Odysseus Logo

Virginia Tech

PHYS-2215: General Physics Laboratory

Description: Laboratory experiments dealing with basic laws and techniques of physics; designed to illustrate topics covered in PHYS 2205-2206. Applications of reasoning in the natural sciences using physics experiments in a real-world and interdisciplinary context. Ethical responsibilities and issues in a laboratory setting. 2215: analysis of experimental errors, formatting for presenting graphical data, analyzing and describing and prioritizing experimental design features, communicating concepts orally and in writing, concepts of force, momentum, conservation of energy, wave and interference phenomena. 2216: analysis of experimental errors, communicating concepts orally and in writing, concepts of geometrical optics, optical instruments, heat and phase transitions, electricity and electrical energy storage, magnetic fields and magnetic induction, atomic spectra.

Pathways: 4 Reasoning in Natural Sci., 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 1 credit

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: BC-3014, BC-3064, BC-3114, PHYS-2216

Corequisites: PHYS-2205

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 623

Average GPA: 3.76 (A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 76.51%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.20%

Mark L Pitt201091.9%6.5%0.7%0.0%1.0%0.0%3.8233
Travis R Merritt202484.9%10.4%2.7%0.6%1.1%0.3%3.76294
Eugene J Halpin201394.3%4.3%0.7%0.3%0.1%0.2%3.90104
Tetsuro Mizutani200972.3%25.3%1.6%0.1%0.6%0.0%3.65106
Victoria G Soghomonian201076.9%19.1%3.0%0.4%0.4%0.1%3.6457
Leslie Howe202279.5%10.3%5.0%0.0%5.3%0.0%3.592
Tatsu Takeuchi200594.4%5.2%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.8523
Matthew T Raum201197.0%0.0%3.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.942
Hadi Rahmaninejad202073.7%15.8%0.0%0.0%10.5%0.0%3.441
Dylan G Powers202370.0%10.0%20.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.541

Grade Distribution Over Time