PHYS 224Electricity and Magnetism for Life and Medical Physics
- Faculty
- Science
- Last listed
- Spring 2023
No longer offered. It was in Waterloo’s course catalog since at least Winter 2020 (as far back as Open Data goes) to Spring 2023 and last ran in Fall 2022. It isn’t in the 2024–25 or later calendars.
When it ran
- F20
- F21
- F22
Ran in 3 terms, Fall 2020 to Fall 2022.
Coulomb's law, electric field, Gauss' law, potential, current, resistance, electromotive force, D.C. circuits, magnetic fields, induced electromotive forces; applications include cell membrane potentials, action potentials, role of charge in structure and function of DNA, basis for the magneto-encephalogram and biomedical instrumentations. [Offered: F]
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: One of PHYS 112, 122; One of MATH 118, 119, 128, 138, 148. Antireq: PHYS 242
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Discussed on r/uwaterloo
10 posts and comments in 7 threads mention PHYS 224, February 2017 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Winter 2020
Who are the livesaver profs? 10 points, 25 comments
“Name them!”
u/FlyGuy3000: “Brenda Yasie Lee, Math 128,Phys 224, and Phys 236. Very algorithmic in teaching leaving no room for question; albeit, it was some easy courses but still.”
Fall 2019
PHYS256 VS PHY224 4 points, 9 comments
“Hey guys! Im a CS student and I took phys111 and phys112 and I need one more 2nd year course to finish my depth requirement. …”
u/VerifiedPost: “Its physics, so it's going to be hard regardless. Are you interested in optics or are you interested in electromagnetism. …”
u/Xuseratta: “That’s another thing Im worried about. Phys224 is geared towards medicinal applications which I have 0 background on. Not sure if that would be a huge issue tho. What do you think?”
u/BlatantCynicism: “I'm a physics student, I didn't take Phys 224 but absolutely despised Phys 256. Obviously it comes down to personal preference. A lot of my friends really enjoyed optics. …”
u/FlyGuy3000: “In both right now and I gotta say PHYS 224>>>PHYS 256.”
Spring 2018
What are your favourite and least favourite classes you've taken? 10 points, 40 comments
u/criys: “Favourite: BIOL 371, BIOL 359, BIOL 240, Least Favourite: BIOL 382, PHYS 395, PHYS 224”
Phys 224 (or any other 2nd year physics course thats manageable?) 3 points, 5 comments
u/XxUzumakixX: “… Anyways, phys 224 is fairly new and not so much info can be found on it. …”
u/XxUzumakixX: “Phys 224 or Phys 256? Which would be more light?”
Winter 2018
PHYS 224? 1 point, 0 comments
u/TheOfficialPu: “anyone taken this course? How hard is it compared to 242?”
Fall 2017
Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments
“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”
u/Jackhofmann: “PSYCH 483 PSYCH 484 PSYCH 485 PSYCH 486 PSYCH 490R PSYCH 499A PSYCH 499B PSYCH 499C PSYCH 621 PSYCH 630 PSYCH 677A PSYCH 704A PSYCH 704B PSYCH 707 PSYCH 710 PSYCH 714 PSYCH 717 PSYCH 720A PSYCH 721A …”
u/Jackhofmann: “… PHS 655 PHS 661 PHYS 10 PHYS 111 PHYS 111L PHYS 115 PHYS 121 PHYS 121L PHYS 131L PHYS 212W PHYS 224 PHYS 224L PHYS 225 PHYS 232L PHYS 236 PHYS 256 PHYS 256L PHYS 275 PHYS 342 PHYS 358 PHYS 360A PHYS 360B PHYS 363 PHYS 364 PHYS 380 PHYS 434 PHYS 437A PHYS 437B PHYS 442 PHYS 454 …”
Winter 2017
[Admissions] What are my chances (CS)? 0 points, 1 comment
u/gusto_bravo: “… My top six this year are: - 100 CS 246 - 98 CS 245 - 99 STAT 230 (online) - 93 PHYS 224 - 93 ECON 206 - 90 STAT 231 I've heard that they sometimes look at last years' marks too? …”
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