2021-2022 Undergraduate Bulletin

PHY 101 College Physics I (Liberal Arts Physics)

6 hours: 2 hours lecture, 1 hour recitation, 3 hours laboratory; or equivalent 

Topics include kinematics, vectors, forces, Newton's law of motion, weight, gravitational field, free fall, non-uniformly accelerated motion, momentum and impulse, kinetic and potential energy, heat and thermodynamics, illumination and photometry, reflection of light, refraction.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

MAT 105 or MAT 108 or MAT 141 or MAT 241 (or higher)

Notes

This course has a $25.00 material fee. This course satisfies the Required Core: Life and Physical Sciences area or the Flexible Core: Scientific World area of the Gen Ed Program.