PHYS& 242 - Engineering Physics II

Credits: 5
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 55
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: Continuation of PHYS& 241 extending the concepts of mechanics into the study of fluids and waves, heat and thermodynamics. Geometric and wave optics are also studied.

Prerequisite: ENGL& 101; PHYS& 241; and MATH& 152; all courses with a grade of C or higher (or concurrent enrollment). AND Concurrent enrollment in PHYS& 232.
Distribution Requirements:

Natural Sciences Distribution Requirement

Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Understand and be able to apply the concepts, laws and principles of fluids, thermodynamics, waves, sound and optics to explain or predict physical phenomena.
Solve numerical problems using appropriate physical laws, principles, and mathematical techniques (including calculus) for variables such as buoyancy, work, heat, frequency, refraction, etc.
Interpret or derive information about physical systems when presented mathematical forms such as equations or graphs.

Course Contents

Properties of fluids
Harmonic motion
Waves
Sound
Geometric optics, mirrors, and lenses
Interference, diffraction, and polarization
Temperature and heat
Thermal properties of matter (gas laws, thermal expansion)
Thermodynamics, entropy

Instructional Units: 5