Early College at Guilford – PHYS 114: Introduction to Electronics for Scientists
Apr 2026 · 2nd Semester
Introduces students to the behavior of the fundamental building blocks of modern electronic devices and the underlying scientific principles that make these devices work. Topics will be derived from analog and digital electronics and include resistance, capacitance, diodes, signal filtering, positive and negative feedback, operational amplifiers, Boolean logic, logic gates, and digital to analog conversion. This course is designed for students majoring or minoring in physics and is also appropriate for other math and science students with good quantitative skills who are interested in exploring the fundamentals of electronics.
Prerequisites: any one of the following courses: CHEM 111, MATH 121, MATH 123, PHYS 112, PHYS 117, PHYS 121 or instructor permission. Spring. Fulfills natural science/mathematics requirement (1998 2019). Offered in alternate years.
Grades: 100-level (Introductory)
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