PHYS& 241 - Engineering Physics I

Credits: 5
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 55
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: Calculus-based course in introductory mechanics emphasizing the statics, kinematics, and dynamics of particles and systems of particles.

Prerequisite: ENGL 099 with a grade of C or higher (or placement into college-level English); and MATH& 151 with a grade of C or higher (or concurrent enrollment). AND Concurrent enrollment in PHYS& 231.
Distribution Requirements:

Natural Sciences Distribution Requirement

Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Understand and be able to apply the concepts, laws and principles of classical mechanics (kinematics, dynamics, energy, and momentum) to explain or predict physical phenomena.
Solve numerical problems in classical mechanics using appropriate physical laws, principles, and mathematical techniques (including graphs and calculus) for variables such as velocity, acceleration, force, energy, momentum, etc.
Construct and use Free-Body Diagrams to solve for unknown variables in static and dynamic systems.
Use conservation and non-conservation techniques to solve momentum and energy problems.

Course Contents

Scalars and vectors.
Kinematics. Displacement, velocity, and acceleration.
Statics and dynamics. Newton’s Laws, forces, and equilibrium.
Circular motion and satellite motion.
Work, power, and energy.
Momentum, impulse, and center of mass.
Rotational kinematics, dynamics, energy, and momentum.

Instructional Units: 5