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PHYS-4614: Optics

Description: Fundamentals of the ray, wave and quantum models of light, and topics in modern optics with contemporary applications.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: (MATH-2204 or MATH-2204H or MATH-2224) and (MATH-2214 or MATH-2214H) and PHYS-2306

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 20

Average GPA: 2.86 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 26.30%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.96%

Guy J Indebetouw200752.9%35.0%12.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.333
Vinh Nguyen202331.3%33.8%20.7%6.2%6.4%1.6%2.7511
James R Heflin201227.1%37.0%19.9%10.9%1.5%3.6%2.826

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