PHYS 120

Physics I

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-3

Particle dynamics and curvilinear motion; force and momentum; rotational dynamics and angular momentum; kinetic and potential energy; special relativity.

Notes: - Credit will be granted for only one of 120, 122.

- Credit will be granted for only 3.0 units from 112, 120, 122, 125, 130.

- An enriched course in physics primarily intended for students who are planning a career in Physics or Astronomy.

- This course may include tours of local physics research institutions.

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Prerequisites: A minimum grade of B in BC Secondary School Physics 12 and Mathematics 12, or PHYS 102.

Pre- or corequisites: MATH 100.

Undergraduate course in Physics offered by the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Faculty of Science.