Physics
Summer 2008
General Education Info: GFR | GEP (for students starting Fall 2007)
PHYS 111 Basic Physics I 4 credits
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Three lectures and two two-hour laboratory period a week. A general physics course intended primarily for students in psychology, biology and the healthrelated sciences. Topics include mechanics, heat and sound. Note: This course satisfies the minimum requirements of medical and dental schools. Prerequisite: High school mathematics, including trigonometry, or MATH 150. For more information contact reno@umbc.edu for sections 6060 or 6061 or lili@umbc.edu for section 7060.
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Grade Method: REG
GEP:Meets Sci plus lab. GFR:Biol/PhySci
plus lab.
[0229] 6060 Meets 05/27/2008 - 07/03/2008 RENO, R
TuWTh......9:00am-11:15am (LH6 ...)
TuTh.......2:00pm- 3:50pm (PHYS108) LAB
[0230] 6061 Meets 05/27/2008 - 07/03/2008 RENO, R
TuWTh......9:00am-11:15am (PHYS107)
TuTh......11:40am- 1:30pm (PHYS108) LAB
[0231] 7060 Meets 07/07/2008 - 08/15/2008 CUI, L
MWF........9:30am-11:45am (PHYS107)
MW........12:00pm- 1:50pm (PHYS108) LAB
PHYS 112 Basic Physics II 4 credits
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Continuation of PHYS 111. Topics include electricity, magnetism, optics and modern physics. Prerequisite: PHYS 111 with a "C" or better. For more information contact lili@umbc.edu.
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Grade Method: REG
GEP:Meets Sci plus lab. GFR:Biol/PhySci
plus lab. ***SECTION 7061: LEC MEETS IN
PHYS 201 AND LAB MEETS IN PHYS 109.***
[0232] 7060 Meets 07/07/2008 - 08/15/2008 CUI, L
TuTh.......9:15am-12:30pm (PHYS201)
TuTh.......3:00pm- 4:50pm (PHYS109) LAB
[0233] 7061 Meets 07/07/2008 - 08/15/2008 CUI, L
TuTh.......9:15am-12:30pm
TuTh.......1:00pm- 2:50pm LAB
PHYS 121 Introductory Physics I 4 credits
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This course emphasizes classical mechanics. Topics include force, particle kinematics and dynamics, equilibrium, Newton’s laws of motion and gravitation, rotational motion, collisions, momentum, energy and conservation laws. Pre- or corequisite: MATH 151. For more information contact andersoe@umbc.edu for section 6060 or kramer@umbc.edu for section 7060.
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Grade Method: REG
GEP:Meets Sci(non-lab).
GFR:Biol/PhySci(non-lab).
[0234] 6060 Meets 05/27/2008 - 07/03/2008 ANDERSON, E
MWF........9:00am-11:50am (PHYS201)
[0235] 7060 Meets 07/07/2008 - 08/15/2008 KRAMER, I
MWF........9:00am-11:50am (PHYS201)
PHYS 122 Introductory Physics II 4 credits
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This course emphasizes electricity, magnetism, heat and thermodynamics. Topics include Coulomb’s law, Gauss’s law, electric fields and electric potential, currents, simple circuits and Kirchhoff’s laws, generation of magnetic fields by charges in motion, electromagnetic induction, magnetic materials, oscillatory circuits, temperature, heat and the laws of thermodynamics. Prerequisite: PHYS 121. Corequisite: MATH 152. For more information contact reno@umbc.edu for section 6060 or takacs@umbc.edu for section 7060.
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Grade Method: REG
GEP:Meets Sci(non-lab).
GFR:Biol/PhySci(non-lab).
[0236] 6060 Meets 05/27/2008 - 07/03/2008 RENO, R
TuWTh......2:30pm- 5:20pm (LH6 ...)
[0237] 7060 Meets 07/07/2008 - 08/15/2008 TAKACS, L
MWTh.......9:00am-11:05am (LH6 ...)
PHYS 650 Special Topics 1-4 credits
(PermReq) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD Individual
Instruction course: contact department or
instructor for permission to enroll.
[7557] 0101 Meets 05/27/2008 - 08/15/2008 STAFF
Time and room to be arranged
PHYS 799 Master's Thesis Research 1-6 credits
(PermReq) Grade Method: P-F Individual Instruction
course: contact department or instructor
for permission to enroll.
[7749] 0101 Meets 05/27/2008 - 08/15/2008 FRANSON, J
Time and room to be arranged
[7849] 0102 Meets 07/07/2008 - 08/15/2008 SPARLING, L
Time and room to be arranged
PHYS 898 PRE CANDIDACY DOCTORAL RESEARCH 1-6 credits
(PermReq) Grade Method: P-F Individual Instruction
course: contact department or instructor
for permission to enroll.
[7778] 0101 Meets 05/27/2008 - 08/15/2008 STAFF
Time and room to be arranged
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