PHYS 25100 - Heat, Electricity And Optics

Prerequisite(s): PHYS 15200 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C- AND MA 16400 FOR LEVEL UG WITH MIN. GRADE OF C-

Credit Hours: 5.00. Calculus-based. Continuation of PHYS 15200. Heat, kinetic theory, elementary thermodynamics, heat transfer. Electrostatics, AC/DC circuits, electromagnetism, magnetic properties of matter; geometrical and physical optics.Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
Course Learning Outcomes
1. Compute force, field, and potential energy and combine these in a variety of rich contexts (e.g., forces on dipoles).
2. Compute electric fields due to various charge configurations.
3. Compute electric fields in matter in equilibrium.
4. Compute magnetic fields from sources.
5. Apply microscopic circuit analysis techniques.
6. Apply macroscopic circuit analysis techniques.
7. Compute forces on charges in magnetic fields.
8. Compute fields using Gauss’s and Ampere’s Law.
9. Compute EMF between two points in situations where flux is changing.
10. Compute radiative field from accelerating charges.
11. Compute interaction of EM Waves with matter.
12. Heat and Thermodynamics: reason about thermodynamic problems using the concepts of heat, work, temperature and thermal energy.

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