Physics in Everyday Life - Honors 4 Units (AA/AS; Citrus B2; Citrus B3; CSU; UC; Cal-GETC 5A; Cal-GETC 5C) 54 lecture hours, 54 lab hours Equivalent to: PHYS 110

Catalog description

Student must be eligible for the Citrus College Honors Program or obtain a recommendation from an Honors instructor. A physics course designed to equip non-majors with the knowledge to make wiser decisions for the self, family, organization, community, and planet. Energy, heat, gravity and space, conservation laws, electromagnetism, waves, and nuclear physics, are all explored in the context of their applicability to the core science and technology issues of our modern world. Students are expected to participate at an honors level. This includes leading discussions, giving and receiving detailed feedback to improve speaking and writing, formulating research questions, and developing their number sense through both estimation and precise calculations.