Physics

2 class and 3 lab hrs/wk, 3 cr.

Provides the necessary physical science concepts and skills required to enter Industrial and Engineering programs.

Prerequisite: program instructor consent based on math placement score.

F

4 class and 2 lab hrs/wk, 5 cr.

Introduces the necessary concepts and skills in physical science required to enter the fire science and paramedic programs.

Prerequisite: MTH070 or equivalent or consent of instructor.

Offered as needed.

3 class and 2 lab hrs/wk, 4 cr.

Covers fundamental principles, concepts, and applications of work, energy, and power; basic machines; and straight line and rotary motion. Uses vectors to analyze and solve problems. Provides demonstrations and experiments to clarify physics principles and procedures.

Prerequisite: completion of or concurrent enrollment in MTH082 or MTH053 or consent of instructor.

F, W

3 class and 2 lab hrs/wk, 4 cr.

Covers applied physics, including mechanics of measurement, structure of matter, heat energy, heat engines, sound, light, and nuclear physics. Includes demonstrations and experiments to clarify physics principles and procedures.

Prerequisite: PH121 or consent of instructor.

Offered as needed.

3 class and 3 lab hrs/wk, 4 cr.

Offers the first term of a three-term sequence of introductory algebra-based college physics. Includes kinematics, Newton’s laws, energy, momentum, and rotation.

Prerequisite: MTH111 and MTH112.

F

3 class and 3 lab hrs/wk, 4 cr.

Covers the second term of a three-term sequence of introductory algebra-based college physics. Includes fluids, oscillations, waves, thermodynamics, and electricity.

Prerequisite: PH201.

W

3 class and 3 lab hrs/wk, 4 cr.

Offers the third term of a three-term sequence of introductory algebra-based college physics. Includes circuits, magnetism, electromagnetic waves, and optics.

Prerequisite: PH202.

Sp

3 class and 2 lab hrs/wk, 4 cr.

Presents Earth’s coordinate system, observational astronomy, the moon and the planets, evolution of the solar system, and the sun. Illustrates principles of the solar system.

Prerequisite: grade of “C” or better in MTH070.

F

3 class and 2 lab hrs/wk, 4 cr.

Focuses on stellar coordinates and sidereal time, the nature of light and the spectroscope, and the birth and death of stars.

Prerequisite: grade of “C” or better in MTH070.

W

3 class and 2 lab hrs/wk, 4 cr.

Examines astronomical, optical, and radio telescopes; the Milky Way galaxies; the universe of galaxies; the origin of the universe and life in the universe. Illustrates physical principles of the galactic system.

Prerequisite: grade of “C” or better in MTH070.

Sp

4 class and 3 lab hrs/wk, 5 cr.

Presents the first term of a three-term sequence of introductory calculus-based physics. Includes kinematics, Newton’s laws, energy, momentum, rotation, and gravitation.

Prerequisite: MTH251.

F

4 class and 3 lab hrs/wk, 5 cr.

Presents the second term of a three-term sequence of introductory calculus-based physics. Covers fluids, oscillations, waves, thermodynamics, and electricity.

Prerequisite: MTH252 and PH211.

W

4 class and 3 lab hrs/wk, 5 cr.

Offers the third term of a three-term sequence of introductory calculus-based physics. Includes circuits, magnetism, and light.

Prerequisite: PH212.

Sp