Natural Sciences Department

Physics

 

PHYSI 101 (IAI: P1 901L)

(was PHYSI 110)

Conceptual Physics

Prerequisite: Placement into ENG 099 or higher

3 lectures, 2 lab hrs per week: 4 hrs credit

This course provides a non-mathematical introduction to the basic concepts of physics. This lab course is designed for those with little or no knowledge of physics. Topics include motion, energy, fluids, sound, heat, light, electricity and magnetism, and an overview of concepts like relativity.

 

PHYSI 120 (IAI: P1 900L)

College Physics I

Prerequisite: MATH 151 or equivalent

3 lectures, 2 lab hrs per week: 4 hrs credit

This introductory course in a two-semester, algebra-based sequence is designed to meet the needs of liberal arts, life and health science, and pre-professional students. Topics include kinematics, Newton’s laws of motion, conservation laws, rotational motion, wave phenomena, fluids, and heat. Students may not receive credit for both PHYSI 120 and 210.

 

PHYSI 130

College Physics II

Prerequisite: PHYSI 120 or equivalent

3 lectures, 2 lab hrs per week: 4 hrs credit

This continuation of PHYSI 120 is designed to meet the needs of students in the liberal arts, science majors, and pre-professional students. Topics include light, optics, electricity, magnetism, and modern physics.

 

PHYSI 210 (IAI: P2 900L; BIO 903; EGR 911; MTH 921)

University Physics I

Prerequisite: MATH 171 and high school physics

3 lectures, 3 lab hrs per week: 4 hrs credit

This calculus-based course is designed for physical science, preengineering, and mathematics majors and introduces the major topics of mechanics, including kinematics, dynamics, momentum, energy, gravitation, harmonic motion, and fluids. Microcomputers are used for data gathering and simulation. Students cannot receive credit for both PHYSI 120 and 210.

 

PHYSI 220 (IAI: BIO 904; EGR 912)

University Physics II

Prerequisite: MATH 171

3 lectures, 3 lab hrs per week: 4 hrs credit

This is the second course in the introductory sequence for physical science, pre-engineering, and mathematics majors. Topics covered include heat, thermodynamics, electric and magnetic fields, law of electricity and magnetism, DC and AC circuits, and electromagnetism.

 

PHYSI 230 (IAI: EGR 914)

University Physics III

Prerequisite: MATH 171

3 lectures, 3 lab hrs per week: 4 hrs credit This is the third course in a three-semester sequence for physical science, pre-engineering, and mathematics majors. Topics include properties and equations of waves, sound optics, and modern physics.

 

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Astronomy

 

ASTRO 101 (IAI: P1 906)

Guide to the Universe

Prerequisite: Placement into ENG 099 or higher

3 lectures per week: 3 hrs credit

This is a one-semester conceptual astronomy course. It explores the night sky, stars and constellations, light and astronomical tools, and the history and origin of the solar system and the universe. Students cannot receive credit for both ASTRO 101 and ASTRO 104.

 

ASTRO 104 (IAI: P1 906L)

The Solar System and Beyond

Prerequisite: Placement into ENG 099 or higher

3 lectures, 2 lab hrs per week: 4 hrs credit

This course offers a non-mathematical survey of astronomical phenomena including the cycles of the night sky, the origins of modern astronomy, the solar system, galaxies, planetary motion, and cosmology. Students cannot receive credit for both ASTRO 101 and ASTRO 104.

 

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