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Fall 2025 - Summer 2026 Academic Catalog

PHYSC 122 - Engineering Physics 2 - Lecture, Lab & Workshop

5 Credits
An introduction to the principles of thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases, electricity, magnetism, and optics. Topics included are: temperature, thermal expansion, calorimetry, heat transfer, laws of thermodynamics, electrostatics, Coulomb’s Law, electric field, Gauss’s Law, electric potential, capacitance, dielectrics, current resistance, and electromotive force, direct current circuits, magnetic field, inductance, alternating currents, electromagnetic waves, an introduction to the principles of geometrical and physical optics, quantum mechanics and atomic physics.

Prerequisites: PHYSC 121 Engineering Physics 1 - Lecture, Lab & Workshop  
Corequisite: MATH 191 Calculus 2