Faculty Name

Bruce Bolon

Document Type

Syllabi

School

CLA

Department

PHYS

Course Subject

PHYS

Course Number

1150

Course Section

PA

Course Title

Algebra-Based Physics I

Academic Term and Year

Fall 2016

Credits

4.00

Area of Study

BIOL, CHEM, ESTD, EXSC, PHYS, SCIN

Course Description

Goals: To introduce science and non-science majors to the basic concepts of physics to develop skills in formulating and solving both theoretical and experimental physics problems in the areas of kinematics. Content: The topics of kinematics, Newton's second law, energy, and momentum will be covered both in translation and rotation, simple harmonic motion and elasticity, fluids, and thermodynamics. Taught: Fall term. Prerequisites: High school algebra and elementary trigonometry. NOTE: Students must concurrently register for a lecture and a corresponding 0-credit lab section of this course. Credits: 4

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