PHYS 271 - College Physics I

Credits: 4
When Offered: Fall
Prerequisite(s): MATH 126 and CPTR 105 with at least a grade of “C.”

This course assumes a prior knowledge of secondary level physics. Topics include methods of physics, elementary mathematics, mechanics of matter and waves, kinetic theory of fluids; electric, magnetic and electromagnetic phenomena; atomic nature of matter and the nucleus together with radiation; optics and vision, sound and hearing and other biological implications of physics. Attention is given to the needs of the biological and premedical scientists. Three lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week.

Note: First semester of a two-semester sequence. This course is a prerequisite to that of the second semester course. Credit may be received for the work of this course without the completion of the second.

Approximate fee: $50.