COURSE FACT SHEET FOR PHYSICS DEPARTMENT PROGRAM REVIEW

1. Title, Course, Number, and Credit Hours. (Explain credit load of course if it is in some way unusual.)
Concepts in Electronics, Physics 160, 3 credits

2. What is the catalog course description for the course?
Electrical quantiites, simple DC circuits, magnetism, motors and generators AC circuits, radio and television communications, digitall and analog electronic devices. For non-science majors.Lectures and laboratory sessions.

3. What are the prerequisites or other background required of students for this course? Are these requirements adequate?
There are no prerequisites specified. It is assumed that students have taken at least one high school algebra course.

4. How does this course fit into the departmental program?
This is a service course offered to non-science majors who wish to fulfill the general
distribution requirement in the science by taking a course which emphasizes applications.

5. At what type of student is this course aimed? What gaps or needs in the curriculum is this course intended to fill?
This course is aimed at non-science majors who wish to fulfill the science requirement by
taking an applications oriented course. The course may be of special interest to students in
computer related majors and those in Mass Communications.

6. How is this course important to a particular field of study?
This course develops the underlying principles for computers and audio and video devices.

7. How is this course different from any other courses in the catalog or why must the material covered in the course be treated separately instead of being incorporated into another course?
The mathematical and laboratory skills of the students are assumed to be lower than those
assumed for students in 200 level courses and above. This course involves more applications
more than other courses.

8. If this course is similar to another course in the catalog, explain why both courses should exist or suggest whether something should be dropped or changed.
This course uses the same physical facilities as some other physics and engineering courses.
The mathematical methods used in developing the theory for higher level courses is not used
in this course.

9. When, how and by whom is this course taught?
This course is taught by Dr. Burns. There are seven laboratories in the semester in
addition to class lectures and demonstrations.

10. Are the current holdings of the O'Keefe Library adequate to support this course or are additional materials needed?
The AV materials in theO'Keefe Library as well as the "popular science" journals are adequate to support this course.