PHYS162H

026886

A freshman-level course in the fundamental properties of light and heat, taught at an accelerated level; introduces students to the propagation of light and heat and related applications such as optical instruments and heat engines. Topics include temperature scales and heat, laws of thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases and elementary statistical mechanics, heat engines, elementary wave theory and sound, light as an electromagnetic wave, geometrical optics, lenses and mirrors, physical optics, diffraction and interference, optical instruments. This course, Accelerated Introductory Optics and Thermodynamics, is meant for Astronomy, Physics, and Applied Physics majors.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Undergraduate

016145