PHYS 116
Introductory Physics II
Electrostatics, Coulomb's law, Gauss's law; capacitance and resistance; DC circuits; magnetic fields; electromagnetic induction; RC and RL circuits; light; geometrical optics; interference and diffraction; special relativity; introduction to quantum mechanics; elements of atomic, nuclear and particle physics. This course has a laboratory component. Students may earn credit for only one of the following courses: PHYS 116 , PHYS 122 , PHYS 124 . Prereq: PHYS 115 .
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027