Ace Waves and Optics in 8 Hours (The Complete Course)
Learn the physical phenomena involving waves (mechanical, sound, and EM waves), geometrical and physical optics
Updated on Jun, 2025
Language - English
Teaching and Academics ,Science,Physics
Lectures -104
Resources -30
Duration -7.5 hours
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Course Description
HOW THIS COURSE WORK:
This course, Ace Waves and Optics in 8 Hours (The Complete Course), is intended to introduce the student to a broad range of physical phenomena involving waves (including mechanical waves, sound waves, and electromagnetic waves), geometrical and physical optics. The course includes videos, notes from whiteboard during lectures, and practice problems (with solutions!). I also show every single step in examples and proofs. The course is organized into the following topics:
Oscillatory Motion
Mechanical Waves
Standing Waves
Sound Waves
Light
Geometric Optics
Geometric Optics: Lenses
Geometric Optics: Mirrors
CONTENT YOU WILL GET INSIDE EACH SECTION:
Videos: I start each topic by introducing and explaining the concept. I share all my solving-problem techniques using examples. I show a variety of math issue you may encounter in class and make sure you can solve any problem by yourself.
Notes: In each section, you will find my notes as downloadable resource that I wrote during lectures. So you can review the notes even when you don't have internet access (but I encourage you to take your own notes while taking the course!).
Assignments: After you watch me doing some examples, now it's your turn to solve the problems! Be honest and do the practice problems before you check the solutions! If you pass, great! If not, you can review the videos and notes again before moving on to the next section.
THINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE COURSE:
An instructor who truly cares about your success
Lifetime access to Ace Waves and Optics in 8 Hours (The Complete Course)
BONUS:
#1: Downloadable lectures so you can watch the videos whenever and wherever you are.
#2: Downloadable lecture notes so you can review the lectures without having a device to watch/listen.
#3: Six problem sets at the end of each section (with solutions!) for you to do more practice.
#4: Step-by-step guide to help you solve problems.
See you inside the course!
- Gina :)
Goals
- Identify objects undergo simple harmonic motion (with linear restoring force)
- Understand and describe the solutions to SHM
- Study the motion in simple pendulum, circular motion, and vertical oscillations
- Describe and calculate the energy involved in SHM as a function of time or position
- Identify a transverse and longitudinal wave
- Understand the history graph and snapshot graph of a travelling mechanical wave
- Study the motion of a travelling sinusoidal wave
- Understand the BCs and solve a standing wave
- Quantify the pitch and intensity of a sound using physical quantities
- Derive and learn the applications of the Doppler Effect
- Study the interference of sound and light waves
- Understand light's diffraction property
- Apply light's reflection and refraction properties in geometric optics
- Study the image formed by reflection and refraction
Prerequisites
- Calculus 1 (limits and derivatives)
- Mechanics (kinematics and dynamics)
- If you have some experience with Calculus 2 (integrals), that will definitely be helpful, but it's not absolutely necessary.
Curriculum
Check out the detailed breakdown of what’s inside the course
Introduction
3 Lectures
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Overview
02:27
02:27
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Welcome and How It Works
03:39
03:39
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Tips to Maximize Your Learning
Oscillatory Motion
16 Lectures
Mechanical Waves
15 Lectures
Standing Waves
11 Lectures
Sound Waves
17 Lectures
Light
18 Lectures
Geometric Optics
8 Lectures
Geometric Optics: Lenses
7 Lectures
Geometric Optics: Mirrors
7 Lectures
Conclusion
2 Lectures
Instructor Details
Gina Chou
During my undergraduate years, I always looked forward to exams because I was well-prepared and found them rewarding. I know this isn’t the case for everyone, so I'm here to share my knowledge and help make your university journey a bit easier!
A bit about me:
I earned my BSc in Atmospheric Science and Physics, with a minor in Mathematics, from McGill University in 2018. I then completed my MSc in 2019 and my PhD in 2024, both in Physics at the University of Toronto. My research focuses on the impact of wind observations on global predictability, Arctic climate, and weather processes.
Since my second year of undergrad, I’ve gained extensive tutoring experience, working with students at Liberty Tutoring, supporting high school and university students through SUS Peer Tutoring and Saturday Programs, and working with private students both in person and online. I also served as a teaching assistant for math and physics courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels from 2017 to 2024.
I look forward to seeing you in class!
Gina C.
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