Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

PHY 104 — General Physics IV

PHY department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• describe and quantitatively analyse the behaviour of vibrating systems and wave energy
• explain the propagation and properties of waves in sound and light
• identify and apply the wave equations
• explain geometrical optics and principles of optical instruments

Course contents

Simple harmonic motion (SHM): energy in a vibrating system, Damped SHM, Q values and power response curves, forced SHM, resonance and transients, coupled SHM. Normal modes. Waves: types and properties of waves as applied to sound; Transverse and Longitudinal waves; Superposition, interference, diffraction, dispersion, polarisation.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study PHY 104.

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