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Course Syllabus

PHYS 2015 College Physics I Lab

  • Division: Natural Science and Math
  • Department: Physics
  • Credit/Time Requirement: Credit: 1; Lecture: 0; Lab: 2
  • Prerequisites: MATH 1050 and MATH 1060, or equivalent
  • Corequisites: PHYS 2010
  • Semesters Offered: Fall
  • Semester Approved: Fall 2023
  • Five-Year Review Semester: Summer 2029
  • End Semester: Summer 2029
  • Optimum Class Size: 18
  • Maximum Class Size: 24

Course Description

PHYS 2015 is the laboratory experience to accompany PHYS 2010. Students will learn techniques of measurement and data analysis. They will learn to communicate scientific results effectively in writing. Principles from the lecture course (PHYS 2010) will be illustrated and experiments confirming class results will be performed. Lab fee required.

Justification

This course is a necessary component of the curriculum for pre-medical, pre-dental, pre-pharmacy, and other biological science majors. This course is designed to be transferable to other higher education institutions in Utah which offer a similar course with the same course number.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will know and apply scientific laws and principles, such as Newton's Laws.
  2. Students will use a scientific approach to gain knowledge.
  3. Students will be able to assemble equipment, collect data and perform analysis, and draw conclusions to test scientific principles.
  4. Students will recognized and make connections between physics and other fields such as medicine and Biology.

Course Content

Students perform a series of experiments about measurements, significant figures, resultant forces, Newton s Laws, work and energy, momentum, circular motion, torque, densities, Archimedes Principle, specific heat, heat of fusion, and themechanical equivalent of heat.The measurement and verification of physical laws will be a major focus, but the development and history of our understanding of these laws will also be emphasized - especially in the accompanying classroom section.