PHY 125 - General Physics I (4 Cr.)

(GCR Biological and Physical Sciences area)

A calculus-based course where lecture and laboratory are combined and taught using an interactive teaching method employing computers and guided inquiry through hands-on experiments. The method is designed to increase problem-solving and analytical-thinking skills and to guide students toward a coherent and logical approach to understanding the world. Topics include kinematics and dynamics of linear and angular motions, universal gravitation, conservation of energy and momentum, simple harmonic motion, wave motion, and fluids. Six hours per week, integrated lecture/laboratory. Pre- or corequisite: DMC 172. Spring semester.