General Physics I

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First part of a two-semester calculus-based course for students in health or life sciences. Core topics: kinematics, dynamics, systems of particles, conservation laws, statics, fluids, oscillations, waves. Other possible topics: sound, diffusion, thermodynamics, selected applications. For credit, enrollment in Physics 141LA lecture, lab and discussion sections required. Physics majors should enroll in Physics 161D/164L, 162D/165L in their first year. Not recommended for students with credit for Physics 151L, 152L, 161D. Recommended prerequisite: one year of college calculus such as Mathematics 105L, 106L, 21. Mathematics 122 recommended. Open only to students in the Duke Marine Lab. Taught in Beaufort at Duke Marine Lab.