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Optics and Sound Waves
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Ever wonder why putting on a pair of glasses can bring the world into focus? Interested in learning how flutes and other wind instruments work? In this course, we’ll learn how wave mechanics governs these behaviours. We’ll study mechanical and sound waves, simple harmonic motion, and geometric optics, including applications like microscopes, telescopes, Doppler radar, spectrometers, holograms, seismic waves, and molecular vibrations. The course’s laboratory component will let us see and hear how waves behave as they propagate and interact with their environment. Note: Students considering future enrolment in 300-level or higher PHYS courses are strongly encouraged to take MATH 114 (or both MATH 114 and one of MATH 120 or MATH 125 ) to satisfy the mathematics requirement.
Prerequisites: A minimum grade of C- in PHYS 126 or PHYS 146 , and in one of MATH 114 , MATH 120 , or MATH 125 .
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