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Course Description

Units:

  1. Kinematics
    • One- and two-dimensional motion
    • Graphical analysis
  2. Forces and Newton’s Laws
    • Free-body diagrams
    • Friction, tension, normal force
  3. Work, Energy, and Power
    • Work-energy theorem
    • Mechanical advantage and power
  4. Momentum and Collisions
    • Impulse, conservation of momentum
    • Elastic vs. inelastic collisions
  5. Circular Motion and Gravitation
    • Centripetal force
    • Newton’s Law of Gravitation
  6. Waves and Sound
    • Wave behavior, resonance, Doppler effect
  7. Electricity and Circuits
    • Ohm’s Law, series and parallel circuits
    • Electrical power
  8. Magnetism and Electromagnetism
    • Magnetic fields and forces
    • Electromagnetic induction
  9. Thermodynamics
    • First and Second Laws
    • Heat engines, entropy
  10. Modern Physics (Intro)
    • Atomic models, nuclear reactions
    • Photoelectric effect, wave-particle duality