PHYS 4A A calculus-based introduction to classical electromagnetism. Electrostatic force, electrostatics, current and magnetic force, magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction, electromagnetic rediation and waves, interaction of radiation, and matter are studied. PHYS 4A A calculus-based introduction to modern physics, including thermodynamics and Special Relativity. It will focus on major discoveries, ideas, and methods in physics. Included are simple motions, the nature of matter and energy, electric and magnetic effects, and 20th-century ideas in relativity, and atomic and nuclear science.
Emphasis is on understanding concepts rather than mathematical aspects.
This course is also suggested for students having no previous physics training as preparation for more advanced physics courses. The Special Topics course is a grouping of short seminars designed to provide students with the latest ideas in a field of study. The course content is thematic in nature and each seminar within the course differs from other offerings in the same course.