Introductory Physics I

Catalog description

PHYS B101/B102 is an algebra-based introductory sequence intended primarily for students on the pre-health professions track. Emphasis is on developing an understanding of how we study the universe, the ideas that have arisen from that study, and on problem solving. Topics are taken from among Newtonian kinematics and dynamics, relativity, gravitation, fluid mechanics, waves and sound, electricity and magnetism, electrical circuits, light and optics, quantum mechanics, and atomic and nuclear physics. An effective and usable understanding of algebra and trigonometry is assumed. First year students who will take or place out of MATH B101 should take PHYS B121. PHYS B101 and B102 are considered two sequential semesters in a full-year course and as such cannot be taken out of order. Lecture three hours, laboratory two hours.