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PHYS 170 PHYSICS (PHYS) COLLEGE PHYSICS I 3 UNITS PHYS 150 Pass/No Pass or Grade is Allowed FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS I Recommended Preparation: RDG 56 or equivalent or through the 3 UNITS Southwestern College multiple measures placement processes. Pass/No Pass or Grade is Allowed Prerequisite: MATH 121 or equivalent. Prerequisite: MATH 121 or equivalent. Lecture 3 hours Lecture 3 hours Offered: ALL Offered: FALL, SPRING First of a three-semester, -based sequence intended mainly for Constitutes the first of a two-semester, calculus-based sequence majors in the life . Topics include: Newtonian ; and intended mainly for majors in the life sciences. Includes kinematics, waves. (Not open to students with credit in PHYS 110.) [D; CSU; UC; C-ID dynamics, work and energy, momentum, fluids, waves, sound, and simple PHYS 100 (with PHYS 171 + 172 + 173)] harmonic motion. [D; CSU; UC; C-ID PHYS 105 (with PHYS 151)] PHYS 171 PHYS 151 COLLEGE PHYSICS LABORATORY I FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS LABORATORY I 1 UNIT 1 UNIT Pass/No Pass or Grade is Allowed Pass/No Pass or Grade is Allowed Corequisite: PHYS 170 (may be taken previously). Corequisite: PHYS 150 (may be taken previously). Laboratory 3 hours Laboratory 3 hours Offered: ALL Offered: FALL, SPRING Laboratory course to accompany College Physics I (PHYS 170). (Not Constitutes the lab component of PHYS 150 (Fundamentals of Physics open to students with credit in PHYS 110.) [D; CSU; UC; C-ID PHYS 100 I). Includes kinematics, dynamics, work and energy, momentum, fluids, (with PHYS 170 + 172 + 173)] waves, sound, and simple harmonic motion. [D; CSU; UC; C-ID PHYS 105 PHYS 172 (with PHYS 150)] COLLEGE PHYSICS II PHYS 152 3 UNITS FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS II Pass/No Pass or Grade is Allowed 3 UNITS Prerequisite: PHYS 170 and MATH 122, or equivalent. Pass/No Pass or Grade is Allowed Lecture 3 hours Prerequisite: PHYS 150 or equivalent. Offered: ALL Corequisite: MATH 122 (may be taken previously). Provides the second of a three-semester, calculus-based sequence Lecture 3 hours intended mainly for majors in the life sciences. Includes topics such as Offered: FALL, SPRING electric fields; direct current; magnetic fields; alternating current; and Constitutes the second of a two-semester, calculus-based sequence thermal physics. (Not open to students with credit in PHYS 120.) [D; CSU; intended mainly for majors in the life sciences. Includes electrostatics, UC; C-ID PHYS 100 (with PHYS 170 + 171 + 173)] magnetism, DC circuits, , and modern physics. [D; CSU; UC; C-ID PHYS 173 PHYS 110 (with PHYS 153)] COLLEGE PHYSICS LABORATORY II PHYS 153 1 UNIT FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS LABORATORY II Pass/No Pass or Grade is Allowed 1 UNIT Corequisite: PHYS 172 (May be taken previously). Pass/No Pass or Grade is Allowed Laboratory 3 hours Corequisite: PHYS 152 (may be taken previously). Offered: ALL Laboratory 3 hours Laboratory course to accompany College Physics II (PHYS 172). (Not Offered: FALL, SPRING open to students with credit in PHYS 120.) [D; CSU; UC; C-ID PHYS 100 Constitutes the lab component of PHYS 152 (Fundamentals of Physics (with PHYS 170 + 171 + 172)] II). Includes electrostatics, magnetism, DC circuits, optics, and modern PHYS 174 physics. [D; CSU; UC; C-ID PHYS 110 (with PHYS 152)] COLLEGE PHYSICS III 3 UNITS Pass/No Pass or Grade is Allowed Prerequisite: PHYS 172 or equivalent. Lecture 3 hours Offered: FALL Provides the third of a three-semester, calculus-based sequence intended mainly for majors in the life sciences. Includes topics such as light and its interaction with matter; optics; special relativity; ; and . (Not open to students with credit in PHYS 120.) [D; CSU; UC] 2 Physics (PHYS)

PHYS 175 PHYS 274 COLLEGE PHYSICS LABORATORY III PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS III 1 UNIT 3 UNITS Pass/No Pass or Grade is Allowed Grade Only Corequisite: PHYS 174 (May be taken previously). Prerequisite: PHYS 272 or equivalent. Laboratory 3 hours Corequisite: MATH 252 (may be taken previously). Offered: FALL Lecture 3 hours Laboratory 3 hours. Laboratory course to accompany College Physics III Offered: FALL, SPRING (PHYS 174 in PHYS 120.) [D; CSU; UC] Introduces , waves, optics, and modern physics. Includes PHYS 270 the first and second law of thermodynamics, mechanical waves, sound PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS I waves, electromagnetic waves, geometrical optics, physical optics, 3 UNITS special relativity, quantum mechanics, and atomic spectra. Third of a three-semester, calculus-based sequence intended mainly for majors in Grade Only the physical sciences and engineering. [D; CSU; UC; C-ID PHYS 215] Recommended Preparation: RDG 158 or equivalent or through the Southwestern College multiple measures placement processes. PHYS 275 Prerequisite: MATH 250 or equivalent. MODERN PHYSICS AND PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS LABORATORY III Lecture 3 hours 2 UNITS Offered: ALL Grade Only Introduces classical mechanics. Includes vectors, motion in one to three Recommended Concurrent Enrollment: MATH 254 (may be taken dimensions, Newton's laws of motion, friction, equilibrium, work, energy, previously). gravitation, rotational motion, and periodic motion. Provides the first of a Corequisite: PHYS 274 (May be taken previously); MATH 253 (may be three-semester calculus-based sequence intended mainly for majors in taken previously). the physical sciences and engineering. [D; CSU; UC; C-ID PHYS 205] Lecture 1 hour, laboratory 3 hours PHYS 271 Offered: SPRING PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS LABORATORY I Covers special relativity, quantum mechanics, and atomic physics. 1 UNIT Includes Lorentz transformation, relativistic collisions, the Schrödinger equation in 1D and 3D, and applications to atomic physics. Includes Grade Only topics such as thermodynamics, electromagnetic waves, geometric Prerequisite: PHYS 270 or equivalent. and physics optics, relativity, quantum mechanics, and atomic physics. Laboratory 3 hours Constitutes 1 unit of lecture on special relativity and quantum mechanics Offered: ALL and 1 unit of lab to supplement PHYS 274. [D; CSU; UC; C-ID PHYS 215 Provides laboratory experience to supplement PHYS 270. [D; CSU; UC; C- (with PHYS 274)] ID PHYS 205] PHYS 299 PHYS 272 INDEPENDENT STUDY PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS II 1-3 UNITS 3 UNITS Pass/No Pass or Grade is Allowed Grade Only Limitation on Enrollment: Eligibility for independent study. Prerequisite: PHYS 270 and MATH 251, or equivalent. Lecture 3 hours Lecture 3 hours Offered: FALL, SPRING Offered: FALL, SPRING Individual study or research in some area of physics of particular interest Introduces electricity, magnetism, and fluid mechanics. Includes electric to the student and not included in regular courses of the college. [D; CSU] field, potential, resistance, capacitance, magnetic field, inductance, electromagnetic induction, direct and alternating current, and fluid mechanics. Second of a three-semester, calculus based sequence intended mainly for majors in the physical sciences and engineering. [D; CSU; UC; C-ID PHYS 210] PHYS 273 PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS LABORATORY II 1 UNIT Grade Only Corequisite: PHYS 272 (may be taken previously). Laboratory 3 hours Offered: FALL, SPRING Provides laboratory experience to supplement PHYS 272. [D; CSU; UC; C- ID PHYS 210]