Mar 28, 2024  
2018-2019 Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)

PHY 223 - Physics for Science & Engr 3


Credits: 4
3 Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours
Prerequisites: PHY 221 or PHY 222  
Co-requisites: MAT 250  

This is a calculus-based physics course that stresses experimental and problem-solving techniques. Heat, thermodynamics, waves, geometrical and physical optics and atomic structure are studied. Topics include temperature, thermal expansion of solids, ideal gases, kinetic theory, heat transfer and calorimetry, the first and second law of
thermodynamics, transverse and longitudinal wave motion, superposition of waves, synthesis of complex wave forms, electromagnetic radiation, law of reflection, law of refraction, imaging, interference, diffraction, polarization, atomic and nuclear physics.


Course and Section Search




Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)