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PHY 1141 College Physics I

Algebra-based university-parallel sequence in mechanics, including vectors, statics, work and energy, momentum, rotational motion, elasticity, fluids and thermodynamics. Three classroom, three lab hours per week. This course has no textbook costs.

Division: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Department: Physics
Repeatable Credit: No
Offered Online: No

Prereqs: MAT 1290 OR MAT 1470 OR MAT 1570 OR MAT 1580 

Outcomes

  • Apply stress and strain relationships so as to describe the elastic properties of solids. Predict the behavior of solids under stress.
  • Apply Newton's Laws of Motion to the motion of real objects.
  • Use the principles of hydrostatics and hydrodynamics to describe and predict the behavior of gases and liquids.
  • Use graphical and equation based representations of one and two dimensional motions to predict the motion of real objects.
  • Apply microscopic models of matter and the laws of thermodynamics so as to describe and predict the thermal properties and behavior of matter in gaseous, liquid and solid states.
  • Apply the conditions for static equilibrium to real structures.
  • Apply the conservation laws associated with energy, linear and angular momentum to the motion of real objects.
  • Apply basic principles of vector algebra: addition, subtraction and scalar multiplication. Decompose two dimensional vectors into component form.

Credit Hours: 4

Classroom Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 3