Catalog 2011 - 2012

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PHY 200 General Physics I

A non-calculus course intended primarily for CNHS majors. Topics include kinematics, Newton's laws of motion, linear and angular momentum, work and energy, gravity, oscillations and waves, sound, fluids and thermodynamics. Lecture and laboratory.

Credit Hours: 4

Prerequisites

MAT 170.

PHY 201 General Physics II

A continuation of General Physics I. Topics include electricity, magnetism, optics, relativity, atomic physics, nuclear physics and particle physics. Lecture and laboratory.

Credit Hours: 4

Prerequisites

PHY 200.

PHY 205 General Physics with Calculus I

This is the first of a two-course sequence in calculus-based general physics. Topics covered include translational and rotational kinematics, Newton's laws of motion and gravitation, work and energy, linear and angular momentum, periodic motion and waves, sound, fluids, and thermodynamics. Lecture and laboratory.

Credit Hours: 4

Prerequisites

MAT 170 or equivalent.

Corequisites

MAT 260.

PHY 206 General Physics with Calculus II

This is the second of a two-course sequence in calculus-based general physics. Topics covered include electricity, magnetism, optics, relativity, and selected topics in modern physics. Lecture and laboratory.

Credit Hours: 4

Prerequisites

PHY 205 and MAT 260.