PHYS 1147 — Physics for Life Sciences 2
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath NDusually offered: fall, spring, summertypical days: MBostonTraditional
Continues PHYS 1145. Covers heat, electricity, vibrations and waves, sound, geometrical optics, and nuclear physics and radioactivity. The application of physics to a variety of problems in the life and health sciences is emphasized. Electricity topics include electrostatics, capacitance, resistivity, direct-current circuits, and RC circuits. Vibrations and waves topics include simple harmonic motion and wave motion. Sound topics include wave characteristics, the ear, Doppler effect, shock waves, and ultrasound. Optics topics include reflection, mirrors, refraction, total internal reflection, fiber optics, lenses, the eye, telescopes, and microscopes. Nuclear physics and radioactivity topics include atomic nucleus, radioactivity, half-life, radioactive dating, detectors, nuclear reaction, fission, fusion, radiation damage, radiation therapy, PET, and MRI. A laboratory is included.
Prerequisites
- one of:
Corequisites (same term)
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer B 2023 | 1 | 68 | 80 | 85% | 12.0 |
| Fall 2023 | 3 | 284 | 330 | 86% | 15.3 |
| Spring 2024 | 3 | 286 | 430 | 67% | 48.0 |
| Summer A 2024 | 1 | 66 | 80 | 83% | 14.0 |
| Summer B 2024 | 1 | 81 | 90 | 90% | 9.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 2 | 250 | 310 | 81% | 30.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 3 | 254 | 360 | 71% | 35.3 |
| Summer A 2025 | 1 | 102 | 106 | 96% | 4.0 |
| Summer B 2025 | 1 | 72 | 99 | 73% | 27.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 2 | 221 | 310 | 71% | 44.5 |
| Spring 2026 | 3 | 254 | 360 | 71% | 35.3 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 58% · T 26% · W 38% · Th 31% · F 4%
Common patterns: M (33% of sections), T (19% of sections), MWR (18% of sections), W (13% of sections), MTWR (7% of sections), R (7% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Alberto De la Torre Duran (40% of students) · reviews
- Assad Fotovatian (21% of students) · reviews
- Sergey Kravchenko (20% of students) · reviews
- Latika Menon (20% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Alessandra Di Credico (26% of students) · reviews
- Assad Fotovatian (24% of students) · reviews
- Latika Menon (17% of students) · reviews
- Sergey Kravchenko (16% of students) · reviews
Summer A
- Assad Fotovatian (100% of students) · reviews
Summer B
- Assad Fotovatian (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Unlocks
Courses that list PHYS 1147 in their prerequisites.
Links
Official catalog (PHYS course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All PHYS courses · Plan it at numap.app