General Physics I V85.9011.001
Credits: 5
Professor(s): Dr K. Whitehead
Prerequisite: V63.0121 Calculus I
Corequisite: V85.9011.002/3 Physics Laboratory & V85.9011.004 Recitation
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This course begins a two-semester introduction to physics (lecture and laboratory-recitation) intended primarily for preprofessional students and for those majoring in a science other than physics. Topics include kinematics and dynamics of particles; momentum, work, and energy; gravitation; circular, angular, and harmonic motion; mechanical and thermal properties of solids, liquids, and gases; heat and thermodynamics.
This course is accompanied by the General Physics I Recitation V85.9011.004, with Dr S. Zochowski.