Standard
Course Syllabus
Physics 2010/2020
General Physics
Date Approved: 7 March 2008
Offered:
This two-semester sequence may be
started in the Fall or Spring. An
accelerated version of the sequence may be offered in the summer
Prerequisites
for this Course: Math 1060.
Algebra and Trigonometry are used extensively throughout the course
This
course is a prerequisite for: The
sequence is a corequisite for 2019/2029 General
Physics Laboratory
Credit
Hours: Four (per semester).
Five hours of lecture/discussion per week.
Example
Texts: Physics
by Cutnell and Johnson, Physics:
Algebra and Trigonometry
by Hecht
Topics
Covered: First semester: Measurement. The
SI system of units. Vectors and
Scalars Kinematics in one and two
dimensions. Newton's
Laws. Conservation laws of energy, Momentum and Angular momentum, Mechanical
waves, Thermodynamics. Second semester: Electricity and Magnetism, Electromagnetic
waves, Light and Optics, Nuclear Physics
Selected topics from modern physics.
Skills
Emphasized: General problem solving. Using
algebra and trigonometry to describe physical situations.
Visualizing physical systems and interactions.