Credit for or concurrent enrollment in MA 131 or its equivalent. This course is recommended for students with minimal or no physics background. Students receive instruction in the study of the basic principles of vector mechanics, forces, motion, work, energy, momentum, impulse, and rotational motion.
Application is made to the solving of everyday physics problems.
This course is a study of the fundamental nature of matter and energy with a general study of the principles of vector mechanics and the laws of equilibrium, motion, energy, work, momentum, and vibrations. 4 hours lecture, plus lab. This course covers the topics of fluid mechanics, wave phenomena, thermodynamics, optics, electricity, and magnetism. 4 hours lecture, plus lab. Credit for or concurrent enrollment in MA 131 and major other than mechanical engineering or premed.