2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

PHYC 120 General Physics 1

First course in calculus-based physics for students in pre-engineering, the physical sciences, or mathematics. Topics include Newtonian mechanics, work and energy, motion, impulse and momentum, elasticity and wave motion, sound, hydrostatics and hydrodynamics.


Prerequisite or parallel: MATH 161 or MATH 165.


Credits

5

Core Transfer Library (CTL) Category

Life and Physical/Natural Sciences

Core Transfer Library (CTL) Name

Physics 1 & 2 (two course sequence), Calculus-Based