics Laboratory I
Corequisite: PHYS 241E
Laboratory exercises in classical physics. Two hours laboratory.
PHYS 242E - (3) (Y)
General Physics III
Prerequisites: PHYS 241E and
APMA 205
Analysis of modern physics, including special relativity, photons and
particles, Bohr theory, atomic structure, quantum theory, nuclear
physics, particle and high energy physics. Three hours lecture, one hour
recitation.
PHYS 242L - (1) (Y)
General Physics Laboratory II
Prerequisite: PHYS 241L; corequisite:
PHYS 242E
Laboratory exercises in classical and modern physics. Two hours
laboratory.
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