Degrees

PHY 120 General Physics I Course Objectives: 

1. To develop quantitative thinking and problem-solving skills required in physical science.
2. To review measurement systems and dimensional analysis.
3. To investigate Newton’s Laws of Motion and related physical laws to describe the movement of objects.
4. To compare work and energy and their applications.

List of Topics:

• Measurements and models
• Motion (one- and two-dimensional)
• Force and Motion
• Uniform circular motion
• Work and Energy
• Momentum
• Laws of Conservation of Mass and Energy
• Rotational Motion
• Kinetic Theory
• Thermodynamics
• Periodic Motion
• Waves and Sound