Physics for Life Sciences Majors: Thermodynamics, Fluids, Waves, Light and Optics
PHYSICS XL 5B
This is the second course in the pre-medical physics sequence, which provides an introduction to thermal properties of fluids, sound, light, waves and optics.
Winter
Spring
What you can learn.
- Evaluate the relation between energy, temperature, and gasses
- Apply thermal properties to biological and biochemical systems
About this course:
Thermal properties of matter, free energy, fluids, ideal gas, diffusion, oscillations, waves, sounds, light and optics, with applications to biological and biochemical systems. Transferable for UC credit.
Prerequisites
PHYSICS XL 5A Physics for Life Sciences Majors: Mechanics and Energy
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