Welcome to the web site devoted especially to helping you get the most out of your
physics laboratory experience. Here we provide links to information on Physics 201/202
and 211/212 laboratory courses. Of course, this is a work in progress and is continually
being improved and amended. If you don't find what you are looking for here, let
us know and we'll get the information up as quickly as possible.
The shortened URL for this page is: http://uof.sc/physlabs
For Fall 2023:
All PHYS 201, 202, and 212H Labs start on August 28th, 2023 with an orientation.
PHYS 211H (Honors) Labs start on September 11th, 2023. More information will be provided
in your PHYS 211 Honors courses.
PHYS 211 and 212 Labs (Studio) start on August 28th, 2023. Please attend the first
lecture meeting on August 25th for more details.
Please address questions via email to Mr. James Clawson (clawsonj@mailbox.sc.edu) or
call the departmental office at (803) 777-8105.
Lab Information:
- Schedule, directory info, and e-mail links for the laboratory instructors, the faculty and support staff are found here. If
you need to contact your instructor or the faculty in charge of your course, this
is the place to go.
- A complete listing of all the current laboratory project descriptions for PHYS 201L, PHYS 202L, and PHYS 212L (honors) are found here. This is where you
go to print, download, or view your copy of the project descriptions.
- PHYS 201L Experiment Videos
- PHYS 202L Experiment Videos
- PHYS 212L Experiment Videos (not studio physics)
- How to prepare an Oral Presentation.
- Data Analysis, Uncertainty, and Graphing How-To [pdf]
- Graph paper available for download.
- Orientation slide show [pptx] for 200 level physics labs (201L, 202L, 212L-H (honors)).
- A PDF version of the orientation slide show serves as the syllabus for the course.