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Course Calendar 2011-2012 - Champlain College Saint-Lambert

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Physics (continued)<br />

203-NYA-05<br />

Mechanics<br />

(Physics for Science and IB Science students only)<br />

This course offers a mathematical treatment of the basic<br />

laws and principles of mechanics. Content: Vector<br />

analysis, forces, friction, equilibrium, one-dimensional<br />

motion, motion in a plane, laws of motion, universal<br />

gravitation, work energy theorem, potential energy,<br />

conservation of energy, conservation of momentum,<br />

collisions, rotational kinematics and dynamics, and<br />

angular momentum.<br />

Class: 3 hours/week Lab: 2 hours/week<br />

Units: 2.66<br />

Absolute Prerequisite: Sec V Physics or 203-001;<br />

Co-requisite: Calculus<br />

203-NYB-05<br />

Electricity and Magnetism<br />

(Physics for Science and IB Science students only)<br />

This course is a study of the fundamental laws of<br />

electricity and magnetism. It is designed to provide<br />

students with an understanding of electromagnetic<br />

phenomena and some applications. Content: Coulomb's<br />

law, electric field, Gauss' law, electrical potential,<br />

capacitors, physical effect of a dielectric, DC circuits,<br />

electrical instruments, Kirchhoff's rules, electromotive<br />

force and internal resistance, magnetic field, Biot-Savart<br />

law, Ampere’s law, Faraday's law, inductance,<br />

introduction to AC.<br />

Class: 3 hours/week Lab: 2 hours/week<br />

Units: 2.66<br />

Absolute Prerequisite: 203-NYA & 203-NYC<br />

Co-requisite: Calculus II<br />

203-NYC-05<br />

Waves and Modern Physics<br />

(Physics for Science and IB Science students only)<br />

This course is an introduction to waves, optics, and<br />

selected topics in modern Physics. Content: Simple<br />

harmonic motion, harmonic<br />

waves, superposition principle, standing waves,<br />

resonance, sound waves, Doppler effect, electromagnetic<br />

waves (qualitative), Huygens' principle, reflection,<br />

refraction, mirrors, lenses, optical instruments,<br />

interference, diffraction, polarization, photoelectric<br />

effect, de Broglie waves, wave particle duality,<br />

uncertainty principle, the Bohr atom, nuclear physics and<br />

radioactivity.<br />

Class: 3 hours/week Lab: 2 hours/week<br />

Units: 2.66<br />

Prerequisites: Physics 203-NYA and Calculus I

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