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PHY 151 - General Physics I


Credit Hours: 4
Billable Contact Hours: 6
Prerequisites: MATH 151  or qualifying scores on accepted placement tests. Recommended: MATH 157  and MATH 159  or MATH 164 .
C1 General Education Natural Sciences Satisfier Y
MTA Natural Sciences Satisfier Y
Session Cycle: FW

This course is a liberal arts course in the fundamental principles of physics. Units include measurement, kinematics, dynamics, energy, momentum, rotational motion, fluids, temperature and heat, waves and sound. This course is designed to fulfill the physics requirement in pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, pre-law, pre-architecture, pre-chiropractic and similar pre-professional programs. This course should not be taken as a substitute for pre-engineering physics or other related disciplines. This course requires laboratory work.