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PHYS-132 - UNIVERSITY PHYSICS 1  4 credits
This course is intended for engineering and science transfer majors and requires calculus. It is the first of a required two semester sequence [PHYS-232] for engineering transfer students. The main topics are classical mechanics and dynamics (including statics). These topics include the study motion in the special case of constant acceleration and also the more general case requiring the application of calculus to Newton's laws of motion and Newton's law of universal gravitation. Linear, projectile, circular, periodic and wave motion will be analyzed in the familiar environment of the earth's surface as well as in places we might never go except in our imaginations. The laws of conservation of mass, energy and momentum will be applied to the analysis of single particle motion as well as many-particle interactions (collisions and explosions, ideal and non-ideal gases). In addition to three hours of lecture, this course includes three hours of laboratory work per week, where special equipment will be used to practice measurements of physical properties and to verify the relationships expressed in the laws of physics and a one-hour recitation each week. Required by some programs. Web assisted. Offered both semesters. Honors component with permission of instructor. PREREQUISITE: MATH-155 with a grade of C- or better and placement at ENGL-100 COREQUISITE: PHYS-132L and MATH-255.