(Fulfills the laboratory science requirement.) Prerequisite: MATH 107, 108, or 115. An exploration of mechanics. The aim is to apply the laws of physics to a broad range of motion-related physical phenomena. Topics include kinematics, force, dynamics, conservation laws, and rotational motion. Elementary trigonometric and vector properties are used. |
(A continuation of PHYS 121. Fulfills the laboratory science requirement.) Prerequisite: PHYS 121. An exploration of heat, waves, electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics. The aim is to apply the laws of physics to a broad range of physical phenomena. Topics include the laws of thermodynamics, ideal gas law, Coulomb¿s law, electric field and potential, Ohm's law, magnetic field and force, Ampere¿s law, Faraday¿s law, electromagnetic waves, image formation by heat, sound, electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics. lenses and mirrors, Bohr model of atom, radioactivity, and nuclear decay. |
