PHYS 201:General Physics I

Credit Hours: 3
Lecture hours per week: 3
Lab hours per week: 0

Prerequisite(s): MATH 112 or MATH 129 ; high school physics or PHSC 105 or PHYS 101 recommended but not required.
The introductory semester of a two-semester problem-centered study in general physics. Designed for science and pre-medical majors requiring algebraic- and trigonometric-based solutions. Includes a study of vectors, kinematics, Newton’s Laws, momentum, work and energy, rotations, oscillations and waves, elasticity and equilibrium, and thermodynamics. Not intended for engineering majors. The Louisiana Statewide Common Course Catalog name and number for this course are CPHY 2113: Physics I (Algebra/Trigonometry Based).