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

Fall 2025

Hailu Gebremariam

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Average rating: 3.16

Michelle Girvan

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Wendell Hill

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Summer 2025

David Buehrle

119 reviews
Average rating: 3.19

Spring 2025

Aria Heidarian

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Average rating: 4.43

David Buehrle

119 reviews
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Hailu Gebremariam

120 reviews
Average rating: 3.16

Fall 2024

Michelle Girvan

32 reviews
Average rating: 2.78

Hailu Gebremariam

120 reviews
Average rating: 3.16

Howard Milchberg

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Average rating: 3.20

James Drake

32 reviews
Average rating: 3.69

Bei Lok Hu

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Rajarshi Roy

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Average rating: 4.33

Spring 2024

David Buehrle

119 reviews
Average rating: 3.19

Rajarshi Roy

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Average rating: 4.33

Past Semesters

Theodore Kirkpatrick

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Average rating: 2.59

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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Eun-Suk Seo

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Andrew Smith

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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

54 reviews
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Andris Skuja

24 reviews
Average rating: 1.92

Wendell Hill

30 reviews
Average rating: 1.77

Andris Skuja

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Average rating: 1.92

Rabindra Mohapatra

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Average rating: 3.17

Erin Sohr

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Shabnam Jabeen

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Andris Skuja

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Erin Sohr

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Hailu Gebremariam

120 reviews
Average rating: 3.16

Rabindra Mohapatra

18 reviews
Average rating: 3.17

Shabnam Jabeen

11 reviews
Average rating: 3.91

David Buehrle

119 reviews
Average rating: 3.19

Andris Skuja

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Average rating: 1.92

David Buehrle

119 reviews
Average rating: 3.19

David Buehrle

119 reviews
Average rating: 3.19

Hailu Gebremariam

120 reviews
Average rating: 3.16

James Drake

32 reviews
Average rating: 3.69

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