Catalog 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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PHYS& 114 General Physics I w/Lab 5 credits
This course covers kinematics, motion in two-dimensions, force and motion, work and energy, momentum and collisions, circular motion, gravitation, rotational motion, and solids. Includes laboratory.
Prerequisites: MATH 098 or MATH 099 or MATH 099X (or placement into MATH& 107 or higher)
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Define the basic concepts of introductory mechanical physics
- Describe physical and quantitative relationships between kinetic and potential energy; impulse and momentum; force, mass, and acceleration; inertia and mass; work, power, and energy
- Express, with the use of graphing techniques and analytical means, the relationships among displacement velocity and acceleration
- Solve projectile and force problems using vector analysis
- Define Newton’s Laws of Motion and analytically illustrate how they determine motion in “real-life” examples
- Apply information learned to team laboratory and demonstration exercises
Total Hours: 60 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 40 Guided Practice (Lab or Clinical) Hours: 20
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PHYS& 115 General Physics II w/Lab 5 credits
This course covers ideal gas law & kinetic theory, thermodynamics, temperature and heat, heat transfer, electric forces and fields, electric potential, electric circuits, magnetic forces & fields, electromagnetic induction. Includes laboratory.
Prerequisites: PHYS& 114 .
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Solve physical problems in class and labs
- Apply physical concepts to practical applications
- Solve problems involving thermodynamics
- Solve problems involving electricity and magnetisms
Total Hours: 60 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 40 Guided Practice (Lab or Clinical) Hours: 20
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PHYS& 221 Engineering Physics I with Lab 5 credits
This course covers the basic principles of Newtonian mechanics including: vector mathematics, multidimensional kinematics, Newton’s laws of dynamics, various forces of nature, circular motion, the universal gravitational law, mechanical energy conservation methods, linear momentum, and rigid body kinematics and dynamics. Laboratory work is included.
Prerequisites: MATH& 142
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Expand and improve quantitative/symbolic manipulation capabilities
- Apply the paradigms of classical mechanics to problem solving in the engineering context
- Measure, record, and analyze signals using A/D converters with various sensors interfaced to computers using appropriate software
- Explain both the power and limitations of the classical Newtonian approach in the conceptualization and design of engineered creations
Total Hours: 60 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 40 Guided Practice (Lab or Clinical) Hours: 20
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PHYS& 222 Engineering Physics II with Lab 5 credits
This course covers the basic principles of electromagnetism including: Coulomb’s law, the electric and potential fields, Gauss’s law, capacitance, current, resistance, DC circuit theory, magnetism, the magnetic field, Biot-Savart & Ampere’s law, and Faraday’s law. Laboratory work is included.
Prerequisites: MATH& 151 and PHYS& 221
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Expand and improve quantitative/symbolic manipulation capabilities
- Apply the paradigms of classical E&M to problem solving in the engineering context
- Measure, record, and analyze signals using A/D converters with various sensors interfaced to computers using appropriate software
- Explain both the power and limitations of a Maxwell’s equations approach in the conceptualization and design of engineered creations
Total Hours: 60 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 40 Guided Practice (Lab or Clinical) Hours: 20
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PHYS& 223 Engineering Physics III with Lab 5 credits
This course covers the basic principles of oscillatory motion and Hook’s law, the wave equation, mechanical waves (acoustics), Maxwell’s equations, geometric optics, physical optics, diffraction, interference, and polarization. Laboratory work is included.
Prerequisites: MATH& 152 and PHYS& 222
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Expand and improve quantitative/symbolic manipulation capabilities
- Apply oscillatory/wave phenomena to problem solving in the engineering context
- Measure, record, and analyze signals using A/D converters with various sensors interfaced to computers using appropriate software
- Explain both the power and limitations of a Maxwell’s equations approach in the conceptualization and design of engineered creations, especially in regards to EM/optical communications
Total Hours: 60 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 40 Guided Practice (Lab or Clinical) Hours: 20
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