| PHYS 101 Physics as a Liberal Art | |
| Intended for non-science majors;
treats fundamental principles of physics and their applications to
familiar phenomena, stressing qualitative understanding. The
course will survey topics from mechanics, fluids, temperature and heat,
oscillations, waves and sound, light and optics, and properties of
matter. The course consists of lecture, discussion and laboratory.
This course is designed especially for elementary education majors.
It is not intended for students who have had high school physics.
This course fulfills the core-area in natural science in the Natural
Science and Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning requirement in the
core curriculum. NOTE: Students who receive credit for PHYS 101 may not receive credit for PHYS 109 or 111 |
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| Prerequisite: three years of high school mathematics |
4 Credits |
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