TransfermaticPHYS at Saddleback College

    PHYS 2B - INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS

    Recent Professors
    D. Dixon
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2027, Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
    Class Size
    32 students
    Credits
    5
    Prerequisite
    Prerequisite: PHYS 2A
    Spring 2027 Sections
    View Spring 2027 sections of PHYS 2B
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5A · Cal-GETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5C · CSU GE Area B3 · CSU GE Area B1
    Description
    A continuation course from PHYS 2A. Study of electrostatics, electromagnetism, optics atomic and nuclear physics. Topics include electric charge, fields, circuits, electromagnetic induction, electromagnetic waves, electric applications, lenses and mirrors, wave optics, optical applications, waves and particles, special relativity, the Bohr atom, quantum concepts, the nucleus, nuclear processes and energy.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 10:30am–12:20pm, Wed 12:30pm–3:20pm