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How Things Work (PHY-119)

Semester:	Fall 2020
Number:	0156-119-001
Instructor:	TBA
Days:	Tuesday Thursday 1:40 pm - 2:55 pm
Note:	Online, Synchronous
Location:	Online
Credits:	3
Notes:	Mostly Synchronous-Online With Possible Onsite Demos And Exams.
Course Materials:	View Text Books
Description:	This course explores the physics of everyday life. It introduces physics concepts using technologies and situations that surround us as the launching point for this exploration. Skating, sports, bicycles, rockets, air conditioners, microwave ovens, etc. lead to discussion of kinematics, dynamics, momentum, energy, therodynamics, electrodynamics, and more. (Learning Goals:Q;Distribution Reqs:Natural Sciences)
Learning Goals:	COURSE LEARNING GOALS: The students will learn the simple physical principles that govern a number of processes in our daily life including mechanics of motion, planetary motion, electricity magnetism and light. The students will also be introduced to the principles involved in several technologies of current interest such as nuclear fission, fusion. We will also touch on the origin of the universe. The course will also significantly improve your analytical, quantitative and problem solving skills and graphing procedures using Excel. We will do a number of simple problems and most of them are based on simple logical relationships between physical quantities. We will do a number of demonstration experiments and you will be provided an opportunity for hands-on interactive laboratory experience. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here.

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