Continuation of PHYS 221 covering electrostatics, circuits, magnetism and light. Fall and Spring. An introduction to electricity, magnetism, optics and elementary concepts of modern physics with laboratory. Applications focus on audio recording. A study of geometrical and physical optics.
Odd years fall.
Even years Spring. Students give oral presentations of their experimental work in each course in a seminar setting where other faculty, students and guests may attend. An intermediate study of electromagnetic fields, Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves. Odd years spring. The atomic nucleus and nuclear radiation, including the interaction of radiation with matter, conservation laws, nuclear models and instrumentation.