Goucher College 2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
Goucher College 2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

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

(LER-NS)
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. Three hours of lecture plus a 3-hour laboratory session per week.  Prerequisite: three years of high-school mathematics. Fall semester. Hyde.