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PHYS-2216: 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: PHYS-2305 or PHYS-2215

Required By: GEOG-3515

Corequisites: PHYS-2206

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 170

Average GPA: 3.70 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 71.16%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.58%

Travis R Merritt202480.7%12.1%4.3%0.8%1.6%0.6%3.69166
Leslie Howe202291.6%6.4%0.0%0.0%1.9%0.0%3.872
Hadi Rahmaninejad202081.0%9.6%4.8%0.0%4.8%0.0%3.631
Dylan G Powers202376.6%17.0%0.0%0.0%4.2%2.1%3.671

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Summer II 2019Winter 2019Summer I 2020Winter 2020Summer I 2021Winter 2021Summer I 2022Winter 2022Summer I 2023Winter 2023Fall 2024Term050% W