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Fall 2020 Semester
Dec 16, 2025 |
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| PHYS 1161 - Physics 1 |
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Covers calculus-based physics. Offers the first semester of a two-semester integrated lecture and laboratory sequence intended primarily for science students. Covers Newtonian mechanics and fluids. Emphasizes the underlying concepts and principles. Takes applications from a wide variety of fields, such as life sciences and medicine, astro- and planetary physics, and so on. Includes topics such as forces, torque and static equilibrium, one-dimensional and three-dimensional motion, Newton’s laws, dynamics friction, drag, work, energy and power, momentum and collisions, rotational dynamics, oscillations, pressure, fluids, and gravity.
4.000 Credit hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Physics Department Course Attributes: NUpath Natural/Designed World, NU Core Science/Tech Lvl 1, UG College of Science Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Undergraduate Must be enrolled in one of the following Majors: Applied Physics/Engineering Applied Physics Biology/Mathematics Biomedical Physics Biochemistry Chemical Engineering/Physics Chemistry Computer Sci/Physics Electrical Engineering/Physics Environmtl Geology/Physics Mathematics/Physics Mathematics Physics/Philosophy Physics Corequisites: PHYS 1162 PHYS 1163 Prerequisites: Undergraduate level MATH 1241 Minimum Grade of D- or Undergraduate level MATH 1251 Minimum Grade of D- or Undergraduate level MATH 1341 Minimum Grade of D- or Undergraduate level MATH 1342 Minimum Grade of D- or Undergraduate level MATH 2321 Minimum Grade of D- |
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