Welcome to PHYS 20900 at CCNY

This is the course page for City College Course PHYS 209.

The course syllabus is here: Syllabus


The book

Modern Physics, Gary N. Felder & Kenny M. Felder, Cambridge, 2023



Course Schedule and Materials

The exam and homework schedule is subject to change, but this represents the most likely dates for those items.

Date Subject Reading Before In Class
Aug 31 Ray Optics Newton Snell's Law / Lens Diagram
Sep 2 Light To do
Sep 7
Sep 9 Light as Waves To do
Sep 14
Sep 16
Sep 21
Sep 23
Sep 28
Sep 30
Oct 5
Oct 7
Oct 12
Oct 13
Oct 14
Oct 19
Oct 21
Oct 26
Oct 28
Nov 2
Nov 4
Nov 9
Nov 11
Nov 16
Nov 18
Nov 23
Nov 25
Nov 30
Dec 2
Dec 7
Dec 9
Dec 14

Other information

Physics page for Current Students

Communication

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