Department of Physics

PHY 205: Elementary Physics III

Course Information

Semester: Spring/Fall every year
Credits: 3+1 (PHY205/PHY275)
Prerequisites: Credits for having passed PHY203 and PHY273. Concurrent enrollment in PHY275 (lab) and PHY275R (recitation). Successful completion of/or concurrent enrollment in MTH142. If you have previously taken and passed PHY275 (lab), you need not repeat the lab, but you must register for, and attend, a section of PHY275R.

Course Description

Topics covered in this course include:

• Introduction to topics of thermodynamics
• Kinetic theory
• Wave motion
• Acoustics
• Optics

Course Syllabus for: Fall 2016