Physics I&II Lab Syllabus

http://www.fiu.edu/~sherwin/Course/4849L.html
 

Lab cycle for 2048L/2049L Fall 2017: Mon--Fri (prior Sept. 4th); Tue--Mon (after Sept. 4th)
Lab cycle for 2048L/2049L Spring 2018: Tue--Mon (after Jan. 15th)
Lab cycle for 2048L/2049L Summer 2018: Mon--Tue, Wed--Fri
General
This course is part of the two-semester sequence of the introductory undergraduate physics labs.  Students in PHY2048L should have taken or be taking PHY2048 or PHY2053; and students in PHY2049L should have taken or be taking PHY2049 or PHY2054. However, students may ask a waiver (from Physics Advisors) so as not drop the lab courses automatically when dropping the corresponding lecture courses. All information contained herein supersedes what is provided in the lab manuals.  

Physics is an experimental science and, while it is true that progress in physics has always relied on the contributions of theorist, the ultimate test of their theories takes place in the laboratory.  The experiments in this course cover most of the topics you will encounter in your lecture course.  They will be invaluable as an aid to deeper, conceptual understanding of those topics.  Fundamental laws and relationships will be put to the test and (hopefully) verified. The meaning of an equation will be clarified so that it is not merely a collection of symbols.  You will learn the use of several instruments, and how computers can be interfaced with physics experiments. 

Lab Coordinator: 
Dr. Wang
Office: CP 216
Phone: 305-348-3064
E-mail: sherwin@fiu.edu

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