The class has two hours of laboratory investigation and four hours of lecture per week. Recommended for the general student, those who have not taken high school physics and science students who do not take calculus. PHY 101 is a prerequisite for 102. Introductions to thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, light and optics are taught in 202. An introduction to modern physics is taught in 203, along with more advanced topics in the subject areas introduced in 201 and 202.
Modern physics consists of relativity and quantum, atomic, nuclear and particle physics.
There are three hours of laboratory investigation and four hours of lecture per week. Recommended for science and mathematics majors. These courses must be taken in sequence. Required in the field of concentration. The behavior of the atmosphere, the factors which influence its behavior, including solar radiation and the earth's rotation, and the effects which this behavior produces.