2a Intended as the first semester of college physics for students majoring in science or mathematics. Topics include vectors, kinematics in one and two dimensions, dynamics, work, energy, momentum, rotational motion, oscillation, and the properties of fluids. Emphasis is on the mathematical analysis of concepts. 2a Intended as the second semester of college physics for students majoring in science and mathematics. Topics include static electric fields and Coulomb's law, Gauss's law, electric potential, capacitors, Ohm's law, the magnetic field and Ampere's law, induction and Faraday's law, and elementary circuit theory.
Emphasis is on mathematical analysis.
A laboratory course designed to develop experimental skills. Focus on the use of modern electronics and computers to measure and analyze data. Students construct analog and digital circuits and then use them to carry out experiments illustrating physical principles from mechanics and electricity and magnetism. An attempt to alter the usual approach to physics for non- science majors by giving the student an appreciation of the methodology of physics and how physicists view the universe in which we live. The approach is descriptive and nonmathematical.