PHYS-2206: General Physics
Description: General physics course sequence for students in curricula other than physical sciences, mathematics, or engineering, who have not studied calculus. Applications of reasoning in the natural sciences using physical laws in a real-world context and in the students own discipline. Overview of intercultural and universal aspects of physics, and of human benefits of physics to address global challenges. 2205: mechanics, wave phenomena, fluids. 2206: optics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, relativity, topics in nuclear and modern physics.
Pathways: 4 Reasoning in Natural Sci., 10 Ethical Reasoning
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: N/A
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 41
Average GPA: 3.12 (rounds to B)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 22.97%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.02%
| Fei Lin | 2024 | 29.3% | 27.8% | 26.2% | 5.6% | 2.4% | 8.6% | 2.81 | 6 |
| Kriton Papavasiliou | 2024 | 29.1% | 51.6% | 15.4% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 3.04 | 21 |
| Almas Khan | 2023 | 70.6% | 23.6% | 4.5% | 0.0% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 3.58 | 3 |
| Victoria G Soghomonian | 2024 | 51.3% | 33.6% | 9.9% | 2.9% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 3.32 | 10 |
| Rohit Pandey | 2019 | 43.4% | 34.6% | 17.0% | 3.2% | 1.6% | 0.0% | 3.13 | 1 |