"I do not know what I appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on a seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." --Sir Isaac Newton

General Physics I

PHYS 1401 Corequisite: MATH 1316 or equivalent Credit: 4 3 hrs. lec.; 3 hrs. lab

This course includes the study of vector algebra, Newtonian mechanics, mechanical properties of matter, gases and kinetic theory, thermal properties of matter, thermodynamics, vibratory motion and sound. The study also includes an appropriate laboratory program illustrating the principles learned in lecture. This course is not for physical science and engineering majors and is primarily for the pre-professional medical programs.


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