Section Info: PHYS-210-01

Course Title: Waves and Optics

Start Date: 09/04/2024 End Date: 12/17/2024

Term: Fall Semester 2024

Description: A comprehensive treatment of wave phenomena, particularly light, leading to an introductory study of quantum mechanics. Topics include wave propagation, polarization, interference and interferometry, diffraction, and special relativity.

Distribution(s): II - Math & Sciences

Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate

Credits:4.00

Faculty	Phone	Email address
Alexi Arango		aarango@mtholyoke.edu

Meeting Dates	Method	Meeting days	Meeting times	Building name	Room	Frequency
09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024	Lecture	Monday, Wednesday and Friday	10:00AM - 11:15AM	SHTK - Shattuck Hall	118	Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses
Prereq: Electromagnetism (PHYS-201) and Intro to Math Methods (PHYS-205) or concurrent enrollment in PHYS-205 with permission.	Take previously	Required

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Course Availability
Section status: Open	Capacity: 28	Enrollment: 17	Available: 11	Waitlist: 0

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List	Required	Publisher Full Price
Title: https://openstax.org/details/books/university-physics-volume-2 Author: Ling, Sanny, and Moebs, Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781947172210 Publisher: OpenStax	Required	0.00
Title: https://openstax.org/details/books/university-physics-volume-3 Author: Ling, Sanny, and Moebs, Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781947172227 Publisher: OpenStax	Required	0.00
Title: https://openstax.org/details/books/university-physics-volume-1 Author: Moebs, Ling, Sanny, Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781947172203 Publisher: OpenStax	Required	0.00
Title: Six Ideas That Shaped Physics: Unit R - Laws of Physics are Frame-Independe Author: Moore, Thomas Copyright: 2017 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780077600952 Publisher: McGraw-Hill	Required	57.33

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