PHYS 212

Summer 2026 Part of Term S2

Part of Term S2
(8 week) Jun 15-Aug 6

Credit: 4 hours.

[IAI Code: PHY912] Coulomb's Law, electric fields, Gauss' Law, electric potential, capacitance, circuits, magnetic forces and fields, Ampere's law, induction, electromagnetic waves, polarization, and geometrical optics. A calculus-based approach for majors in engineering, mathematics, physics, and chemistry.

Credit is not given toward graduation for: Credit is not given for both PHYS 212 and PHYS 102. Prerequisite: PHYS 211; credit or concurrent registration in MATH 241.

For students in engineering, mathematics, physics and chemistry. Exams are given in the evening (during fall and spring semesters). Register for a lecture (A) section, a discussion (D) section and a laboratory (L) section. Engineering students must obtain a dean's approval to drop this course after the second week of instruction.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Quantitative Reasoning II
Nat Sci & Tech - Phys Sciences
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PHYS 212 class schedule data for summer 2026
Status CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
1
30264
Online Lecture
A
ARRANGED
n.a.
n.a.
Farina, C
Availability:
Open
Part of Term:
S2
Date Range:
06/15/26-08/06/26
Degree Notes:
Nat Sci & Tech - Phys Sciences, and Quantitative Reasoning II course.
Section Info:
Students will require an IOLab. IOLabs can be acquired: Rent a device from Macmillan for the semester. IOLab devices can be rented from the following website: https://store.macmillanlearning.com/us/product/iOLab-Version-2.0/p/1464101469. Purchase a new or used IOLab from the Bookstore: https://bookstore.illinois.edu/buy_book_detail.asp?pf_id=15132185 For assistance enrolling: Please contact the Department of Physics Undergraduate Studies Office through the following Queue@Illinois Queue: https://queue.illinois.edu/q/queue/864 Please do not contact the course instructor(s) directly. They cannot assist with enrollment or add seats to a closed section.
1
36519
Online Discussion
D0
8:00AM -9:50AM
TR
n.a.
Danesh, K
Tenkila, G
Availability:
Open
Part of Term:
S2
Date Range:
06/15/26-08/06/26
Degree Notes:
Nat Sci & Tech - Phys Sciences, and Quantitative Reasoning II course.
1
30266
Online Discussion
D1
8:00AM -9:50AM
TR
n.a.
Danesh, K
Kush, D
Availability:
Open
Part of Term:
S2
Date Range:
06/15/26-08/06/26
Degree Notes:
Nat Sci & Tech - Phys Sciences, and Quantitative Reasoning II course.
1
30268
Online Discussion
D2
10:00AM -11:50AM
TR
n.a.
Armond, S
Kacmaz, S
Availability:
Open
Part of Term:
S2
Date Range:
06/15/26-08/06/26
Degree Notes:
Nat Sci & Tech - Phys Sciences, and Quantitative Reasoning II course.
1
30270
Online Discussion
D3
10:00AM -11:50AM
TR
n.a.
Armond, S
Vyaghrambare, S
Availability:
Open
Part of Term:
S2
Date Range:
06/15/26-08/06/26
Degree Notes:
Nat Sci & Tech - Phys Sciences, and Quantitative Reasoning II course.
1
39130
Online Discussion
D4
6:00PM -7:50PM
TR
n.a.
Liu, K
Mueller, L
Availability:
Open
Part of Term:
S2
Date Range:
06/15/26-08/06/26
Degree Notes:
Nat Sci & Tech - Phys Sciences, and Quantitative Reasoning II course.
5
30272
Online Discussion
D5
6:00PM -7:50PM
TR
n.a.
Liu, K
Rizzo, M
Availability:
Closed
Part of Term:
S2
Date Range:
06/15/26-08/06/26
Degree Notes:
Nat Sci & Tech - Phys Sciences, and Quantitative Reasoning II course.
1
39131
Online Discussion
D6
8:00AM -9:50AM
TR
n.a.
Pan, D
Wang, H
Availability:
Open
Part of Term:
S2
Date Range:
06/15/26-08/06/26
Degree Notes:
Nat Sci & Tech - Phys Sciences, and Quantitative Reasoning II course.
1
30273
Online Discussion
D7
10:00AM -11:50AM
TR
n.a.
Keenan, A
Pan, D
Availability:
Open
Part of Term:
S2
Date Range:
06/15/26-08/06/26
Degree Notes:
Nat Sci & Tech - Phys Sciences, and Quantitative Reasoning II course.
1
30274
Online Discussion
D8
6:00PM -7:50PM
TR
n.a.
Bedessem, J
Rogers-Pastio, S
Availability:
Open
Part of Term:
S2
Date Range:
06/15/26-08/06/26
Degree Notes:
Nat Sci & Tech - Phys Sciences, and Quantitative Reasoning II course.
1
39132
Online Discussion
D9
10:00AM -11:50AM
TR
n.a.
Bedessem, J
Howland, P
Availability:
Open
Part of Term:
S2
Date Range:
06/15/26-08/06/26
Degree Notes:
Nat Sci & Tech - Phys Sciences, and Quantitative Reasoning II course.
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