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 instructor permission.

Quarters Offered: All

Global Outcomes:
This course teaches to the global outcome of Teamwork.

Student Outcomes/Competencies:
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 Lecture Hours: 40 Lab or Clinical Hours: 20