GENERAL PHYSICS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: PHYSICS 103 , 201 , 207 , 247 , E M A 201 or special student standing. Not open to students with credit for PHYSICS 202 , 208 , or 248 . Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Breadth - Physical Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Calculate electrostatic force vectors between individual electric charges. Calculate the resulting position, distribution, and motion of the charges. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Calculate the electric field vectors created by systems of electric charges and the forces resulting from these fields. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Determine how electric potential energy of and work done on an electric charge changes as it moves through an electric field using electric potential (voltage). Audience: Undergraduate 4. Determine voltage changes across components and flow of electric currents through circuits of conducting wires, resistors, and capacitors. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Calculate magnetic field vectors created by moving electric charges. Calculate the effects of magnetic fields on external moving charges. Calculate inductive effects due to the relationship between magnetic fields and electric forces. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Calculate the effects of reflection and refraction, of interference and diffraction, and of mirrors and lenses. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Calculate atomic and nuclear phenomena (e.g. atomic spectra, radioactivity) using the basic concepts of quantum mechanics. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Design and analyze laboratory experiments using concepts from this course. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Calculate electrostatic force vectors between individual electric charges. Calculate the resulting position, distribution, and motion of the charges. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Calculate the electric field vectors created by systems of electric charges and the forces resulting from these fields. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Determine how electric potential energy of and work done on an electric charge changes as it moves through an electric field using electric potential (voltage). Audience: Undergraduate 4. Determine voltage changes across components and flow of electric currents through circuits of conducting wires, resistors, and capacitors. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Calculate magnetic field vectors created by moving electric charges. Calculate the effects of magnetic fields on external moving charges. Calculate inductive effects due to the relationship between magnetic fields and electric forces. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Calculate the effects of reflection and refraction, of interference and diffraction, and of mirrors and lenses. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Calculate atomic and nuclear phenomena (e.g. atomic spectra, radioactivity) using the basic concepts of quantum mechanics. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Design and analyze laboratory experiments using concepts from this course. Audience: Undergraduate