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PHYS 210, 220 GENERAL PHYSICS I AND II (4, 4)
Three lecture hours and three lab hours per week. Prerequisites: PHYS 210 - Intermediate algebra and plane geometry. Recommended: Completion of MATH 130, Trigonometry. PHYS 220 - Satisfactory completion of 210.
Lectures, with experimental demonstrations and lab, covering mechanics, heat and sound in the first semester; magnetism, electricity, light and modern developments in the second semester. Designed for students majoring in some field of letters and science; required of those planning to enter medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, optometry, agriculture or forestry. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (B1, B3). (PHYS 210 = CAN PHYS 2; PHYS 220 = CAN PHYS 4; PHYS 210 + 220 = CAN PHYS SEQ A).

PHYS 211 GENERAL PHYSICS I - CALCULUS SUPPLEMENT (1)
One lecture hour per week. Prerequisite: Completion of MATH 241 or MATH 251, completion of, or concurrent enrollment in, MATH 242 or MATH 252, and completion of, or concurrent enrollment in, PHYS 210.
Application of calculus to topics in PHYS 210 such as work done by a variable force, hydrostatic pressure of compressible fluids and heat conduction. Required of some premedical, biology, and architecture students. Transfer credit: UC; CSU.

PHYS 221 GENERAL PHYSICS II - CALCULUS SUPPLEMENT (1)
One class hour per week. Prerequisite: Completion of, or concurrent enrollment in, MATH 242 or MATH 252 and completion of, or concurrent enrollment in, PHYS 220.
Application of calculus to topics in PHYS 220 such as electric fields of uniform charge distributions, Ampere’s Law and Fermat’s Principle. Required of some premedical, biology, and architecture students. Transfer credit: UC; CSU.

PHYS 250, 260, 270 PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS I, II, III (4, 4, 4)
Three lecture hours, one recitation hour, and two lab hours per week. Prerequisite: PHYS 250 - MATH 251 and concurrent enrollment in MATH 252; PHYS 260 or 270 - PHYS 250.
This three-semester physics sequence is designed to give the student majoring in engineering, physics, or chemistry a thorough foundation in the fundamentals of physics.

PHYS 250 PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS I — Mechanics, wave motion and special relativity. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (B1, B3). (CAN PHYS 8; PHYS 250 + 260 + 270 = CAN PHYS SEQ B).
PHYS 260 PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS II — Electricity and magnetism. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (B1, B3). (CAN PHYS 12; PHYS 250 + 260 + 270 = CAN PHYS SEQ B).
PHYS 270 PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS III — Heat, light and modern physics. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (B1, B3). (CAN PHYS 14; PHYS 250 + 260 + 270 = CAN PHYS SEQ B).