PHY 161 - Engineering Physics 1

Credit(s): 5
Lecture/Lab Contact Hours: 4, 2

This course is the first of a two-semester sequence in calculus-based physics. Topics covered include classic mechanics, vibratory motion and mechanical waves, and fundamentals of heat and thermodynamics. This course is appropriate for those students who want to transfer into engineering or other university programs that demand one year of calculus-based physics.
Applicable toward graduation at Sandburg where program structure permits:
Degree or Certificate: AA, AS, AAS, AGS, and Certificates where applicable (1.1)

Offered: Fall
Prerequisite(s): MAT 240 or concurrent enrollment
General Education: Not Applicable, Elective Only