A calculus-based survey of Physics. This first semester covers topics in mechanics, heat and thermodynamics, and wave motion.
Labs develop the crucial ability to elicit understanding of the physical world.
A sophisticated introduction to discrete component and integrated circuit analog electronics, from basic DC circuitry, RC-circuits, rectifiers, and bipolar transistors, through FETs, operational amplifiers, timer chips, voltage regulators, and other analog ICs. Equal parts lecture and lab. A topical course in the development of modern physics from the theory of relativity to quantum mechanics. Relativity, photoelectric effect, X-ray production and scattering, nuclear transmutation, alpha and beta radiation processes, particles and quasiparticles. Fourier series, vector calculus, power series, and other techniques will be used in constructing mathematical models for solving scientific problems.