PHY/201
General Physics I with Laboratory
Online
Format
$1592
Estimated Tuition
4 credits
Total credits
7 weeks
Course length
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Course level: Undergraduate
This is the first part of a two-part survey of general physics with integrated laboratory recommended for students majoring in a science other than physics, including students of premedical programs. Topics include kinematics and dynamics of particles; momentum, work, and energy; gravitation; circular, angular, and harmonic motion; mechanical and thermal properties of solids, liquids, and gases; heat and thermodynamics.
Prerequisites
MTH/219T - Introduction to College Algebra or equivalent
What you'll learn
Course skills and outcomes
Learning Outcomes
- Describe motion, qualitatively and quantitatively, using concepts of kinematics.
- Define and describe forces within a system and their impact on motion.
- Use work and energy to describe changes within a closed system.
- Describe and quantify the characteristics of oscillatory motion and waves.