Nov 21, 2024  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog (DRAFT) 
    
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HONS 158 Honors Physics II (3)

A continuation of Honors Physics I. Topics covered are Electricity, Magnetism, Light, Relativity, Atomic Physics, Quantum Physics and Nuclear Physics. Lectures emphasize the application of these topics in interdisciplinary areas. Examples of interdisciplinary applications are electric potentials in biology and medicine, magnetic field in medicine, or optics and the biology of human vision and possibly visual arts. This is the Honors course version of PHYS 112 . Students may not receive credit for both.
Prerequisite(s): HONS 157 /HONS 157L  or PHYS 111 /PHYS 111L MATH 120 , or permission of the instructor
Corequisite(s): HONS 158L  
Course Frequency: Occasional
Note: Students planning to major in physics and/or astrophysics and/or meteorology are advised to complete MATH 220 along with HONS 158/158L as these are required for PHYS 230 enrollment.



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