PHYS& 114 General Physics I w/Lab

5 credits

This class meets the Natural Science  with lab general education distribution requirement.

Prerequisites: MATH 98  or MATH 99  (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

• Use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate the accuracy of data/information relative to the natural world
• Identify and locate appropriate resources to answer questions concerning living systems and/or matter 
• Apply principles of science in our daily lives