This course is intended for non-science majors. This course counts toward McMurry general education credit. This is a survey course covering the solar system, stars, and galaxies including modern cosmology. No mathematics preparation beyond high school algebra and geometry is assumed. This course covers the fundamentals of mechanics, heat, sound, light, electricity, magnetism, and optics.
Emphasis is placed on the concepts and problem solving techniques of physics.
This is the second semester of General Physics. This course is required for those students wishing to major in Physics who have already taken PHYS 1410 and 1420. This is the initial course for physics majors and those intending to pursue an engineering degree. This is the second semester of University Physics. This is a required course for physics majors.