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2024-2025 Catalog

PHY 213 - General Physics 3

4 credit hours - Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory weekly; one term.
Continue the study of physics and its application to the calculus-based mathematical analysis of physical problems. Analyze topics including magnetism, electrodynamics and Maxwell’s equations, alternating current circuit theory and applications, optics, quantum mechanics, and special relativity. Lab fee $10.

Prerequisite(s): PHY 212  and either MAT 201  or MAT 212 . 

Note: Typically offered at MC; fall and spring terms.

Location(s) Typically Offered: Arnold Main Campus (MC)

Term(s) Typically Offered: Fall and spring

Course Outcomes:
 

  1. Apply the appropriate physical principles, while considering their limitations, to a given scenario.
  2. Translate a given physical situation or written problem into an organized solution map, including a diagram and a physics-based mathematical description.
  3. Apply physical models based on advanced mathematical techniques (including, but not limited to, integral and differential calculus) to explain and/or predict physical phenomena.
  4. Set up experimental apparatus and acquire data to test a scientific hypothesis.
  5. Use appropriate mathematical methods, consistent with physics principles, to examine laboratory data in order to support or refute a scientific hypothesis.
  6. Communicate appropriate experimental conclusions based on underlying physics principles and mathematical, graphical, and statistical analysis tools.