This course is the first half of a standard 1st year calculus-based physics course (PHYS 1200 is the second half). The course covers mechanics, including vectors, kinematics, dynamics, energy, momentum, rotational motion, oscillations, waves, and sound. In the laboratory, students will develop measurement, analysis and lab report writing skills.

This course offers a survey of astronomy designed primarily for non-science students, with a strong emphasis on active learning outside the classroom. It covers the development of astronomy, naked-eye observations of the night sky, modern observational equipment and techniques, the solar system, stellar evolution, galaxies, the Hubble expansion, the Big Bang, dark matter, dark energy, and startling new theories of the origin and destiny of the universe. Students will conduct lab activities involving night-sky observations, as well as introductory experiments in some of the basic physics that astronomers use to explore the cosmos.

This course is designed for engineering students. It covers Newton's laws, kinematics, statics, and dynamics for particles and systems of particles, static and rotational equilibrium, analysis of structures, planar motion of rigid bodies, as well as Thermodynamics. The emphasis of this course will be on solving problems.

This course surveys the physics concepts related to music and is aimed primarily at non-science students. The course covers the propagation of sound, as well as the production and perception of music. Physics concepts will be illustrated using demonstrations and hands-on laboratory activities. Students will have the opportunity to perform simple physics experiments on actual musical instruments.

This course is the second half of a standard 1st year calculus-based physics course (PHYS 1100 is the first half). Topics include electricity and magnetism, geometric optics, physical optics and quantum physics (including radioactivity). Students will perform laboratory experiments connected to these topics and toto familiarize themselves with operating lab instruments such as linear power supplies, digital multi-meters, function generators and oscilloscopes. Students will also learn proper breadboarding and printed wiring board assembly techniques.