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Physics

Courses in physics (designated PHYS) may be applied as appropriate, for example, toward:

• the general education requirement in the biological and physical sciences; and
• electives.

Prerequisite: MATH 107. Recommended: MATH 108. A general study of physics covering classical mechanics and the science of force and motion, at the level of college algebra. Topics include velocity, acceleration, statics, work, energy, power, momentum, rotation, length, time, and mass. Elementary trigonometric and vector properties are introduced.

(A continuation of PHYS 111) Prerequisite: PHYS 111. Further study of general physics covering thermal physics, electric and magnetic fields, circuits, waves, sound, radiation, and light.

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Last updated: 17 July 2008