PHYS260

General Physics: Vibration, Waves, Heat, Electricity and Magnetism

Prerequisite: PHYS161 and MATH141. Corequisite: PHYS261. Credit only granted for: PHYS142, PHYS260, or PHYS272. Second semester of a three-semester calculus-based general physics course. Vibrations, waves, fluids; heat, kinetic theory, and thermodynamics; electrostatics, circuits, and magnetism. PHYS260 and PHYS261 must be taken in the same semester. If purchasing used books additional software may be required.

Sister Courses: PHYS260H

Spring 2026

Hailu Gebremariam

55 reviews
Average rating: 3.04

Michelle Girvan

29 reviews
Average rating: 4.07

Wendell Hill

16 reviews
Average rating: 1.50

Aria Heidarian

10 reviews
Average rating: 4.60

Fall 2025

Hailu Gebremariam

55 reviews
Average rating: 3.04

Michelle Girvan

29 reviews
Average rating: 4.07

Wendell Hill

16 reviews
Average rating: 1.50

Summer 2025

David Buehrle

9 reviews
Average rating: 3.56

Spring 2025

David Buehrle

9 reviews
Average rating: 3.56

Hailu Gebremariam

55 reviews
Average rating: 3.04

Aria Heidarian

10 reviews
Average rating: 4.60

Past Semesters

Bei Lok Hu

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Hailu Gebremariam

55 reviews
Average rating: 3.04

Howard Milchberg

8 reviews
Average rating: 2.00

James Drake

19 reviews
Average rating: 3.00

Michelle Girvan

29 reviews
Average rating: 4.07

Rajarshi Roy

8 reviews
Average rating: 3.88

David Buehrle

9 reviews
Average rating: 3.56

Rajarshi Roy

8 reviews
Average rating: 3.88

Hailu Gebremariam

55 reviews
Average rating: 3.04

Howard Milchberg

8 reviews
Average rating: 2.00

James Drake

19 reviews
Average rating: 3.00

David Buehrle

9 reviews
Average rating: 3.56

Andris Skuja

6 reviews
Average rating: 1.50

David Buehrle

9 reviews
Average rating: 3.56

Shabnam Jabeen

2 reviews
Average rating: 3.50

Wendell Hill

16 reviews
Average rating: 1.50

Andris Skuja

6 reviews
Average rating: 1.50

Hailu Gebremariam

55 reviews
Average rating: 3.04

Rabindra Mohapatra

4 reviews
Average rating: 3.50

Erin Sohr

4 reviews
Average rating: 4.00

David Buehrle

9 reviews
Average rating: 3.56

Andris Skuja

6 reviews
Average rating: 1.50

Rabindra Mohapatra

4 reviews
Average rating: 3.50

Shabnam Jabeen

2 reviews
Average rating: 3.50

Erin Sohr

4 reviews
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Andris Skuja

6 reviews
Average rating: 1.50

Hailu Gebremariam

55 reviews
Average rating: 3.04

Rabindra Mohapatra

4 reviews
Average rating: 3.50

David Buehrle

9 reviews
Average rating: 3.56

Matt Severson

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Andrew Smith

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Daniel Lathrop

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Eun-Suk Seo

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Frederick Wellstood

7 reviews
Average rating: 4.86

Kara Hoffman

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Sergio Picozzi

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Theodore L Einstein

2 reviews
Average rating: 2.00

Theodore Kirkpatrick

12 reviews
Average rating: 2.25

Vladimir Manucharyan

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Matthew Severson

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Maissam Barkeshli

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Raymond Fermo

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Arthur La Porta

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Daniel Hertz

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Gary Pennington

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James Lavine

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Sharon Roosevelt

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Richard Ellis

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Michael Rapport

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Lance Boyer

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Include P/F semesters During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 2.75 between 12,549 students*

A-: 7.44%

A: 13.28%

A+: 4.92%

B-: 9.22%

B: 21.23%

B+: 9.38%

C-: 4.49%

C: 12.87%

C+: 7.45%

D-: 0.35%

D: 2.68%

D+: 1.04%

F: 1.79%

W: 3.55%

other: 0.29%

* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.