PHYS 2115 - Calculus-Based Physics for Scientists and Engineers: C

Recent Professors: Amy Wilton
Recent Semesters: Fall 2026
Class Size: 24 students
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: MATH 1500 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry II Minimum Grade: C Condition: Healthy/Safety: Additional: Outcomes: Evaluate a definite integral as a limit. Evaluate a definite integral using integration formulas. Apply integration methods. Evaluate indefinite integrals. AND PHYS 2110 - Calculus-Based Physics for Scientists and Engineers: B Minimum Grade: Condition: Healthy/Safety: Additional: Outcomes: Demonstrate an ability to effectively communicate scientific knowledge, experimental results and analysis Use the laws of physics and proportional reasoning strategies to appraise the relative effect of changes to a specified independent variable on changes to a dependent variable for a given physical phenomena as related to the course objectives*. Example: How does doubling the distance between two charges affect the force? COS GE SLO C4 Demonstrate proficiency in calculating solutions to numerical problems that require identifying key data, deciding which principle of physics applies, choosing an appropriate formula and problem solving strategy, converting units as required, performing derivatives, integrals, and algebraic manipulations & calculations, and deciding if the answer is reasonable as related to the course objectives*. COS GE SLO C2 Design and execute experiments according to the scientific method. This includes the ability to: (a) determine whether or not a question can be addressed by science,(b) design and execute an experiment using the scientific method, (c) record, manipulate and evaluate the experimental data to reach conclusions. Analyze how the laws of physics apply to a broad range of everday phenomena related to the course objectives. C2
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Transfers To: UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5C · Cal-GETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5C · CSU GE Area B3 · CSU GE Area B1
Description: The fundamental principles of heat, thermodynamics, atomic structure, relativity, quantum mechanics, superconductivity, particle physics and cosmology are covered in this course. The mathematical framework of differential and integral calculus are used in analysis of problems. This is the final course in the engineering physics sequence and thus brings the different areas of physics together. UC transfer credit granted for either the PHYS 1105 and 1110 series or the PHYS 2105, 2110, and 2115 series. Lab. C-ID PHYS 215.
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