PHYS260H

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

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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: PHYS260

Fall 2025

Michelle Girvan

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James Drake

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Michelle Girvan

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Rajarshi Roy

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Rabindra Mohapatra

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Erin Sohr

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Rabindra Mohapatra

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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 3.49 between 178 students*

PHYS260H Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550556065% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 15.17%
A: 25.84%
A+: 20.22%
B-: 3.93%
B: 14.61%
B+: 11.8%
C-: 1.69%
C: 0.56%
C+: 3.93%
F: 0.56%
W: 1.12%
other: 0.56%
* "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.