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Apr 02, 2026
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PHY 252 - Engineering Physics II
Credit Hours: 5
Billable Contact Hours: 7
Prerequisites: PHY 251 . MATH 251 and MATH 273 are highly recommended.
MTA Natural Sciences Satisfier Y
Session Cycle: WI Even Numbered Years
This course is a continuation of PHY 251 and is designed to satisfy the requirements of engineering and physics majors. Topics include temperature and heat, electricity and magnetism, electromagnetic waves, optics and quantum, atomic, and nuclear physics. This course requires laboratory work.
Notes: Science Mathematics Division
Theory Hours: 60
Lab Hours: 45
Learning Outcomes:
- Discuss the three laws of thermodynamics including the kinetic energy of gases, heat engines and entropy.
- Calculate electric forces, fields, potentials and capacitances.
- Describe magnetic forces and fields including Ampere’s and Faraday’s laws.
- Analyze DC and AC circuits.
- Discuss Maxwell’s equation and the production of electromagnetic waves.
- Describe the nature and properties of light and the principle of geometric and wave optics.
- Outline basic concepts and applications of quantum mechanics and atomic and nuclear physics.
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