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Physics for Life Sciences Majors: Electricity, Magnetism and Modern Physics
PHYSICS XL 5C
This is the third course in the pre-medical physics sequence. It explores electrostatics in vacuum and in water, with applications to biological and biochemical systems.
Fall
Spring
What you can learn.
- Identify how electricity and circuits can be applied in various biological systems
- Assess the advantages and shortcomings of atomic and nuclear physics in everyday life
About this course:
Electrostatics in vacuum and in water. Electricity, circuits, magnetism, quantum, atomic and nuclear physics, and radioactivity, with applications to biological and biochemical systems. Transferable for UC credit.
Prerequisites
Physics XL 5B
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