PHYS 214 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Required Materials

Web Information

This course uses the Web extensively. Internet access and a Web browser are required for:

prelecture notes and checkpoints
homework
grade book
access to lecture slides
discussion problem solutions
access to most class handouts.

Computers with appropriate web browsers are available in Technology Services, Engineering Work Stations and housing division computer labs.

Required Materials

For Lecture

Something to take notes with.
iClicker

For Discussion

Your laptop or tablet
Calculator (with trig, exponential and log capabilities)
Discussion Materials for Physics 214, which will be distributed through Gradescope

For Lab

Your laptop or tablet
Calculator (with trig, exponential and log capabilities)

Homework, Checkpoints, Prelectures

Smart Physics

Strongly Recommended Materials

Moore, Six Ideas That Shaped Physics - Unit Q: Particles Behave Like Waves

Useful Reference Books (on reserve in the Library)

Wolfson, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Volume 2
Tipler, Physics, Volume 2
Halliday, Fundamentals of Physics, Part 2
Serway, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Volume 2
Custom version of University Physics with Modern Physics by Young \& Freedman (12th Edition, 2008)