2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog

PHYS 120 University Physics I

A calculus-based introductory physics course that covers kinematics and Newton's laws of motion; conservation laws for momentum, energy, and angular momentum; torques and static equilibrium; simple harmonic motion. (Three hours lecture, two hours of lab and one hour of tutorial per week.) 

 

Credits

4

Prerequisite

High school physics or PHYS 102

Corequisite

MATH 115 and PHYS 120L