PHYS 1165 — Physics 2

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath NDusually offered: springtypical days: M/W/ThBostonTraditional

Continues PHYS 1161. Offers the second semester of a two-semester integrated lecture and laboratory sequence intended primarily for science students. Includes topics such as electrostatics; capacitors; resistors and direct-current circuits; magnetism and magnetic induction; RC, LR, and LRC circuits; waves; electromagnetic waves; and fluids.

Prerequisites

all of:
- one of:
  - PHYS 1151 (min D-)
  - PHYS 261M
  - PHYS 1161 (min D-)
  - PHYS 1171 (min D-)
  - PHYS 1191 (min D-)
- one of:
  - MATH 1342 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)
  - MATH 211M
  - MATH 2321 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)
  - MATH 316M

Corequisites (same term)

all of:
- PHYS 1166
- PHYS 1167

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Spring 2024	1	37	70	53%	33.0
Spring 2025	1	52	70	74%	18.0
Spring 2026	1	31	68	46%	37.0

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 69% · T 31% · W 69% · Th 69% · F 0%

Common patterns: MWR (69% of sections), T (31% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Spring

Jonathan Blazek (74% of students) · reviews
Toyoko Orimoto (26% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Unlocks

BIOE 2355, BIOE 3210, CHEM 3403, CHEM 3431, EECE 2150, EECE 2530, EECE 2531, EECE 5608, ME 5520, PHYS 1211, PHYS 2303, PHYS 2371, PHYS 3111, PHYS 3601, PHYS 3602, PHYS 4305, PHYS 5608

Courses that list PHYS 1165 in their prerequisites.

Links

Official catalog (PHYS course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All PHYS courses · Plan it at numap.app