PHYSI 230 University Physics III

(PHY 914)
Prerequisite: PHYSI 220 and MATH 173 with a grade of C or better
3 lectures, 3 lab hrs per week: 4 hrs transfer credit
University Physics III is the third course in a three-semester calculus-based sequence designed for pre-engineering, science, and physical science majors. Topics include waves/acoustics (mechanical waves, sound and hearing, intensity, superposition and standing waves, and Doppler effect), electromagnetic waves and optics (Maxwell’s Equations. energy and momentum in EM waves, properties of light, optical images, interference and diffraction), and modern physics (relativity, dual nature of light, quantum mechanics, atomic physics, molecules and solid-state physics, nuclear physics, and particle physics)..