Overview
Description
Laboratory experiments to accompany PHYS 182.
Requirements
Prerequisites
PHYS 181PHYS 181L
Corequisites
PHYS 182
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): PHYS 181 and PHYS 181L.
Corequisites
Corequisite(s): PHYS 182.
Units
Laboratory Studio1
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate proficiency in the tools needed to perform these experiments.
- explain the relevant physics underlying these experiments, as well as the physics underlying the tools needed to perform these experiments in a succinct way.
- describe how experimental uncertainty propagates from independent measurements to extrapolated quantities.
- plot experimental data w/ error bars.
- analyze data, fit trend lines and form a logical argument built on data and analysis.
- condense and present technical information so as to communicate to advanced and lay audiences.