PHYS 258Geometrical Optics
- Faculty
- Science
- Last listed
- 1979–80
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1978–79 to 1979–80; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Reflection and refraction at plane and curved surfaces using the matrix method. Thin and thick lenses. Optical instruments.
As printed in the 1978–79 to 1979–80 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: First year phys and calculus. An 18 hour lab. and lecture course to complement Phys 256. Recommended for students in Honours programmes.
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Discussed on r/uwaterloo
2 posts and comments in 2 threads mention PHYS 258, October 2015 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.
Spring 2017
Has anyone gotten a 100% average in CS/MATH on the dot in 1 TERM? 6 points, 8 comments
“Just out of curiosity has anyone gotten a 100% average on the dot in just 1 term (not throughout)? Something like 100 100 100 100 99 doesn't work. …”
u/Frozen-Placenta: “PHYS 258 confirmed hardest course in uw”
Fall 2015
Hi, I am a bot. 75 points, 98 comments
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u/UWRedditBot: “… [Formerly PHYS 258. Offered: F, S] Prerequisites: PHYS 112 or 122; MATH 227 or 237 or 247; One of MATH 228, AMATH 250, AMATH 251. …”
Check it elsewhere
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1978–79 to 1979–80, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1978–79 to 1979–80 2 calendars
Reflection and refraction at plane and curved surfaces using the matrix method. Thin and thick lenses. Optical instruments.
Prereq: First year phys and calculus. An 18 hour lab. and lecture course to complement Phys 256. Recommended for students in Honours programmes.