PY 140 - Introductory Physics II with Laboratory: Electrodynamics

Credits: 4
An introduction to electricity, magnetism, and electronics, including hands-on exploration of physical systems. Students will develop a variety of scientific skills, including gathering and analyzing data, identifying information needed to answer a scientific question, using scientific software, troubleshooting scientific instrumentation, creating and interpreting graphs, and effectively communicating the solutions to physics problems and mathematical derivations. This course introduces tools from calculus in the context of physics problem-solving.
Prerequisites: QR 1 or placement at the AQR level or completion of an FQR course,

PY 130

or appropriate score on the Physics placement exam.

Prerequisites/ Corequisites MA 113
Note(s): Five hours of lecture, guided activities, laboratory experiments, and problem-solving per week. (Fulfills AQR Requirement; fulfills Scientific Inquiry.)
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