Description
This course, which assumes knowledge of differential and integral calculus, covers electricity and magnetism, optics and modern physics. The introduction to electricity and magnetism includes the Coulomb force, electric fields, electric potential, direct current circuits, the magnetic field and the magnetic force, ammeters and voltmeters, DC electric motors, electromagnetic induction, AC generators and transformers. The optics material begins with electromagnetic waves and proceeds through reflection, refraction and optical instruments with a focus on the Lorentz transformations, the Bohr model of the hydrogen atom and atomic energy levels. Laboratory exercises reinforce the concepts studied in class. Prerequisites: MAT 192 and PCS 201. Corequisite: MAT 293