PHYS270

General Physics: Electrodynamics, Light, Relativity and Modern Physics

Prerequisite: PHYS261, MATH241, and PHYS260. Corequisite: PHYS271. Third semester of a three-semester calculus-based general physics course. Electrodynamics, Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves, geometrical optics, interference, diffraction, special theory of relativity, and modern physics. PHYS270 and PHYS271 (lab) must be taken in the same semester. If purchasing used books additional software may be required.

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