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Standard Course Syllabus
Physics 1010
Introduction to Physics

Date Approved:    26 March 2001

Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer Semesters 

Prerequisites for this Course: None 

This course is a prerequisite for: None 

Credit Hours: Three.  Three hours of lecture per week. 

Example Texts: AConceptual Physics@ by Hewitt, APhysics: A practical and Conceptual Approach@ by Wilson 

Topics Covered: The nature of science and physics.  Laws of motion, gravity, energy, light , heat, sound, electricity, magnetism, selected topics from modern physics. 

Skills Emphasized: Analytical thinking.  General problem solving.  Observing and measuring the physical world

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