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    Mar 28, 2024  
2020-2021 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
2020-2021 Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHY 1310 - General Physics I


4 Credit
Prerequisite(s): “C” or better in MTH0600
Co-requisite(s): PHY1315
The first semester of a two-semester, algebra-based introduction to physics. Topics include kinematics in 1-D and 2-D, vectors, force and Newton’s laws of motion, work, energy, conservation of energy, linear momentum, collisions, rotational kinematics and dynamics, angular momentum and rotational energy, rotational and translational equilibrium, gravitation, properties of solids and fluids, heat and thermodynamics, the kinetic theory of gases, simple harmonic motion, waves and sound. There is a separate laboratory component to this class that must also be taken. Offered (Fall, Spring)