Overview
Description
Concise treatment of mechanics, electricity, magnetism, heat, light, sound, relativity, and quantum mechanics.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- corequisite
MATH 120
Corequisites
- higher
MATH 126
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
MATH 120 or corequisite.
Corequisites
MATH 126 or higher.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer
Terms
fall, spring, summer
Core
CO4L
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- identify and describe the fundamental forces in nature.
- describe the role played by energy in a number of physical phenomena, including planetary systems, atoms and molecules, nuclear reactions, electromagnetic radiation, and the future of the universe.
- discuss the physical concepts behind a number of existing and future technologies, including x-ray and MRI medical diagnostic techniques, lasers, electronics and quantum computing.
- demonstrate a basic understanding of the foundational principles of physics.
- relate the foundational principles of physics to real-world and societal problems.
- formulate questions, and analyze evidence to discriminate between sound and unsound scientific claims.