This course is designed to accompany either level of introductory physics. The third semester of calculus-level introductory physics. Students who need or want laboratory work in modern physics should enroll concurrently in Physic 281. An introduction to the principles of thermodynamics. Concepts include temperature, internal energy, heat, free energy, entropy, work, and the laws which relate them to each other.
Application is made to systems including ideal gases, heat engines and refrigerators.
Experiments in modern physics and optics, including spectroscopy, electromagnetism, atomic, and nuclear physics. Mechanics Principles of Newtonian mechanics, conservation laws, gravitational potential theory, and conservative fields, central forces, oscillatory systems, rigid body rotation, and relativistic mechanics. I Basic concepts of electric and magnetic fields, electrostatics, magnetostatics, electric currents, electromagnetism, development of Maxwell's equations and simple applications, physical optics, reflection, dispersion, polarization, and diffraction. Math 240, Physic 312, or permission of instructor. A continuation of Physic 321.