Prerequisites: Prerequisite(s): PHYS 002A or PHYS 02HA; MATH 007B or MATH 009B or MATH 09HB with a grade of B- or better; concurrent enrollment in PHYS 02HLB or a grade of B- or better in PHYS 02HLB
Description: Honors course corresponding to PHYS 002B. Covers topics in mechanics, thermodynamics, and electromagnetism. Includes fluid mechanics; temperature and heat; the laws of thermodynamics; kinetic theory of gases; electric fields and potentials; current and DC circuits; capacitance and inductance; magnetism; and Faraday’s law. For biological sciences students. Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grading is not available. Credit is not awarded for PHYS 02HB if it is already awarded for PHYS 002B; or both PHYS 040B or PHYS 040HB and PHYS 040C or PHYS 040HC; or PHYS 041B. PHYS 02HLA Honors Genreal Physics Laboratory 1 Laboratory, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): concurrent enrollment in PHYS 02HA or a grade of “B-” or better in PHYS 02HA. Honors course corresponding to PHYS 02LA. Illustrates the experimental foundations of physics presented in PHYS 002A. Covers the basic principles of classical mechanics. Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grading is not available. Credit is awarded for only one of PHYS 02LA or PHYS 02HLA. PHYS 02HLB Honors General Physics Laboratory 1 Laboratory, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 02HA or PHYS 002A with a grade of “B-” or better; PHYS 02HLA or PHYS 02LA with a grade of “B-” or better; concurrent enrollment in PHYS 02HB or a grade of “B-” or better in PHYS 02HB. Honors course corresponding to PHYS 02LB. Illustrates the experimentalfoundations of physics presented in PHYS 02HB. Covers the basic principles of fluid and rotational mechanics, temperature, heat, and electromagnetism. Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grading is not available. Credit is awarded for only one of PHYS 02LB or PHYS 02HLB. PHYS 02HLC Honors General Physics Laboratory 1 Laboratory, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 02HB or PHYS 002B with a grade of “B-” or better; PHYS 02HLB or PHYS 02LB with a grade of “B-” or better; concurrent enrollment in PHYS 02HC or a grade of “B-” or better in PHYS 02HC. Honors course corresponding to PHYS 02LC. Illustrates the experimental foundations of physics presented in PHYS 002C. Covers the basic principles of oscillations, waves, optics, and radioactivity.
Credit: Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grading is not available. Credit is awarded for only one of PHYS 02LC or PHYS 02HLC.