GENERAL PHYSICS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: MATH 112 , 113 , 114 , 171, placement into MATH 211 or 221 , or special student standing. Not open to students with credit for PHYSICS 201 , 207 , or 247 . Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Comm QR - Quantitative Reasoning B Breadth - Physical Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe an object's motion using position, velocity, acceleration. Predict changes in motion using kinematic equations. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Sum forces on an object (mathematically and graphically) to solve for equilibrium and/or predict the object’s acceleration and motion using Newton's laws. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Predict changes in motion of multi-object systems using conserved quantities (e.g. momentum, energy). Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe the periodic (repeating) phenomena using amplitude, frequency, period, and wavelength to predict system behavior. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Calculate equilibrium pressure, velocity, and flow rate fluids using Newton's laws and conservation principles. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Determine physical properties of gases using the ideal gas law and principles of heat transfer. Calculate changes in work, heat, and energy resulting from thermodynamic processes and heat engines. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Design and analyze laboratory experiments using concepts from this course. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Connect concepts from this course to underlying physical phenomena in other fields, particularly the life sciences. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe an object's motion using position, velocity, acceleration. Predict changes in motion using kinematic equations. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Sum forces on an object (mathematically and graphically) to solve for equilibrium and/or predict the object’s acceleration and motion using Newton's laws. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Predict changes in motion of multi-object systems using conserved quantities (e.g. momentum, energy). Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe the periodic (repeating) phenomena using amplitude, frequency, period, and wavelength to predict system behavior. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Calculate equilibrium pressure, velocity, and flow rate fluids using Newton's laws and conservation principles. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Determine physical properties of gases using the ideal gas law and principles of heat transfer. Calculate changes in work, heat, and energy resulting from thermodynamic processes and heat engines. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Design and analyze laboratory experiments using concepts from this course. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Connect concepts from this course to underlying physical phenomena in other fields, particularly the life sciences. Audience: Undergraduate