Light and Visual Phenomena

Subject Description
 Physics  Light and Optics
 Biology/Medicine  The Human Eye/Eyeglasses
 Psychology  The Perception of Light
 Photography  Camera Lenses, f/#, and Exposure
 Art  Hue, Chroma, Value and Color Mixing
 Illusions  Optical Illusions and Magic

PHYS 101 Light and Visual Phenomena (3). A course for the general student covering basic optics with applications in the areas of photography, vision, color and art. Corequisite: PHYS 121. Offered Spring Semesters.

PHYS 121 Light and Visual Phenomena Lab (1). A laboratory course developed for non-science majors covering the properties of light. Experiments include color mixing, prescribing eyeglasses, color blindness, and optical illusions. Corequisite: PHYS 101. Spring.

The combo PHYS 101/121 has no prerequisites and is a Lab Science course. Or instead, you can use it as your Science Perspectves course, but not both. Always remember that you need 7 hours of science to graduate. If a lab is taken with your Science Perspectives course, then you graduate with 8 hours of science.

PHYS 101 Light and Visual Phenomena Meeting Times

Course Location Day Time
PHYS 101 Lecture RRO 125 (Auditorium) T-R 1:20-2:35
When Taught Online, class videos are watched asynchrononously on the class day or before.

PHYS 121 Light and Visual Phenomena Lab Meeting Times

Course Location Day Time
PHYS 121 Lab Section 1RRO 114T9:55-11:10
PHYS 121 Lab Section 2RRO 114W9:30-10:45
PHYS 121 Lab Section 3RRO 114W2:00-3:15
PHYS 121 Lab Section 4RRO 114R9:55-11:10
When Taught Online, labs are done online asynchrononously before the due dates.

When taught at UNCA face to face, announcements concerning cancellation of classes due to weather are posted at the UNCA website and sent my email to students. You can also get information on cancellations by listening to the radio.