This is the second quarter of a five-quarter calculus-based physics sequence for physics majors and students with a serious interest in physics. Topics covered include simple harmonic motion, damped and forced oscillations, fluid statics and dynamics, waves in elastic media, sound waves, heat and the first law of thermodynamics, second law of thermodynamics; possibly also kinetic theory of gasses, Brownian motion, Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution, and the third law of thermodynamics.

While you know the prerequisites are PHYS 4A and MATH 20A-B, prior or concurrent enrollment in MATH 20C or 31BH it is recommended