Maya Wheelock

Science Faculty Lecturer, Faculty of Science - Physics
Directory

Fall Term 2025 (1930)

PHYS 130 - Wave Motion, Optics, and Sound

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-3/2)

Geometrical optics, optical instruments, oscillations, waves, sound, interference, diffraction. Prerequisites: Mathematics 30-1, Mathematics 31, Physics 30. Corequisite: MATH 100 or 113 or 114 or 117 or 134 or 144 or equivalent. Restricted to Engineering students. Other students who take this course will receive 3 units.

LECTURE EA03 (51654)

2025-09-02 - 2025-12-08
MWF 14:00 - 14:50

LECTURE EA05 (55166)

2025-09-02 - 2025-12-08
MWF 13:00 - 13:50



PHYS 261 - Physics of Energy

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Energy in its various forms; conservation of energy; basic thermodynamics of ideal gases and phase changes; heat engines and refrigerators; consumption of energy resources; space heating and heat transfer; radioactivity; nuclear fission and nuclear power; alternative and renewable energy resources. Prerequisites: one of PHYS 124, PHYS 144, or EN PH 131, and one of PHYS 126, PHYS 146, PHYS 181, or PHYS 130; and MATH 114 or 134 or 144 or 154.

LECTURE A01 (51420)

2025-09-02 - 2025-12-08
TR 09:30 - 10:50

Winter Term 2026 (1940)

EN PH 131 - Mechanics

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-1S-3/2)

Kinematics and dynamics of particles; gravitation; work and energy; linear momentum; angular momentum; systems of particles; introduction to dynamics of rigid bodies. Prerequisites: MATH 100 or 117, and ENGG 130. Corequisite: MATH 101 or 118. Restricted to Engineering students. Other students who take this course will receive 3 units.

LECTURE EB03 (83069)

2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
MWF 09:00 - 09:50



PHYS 126 - Fluids, Fields, and Radiation

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-3)

A continuation of PHYS 124 primarily for students in life, environmental, and medical science. Fluid statics and dynamics, gases, kinetic interpretation; electrostatics; currents and circuits; magnetic field; electromagnetic induction; nuclear radiation, its interaction with matter and applications. Prerequisite: PHYS 124 or PHYS 144. Note: Credit may be obtained for only one of PHYS 126, 130, 146 or SCI 100.

LECTURE B01 (82766)

2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
MWF 12:00 - 12:50