Physics

Basic understanding of fundamental concepts and tools of general physics. Topics include Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors, Motion Along a Straight Line, Motion in Two or Three Dimensions, Newton’s Law of Motion, Application of Newton’s Laws, Work and Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy and Energy, Conservation, Momentum, Impulse, and Collisions, Rotation of Rigid Bodies, Dynamics of Rotational Motion, Equilibrium and Elasticity, Fluid Mechanics, Gravitation, Periodic Motion, Mechanical Waves, and Sound and Hearing.

This calculus-based course provides a firm foundation in physical concepts and principles, covering electricity and magnetism, light, geometric optics, interference, wave-particle duality, and atomic and nuclear physics. Applications of physical concepts are stressed, particularly those related to biological and medical phenomena as well as those forming the basis of much of modern technology. Students gain further insight into the physics taught by carrying out a series of laboratory experiments and learning how to analyze and interpret the data. This is an intensive module requiring good mathematical skills, including algebra and trigonometry and a knowledge of vectors and of differential and integral calculus.

This is a calculus-based physics course with a laboratory component for students who are pursuing science and engineering degrees. This is the first of a two-course sequence. This intensive course introduces fundamental concepts of physics as a foundation for more advanced studies in physics and applications in other areas of science and engineering. This course covers mechanics including motion, Newton laws, work, energy, linear and angular momentum, rotation, equilibrium, fluid and gravitation. Competence in calculus as well as algebra, geometry, and trigonometry is essential. This course provides a solid understanding of main physics topics and introduces methods of experimental physics.