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PHYS 112 · Physics

College Physics II

Continuation of PHYS 111 covering waves and sound, electric forces and fields, circuits, magnetism, optics, and topics in modern physics, with a weekly three-hour laboratory.

How to enroll Where it fits

Catalog overview

Course Essentials

Credits
4
Level
100 lower division
Typically offered
Spring
Prerequisites
PHYS 111.

100-level courses: introductory, lower-division courses primarily for first-year students. Details: Undergraduate Catalog §9.14.

Portrait of Dr. Megan Hollander

Dr. Megan Hollander

Assistant Teaching Professor of Physics; Director of Introductory Physics Laboratories

Instructor for PHYS 112, Spring 2027

Office
Meridian Science Center 414
Email
mhollander@university.alkimi.ai

Department of Physics

Department page →
Meridian Science Center Chair: Dr. Lei Guo, Meridian Science Center 257

Questions about a major or your plan: Academic Advising Center, Lovell Hall 101, (555) 555-0158.

Meeting times and rooms for each term are listed in AlkimiHub when registration opens. Department chairs make teaching assignments each year (Faculty Handbook §5.1), and every instructor posts the syllabus in Canvas by the first day of classes (Faculty Handbook §5.2).

Spring 2027 syllabus

PHYS 112 isn't offered in Fall 2026. The Spring 2027 syllabus will be posted in Canvas by the first day of classes, Tuesday, January 19, 2027. Meeting times and rooms appear in AlkimiHub when Spring 2027 registration opens on Monday, November 2, 2026.

Generative AI in this course

Every syllabus must state one of three levels: Level 1 (AI not permitted for graded work), Level 2 (AI permitted with disclosure for specified tasks), Level 3 (AI permitted broadly with disclosure). Check your section's syllabus in Canvas. Unless it says otherwise, the university default applies: generative AI tools may be used for brainstorming, studying, and feedback on your own drafts, but not to produce work you submit for a grade.

Details: Student Handbook §5.7 and Student Handbook §5.8. See what each AI level allows.

Degree planning

Where PHYS 112 fits

What to take first, what this course opens up, and the requirements it can satisfy, from the Undergraduate Catalog.

Take first

Catalog wording: PHYS 111.

Leads to

All Physics courses →

No other catalog course lists PHYS 112 as a prerequisite.

Counts toward

All programs →

Every course also counts toward the 120 credits needed for a bachelor's degree. Confirm your plan with your advisor or the Academic Advising Center.

AP credit

AP equivalency table →

No AP exam awards credit for PHYS 112 (Undergraduate Catalog §3.11).

Registration

How to enroll in PHYS 112

  1. Check the prerequisites

    PHYS 111.

  2. Add it in AlkimiHub

    PHYS 112 is offered in the spring semester. Register through AlkimiHub self-service registration, which opens by credit standing. Until the add deadline, you don't need instructor permission as long as seats remain and you've met the prerequisites. Details: Student Handbook §3.3.

  3. If the section is full, join the waitlist

    When a seat opens, AlkimiHub offers it to the first student on the waitlist and emails you. You have 24 hours to claim it before it goes to the next student. Details: Student Handbook §3.10.

Spring 2027 registration opens

By credit standing, in AlkimiHub.

Spring 2027 add deadline

Last day to add a course or change sections (11:59 p.m.).

All dates: academic calendar. Registration help: Office of the Registrar.

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