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Spring 2022
Apr 20, 2024
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PHYS 25100 - Heat, Electricity And Optics
Credit Hours: 5.00. 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.
0.000 OR 5.000 Credit hours

Syllabus Available
Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional
Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Laboratory, Lecture, Recitation

Offered By: Regional Campus Only

Course Attributes:
Credit By Exam, Dept Credit, Lower Division, GTC-Science, UC-Science

May be offered at any of the following campuses:     
      PU Fort Wayne
      IUPUI
      Northwest- Westville
      Northwest- Hammond

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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