Oct 10, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

PHYS 108 - General Physics for the Life Sciences II, Lecture and Laboratory


Prerequisite, PHYS 107 MATH 110  or MATH 115 .   Corequisite, MATH 111  or MATH 115 . Students explore the principles of electricity and magnetism and learn to appreciate its central role in everyday experiences and its applications to the life sciences. Students develop broadly applicable critical thinking, approximation, and problem-solving skills. Topics covered include static electric fields, static magnetic fields, electromagnetic forces, DC circuits, electromagnetic induction, electromagnetic waves and optics. This course includes a lecture and a required laboratory component held at different times. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered every semester.) 4 credits