PHYS 150 - General Physics I

Credit Hours: 4
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory (or Other) Hours: 3

General Education Code(s): 23NS, 23RE

Prerequisite(s): MATH 128 or higher
Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

Linear motion, force, work and mechanical energy, power, momentum, torque, rotational motion, thermal physics, and the gas laws are studied. This is a non-calculus course, but competence in high- school algebra, plane geometry, and plane trigonometry is assumed. This course includes three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week and meets General Education natural laboratory science requirements.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course: The general education requirement for natural sciences is satisfied by PHYS 150. To meet this General Education requirement, students will be able to:

demonstrate scientific reasoning applied to the natural world, including an understanding of the methods scientists use to explore natural phenomena, including observation, hypothesis development, measurement and data collection, experimentation, evaluation of evidence, and employment of data analysis or mathematical modeling; and
demonstrate scientific reasoning applied to the natural world, including application of scientific data, concepts, and models in one of the natural sciences.

The general education requirement for critical thinking is satisfied by PHYS 150. To meet this General Education requirement, students will be able to:

clearly articulate an issue or problem;
identify, analyze, and evaluate ideas, data, and arguments as they occur in their own or others’ work;
acknowledge limitations such as perspective and bias; and
develop well-reasoned (logical) arguments to form judgments and/or draw conclusions.