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
Corequisites: PHYS-2205
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 179
Average GPA: 3.66 (rounds to A-)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 71.30%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.55%
| Travis R Merritt | 2024 | 78.8% | 13.4% | 4.4% | 0.9% | 1.8% | 0.6% | 3.67 | 175 |
| Leslie Howe | 2022 | 79.5% | 10.3% | 5.0% | 0.0% | 5.3% | 0.0% | 3.59 | 2 |
| Hadi Rahmaninejad | 2020 | 73.7% | 15.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10.5% | 0.0% | 3.44 | 1 |
| Dylan G Powers | 2023 | 70.0% | 10.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.54 | 1 |