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.
Notes: Science Mathematics Division
Theory Hours: 45
Lab Hours: 45
Learning Outcomes:
1. Utilize units of measurement in the SI system, prefixes, unit conversions and data analysis.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objective D.
2. Identify parameters and laws in both linear and rotational motion.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, C, D, and E.
3. Describe Newton’s laws and the law of Universal Gravitation.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, C, D, and E.
4. Distinguish between work and the different types of mechanical energy.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, C, D, and E.
5. Analyze momentum and impulse in collisions.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, C, D, and E.
6. Describe the different states of matter and the Laws of thermodynamics.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, C, D, and E.
7. Identify parameters and properties of waves including sound.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, C, D, and E.
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