PHYS260

General Physics: Vibration, Waves, Heat, Electricity and Magnetism

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Prerequisite: PHYS161 and MATH141. Corequisite: PHYS261. Credit only granted for: PHYS142, PHYS260, or PHYS272. Second semester of a three-semester calculus-based general physics course. Vibrations, waves, fluids; heat, kinetic theory, and thermodynamics; electrostatics, circuits, and magnetism. PHYS260 and PHYS261 must be taken in the same semester. If purchasing used books additional software may be required.

Sister Courses: PHYS260H

Spring 2026

Aria Heidarian

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Average rating: 4.56

Hailu Gebremariam

132 reviews
Average rating: 3.07

Michelle Girvan

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Fall 2025

Hailu Gebremariam

132 reviews
Average rating: 3.07

Michelle Girvan

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Wendell Hill

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Summer 2025

David Buehrle

130 reviews
Average rating: 3.18

Spring 2025

Aria Heidarian

36 reviews
Average rating: 4.56

David Buehrle

130 reviews
Average rating: 3.18

Hailu Gebremariam

132 reviews
Average rating: 3.07

Past Semesters

Michelle Girvan

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Theodore Kirkpatrick

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Sergio Picozzi

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Daniel Lathrop

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Frederick Wellstood

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Hailu Gebremariam

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Theodore L Einstein

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Rabindra Mohapatra

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Andrew Smith

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Maissam Barkeshli

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Kara Hoffman

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James Lavine

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Sharon Roosevelt

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Daniel Hertz

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Gary Pennington

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Michael Rapport

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Richard Ellis

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Arthur La Porta

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David Buehrle

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Howard Milchberg

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Raymond Fermo

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Lance Boyer

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Matthew Severson

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Vladimir Manucharyan

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Matt Severson

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Andris Skuja

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Wendell Hill

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Andris Skuja

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Rabindra Mohapatra

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Erin Sohr

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Andris Skuja

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Erin Sohr

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Hailu Gebremariam

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Rabindra Mohapatra

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Shabnam Jabeen

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David Buehrle

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Andris Skuja

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David Buehrle

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David Buehrle

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Hailu Gebremariam

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James Drake

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David Buehrle

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Average rating: 3.29

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Average rating: 3.76

Bei Lok Hu

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