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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

PHYS 181 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers II



Lecture in electromagnetism. Coulomb’s law, electric and magnetic fields, Gauss’ law, potential, capacitance, current and resistance, electromotive force, inductance, motion of charged particles, introduction to Maxwell’s equations, and electromagnetic waves.

Credits: 3
Prerequisites: A minimum grade of C in   or PHYS 195 ; and   or HON 182 .
Notes: Fulfills the UNLV General Education Physical and Natural Science Requirement.Duplicate credits cannot be earned for PHYS 196.