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Sep 04, 2025
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2025-2026 Undergraduate Hill Book
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EGE 221 - Vibrations and Waves4 Credits Offered Fall Formerly EGRE 221. Mechanical and electrical examples of damped, forced and resonant oscillations; the mechanical wave equation via Newton’s mechanics; the electromagnetic wave equation via Maxwell’s equations; traveling sound and electromagnetic waves; diffraction and interference, geometrical limit of wave optics. Fourier analysis and other mathematical tools.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): MTH 125 - Calculus I , MTH 126 - Calculus II , PHY 121 - Physics I and (PHY 122 - Physics II or EGE 203 - Circuits II ) Note: Cross-listed with PHY 221 - Physics III
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