C General Physics III

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Term hours: 54 lecture and 54 laboratory. This course is part of a three-semester program of introductory calculus-based physics for students majoring in physics, chemistry, geology, engineering (all areas), mathematics, and other related fields. It may be taken before or after PHYS 222 C . Topics covered include oscillations and waves, thermodynamics and kinetic theory, geometrical and physical optics, special theory of relativity, introduction to quantum mechanics, atomic physics, and nuclear physics. Requires knowledge of differential and integral calculus. (CSU/UC Credit Limitation, AA GE, CalGETC, C-ID: PHYS 215).