PHY 115 - Principles of Physics I (4 Cr.)

(LER-NS)(GCR Biological and Physical Sciences area)

First semester of a non-calculus-based course sequence designed for students majoring in the life sciences or non-science students interested in physics. Topics include Newtonian mechanics, kinematics and dynamics of linear and angular motions, universal gravitation, conservation of energy and momentum, fluids and thermal physics. Recommended with PHY 116 for students majoring in the life sciences. Six hours per week, integrated lecture/laboratory. Prerequisite: three years of high-school mathematics. Fall semester.