Course Syllabus
Welcome to Physics!!
Course Descriptions
This course is intended for students not majoring in physics or engineering but needing a one-year course in physics as a requirement for their major program. The course is part of a two-semester sequence whose contents may be offered in other sequences or combinations. Core topics include: kinematics, dynamics, work and energy, momentum, fluids, and simple harmonic motion.
Course Content:
- Vectors and Scalars
- Newton’s Laws
- Statics and Dynamics
- Translational Kinematics
- Rotational Kinematics
- Rotational Dynamics
- Work and Energy
- Momentum
- Gravitation
- Simple Harmonic Motion
- Fluids
- Laws of Thermodynamics
- Heat Engines
- Kinetic Theory
- Entropy
- “Floating topics” which may be included in this semester
- Mechanical Waves and Sound
Textbook:
Great news: your textbook for this class is available for free online!
College Physics from OpenStax, ISBN 1-947172-01-8
You have several options to obtain this book:
- View online (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
- Download a PDF (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
- Order a print copy (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
- Download on iBooks: Part One, Part Two (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
You can use whichever formats you want. Web view is recommended -- the responsive design works seamlessly on any device.
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