PHYS 206 - University Physics II

4 credits
4 lecture hours.

This is the second semester of a two-semester sequence. This is a calculus-based course designed for students of the natural sciences and engineering. This course emphasizes electricity, magnetism, optics. Topics include Coulomb’s law, Gauss’s law, electric fields and electric potential, currents, simple circuits and Kirchhoff’s laws, generation of magnetic fields by charges in motion, electromagnetic induction, magnetic materials, oscillatory circuits, and elementary optics. You cannot registrar for PHYS 206 without also registering for PHYS 206L. You will not be allowed to register for PHYS 206 unless you have passed PHYS 205 and PHYS 205L with a grade of “C” or better.

Prerequisite(s) PHYS 205, PHYS 205L and MATH 242 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Co-Requisite(s) PHYS 206L
Offered (FALL/SPRING/SUMMER)