PHYS 161 - Physics I

3 Credit(s)

This first course of a two-semester calculus-based physics course for engineering and physics majors includes the following topics from classical physics: kinematics and dynamics of particles, particle systems and rigid bodies, simple harmonic motion, kinetic theory, heat, and thermodynamics.
3 hours lecture. 1 hour recitation.
Corequisite(s): MATH 141 or MATH 131, PHYS 163.