PHYS 040HB: Honors General Physics

2024-25 2025-26 →
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Units: 5

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; laboratory, 3 hours

Catalog page 548

Prerequisites: MATH 009C with a grade of B- or better, may be taken concurrently or MATH 09HC with a grade of B- or better, may be taken concurrently; PHYS 040A with a grade of B- or better or PHYS 040HA with a grade of B- or better; admission to University Honors

Description: Honors course corresponding to PHYS 040B. Topics include fluids; mechanical oscillations; sound waves and light waves; ray optics; temperature; heat; kinetic theory of gases; the laws of thermodynamics; and heat engines. Provides laboratory exercises illustrating the experimental foundations of physical principles and selected applications. For engineering and physical science majors.

Credit: Satisfactory(S) or No Credit(N/C) is not available. Credit is awarded for one of the following PHYS 040HB, PHYS 002B, PHYS 02HB, PHYS 040B, or PHYS 041B.

Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Year F W S Su Total
2021-22 10/20 10/20
2020-21 15/24 15/24
2019-20 10/22 10/22