This integrated approach to applying chemistry studies relevant social, economic, and political issues as they relate to chemical concepts. This course is the equivalent of a full year of college general chemistry for science and engineering majors. Students will build deeper understanding of concepts introduced in the first year Chemistry course and will provide laboratory experiences that require detailed quantitative analysis. This laboratory course focuses on concepts and principles that explain many naturally occurring events in the world. Students also develop strong problem-solving skills as they build an understanding of straight line and rotational motion, gravitation, momentum and energy, electricity, and magnetism.
Considerable effort is made to relate physics theory with real-world and laboratory experiences.
This is a college level physics course providing algebraic solutions to problems, not methods of calculus. The course provides a systematic introduction to the main principles of physics and emphasizes the development of problem-solving ability. This course forms the first part of a college physics sequence for students majoring in the physical sciences or engineering. The course focuses on mechanics. Methods of calculus are used as appropriate in developing concepts and in applying them to physical problems.