PHY 152 - General Physics II
Credit Hours: 4
Billable Contact Hours: 6
Prerequisites: PHY 151
MTA Natural Sciences Satisfier Y
Session Cycle: WI
This course is a continuation of General Physics I. Topics include electricity and magnetism, light and optics, relativity, quantum, atomic and nuclear physics. Course requires laboratory work.
Notes: Science Mathematics Division
Theory Hours: 45
Lab Hours: 45
Learning Outcomes:
- Calculate electric forces, fields, potentials and capacitances.
- Discuss magnetic forces and fields including Ampere’s and Faraday’s laws.
- Analyze DC and AC circuits.
- Discuss Maxwell’s equations and the production of electromagnetic waves.
- Explain the nature and properties of light and the principles of geometric and wave optics.
- Contrast concepts of classical physics with those of special relativity.
- Outline basic concepts and applications of quantum mechanics and atomic and nuclear physics.
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