Course Descriptions

An introductory course in physics for students who have not had high school physics, designed for non-science majors as well as those who plan to take College Physics or General Physics. Emphasizes measurement, mechanics, and thermodynamics; includes selected topics from sound and light as they relate to our daily lives. Provides prerequisite for PHY 118, PHY 119, and PHY 151 and fulfills laboratory science requirements for non-science degrees. This course carries SUNY General Education Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning) credit.

• Physics
• 4 Credit(s)
• (3-2) Contact Hour(s)

An introductory course in physics for students who have not had high school physics, designed for non-science majors. This is a required course for music majors as well as Music Recording Technology majors. Emphasizes: Scientific method, measurement, laboratory proficiency. Topics include vibrations, transverse and longitudinal waves, sound waves, superposition of waves, standing waves, harmonic analysis, mathematical elements of the Pythagorean and modern scales, the production of musical sounds, hearing, sound measurement, fundamentals of microphones and speakers, elements of acoustic architecture. This fulfills the laboratory science requirements for non-science degrees. This course carries SUNY General Education Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning) credit.

• Physics
• 4 Credit(s)
• (3-2) Contact Hour(s)

First semester of a two-semester sequence suitable for transfer students seeking a laboratory science elective, life science students, and those in the engineering technologies. This course is at the mathematical level of intermediate algebra and trigonometry. Topics include motion in one and two dimensions, force laws, energy, momentum, conservation principles, rotational motion, gravity, and fluids. PHY 101 or high school Physics is strongly recommended. This course carries SUNY General Education Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning) credit.Prerequisite: Successful completion of MAT 145 with a grade of 'C' or

• Physics
• 4 Credit(s)
• (3-2-1) Contact Hour(s)

Second semester of a two-semester sequence suitable for transfer students seeking a laboratory science elective, life science students, and those in the engineering technologies. This course is at the mathematical level of intermediate algebra and trigonometry. Topics include oscillations and waves, electricity, magnetism, AC and DC circuits, optics, and limited topics in thermodynamics. This course carries SUNY General Education Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning) credit.Prerequisite: Successful completion of PHY-118 with a minimum grade of C;,Take MAT-145 with a Minimum Grade of C or,Placement into Math Level 3 or higher.

• Physics
• 4 Credit(s)
• (3-2-1) Contact Hour(s)

First semester of a two-semester sequence suitable for transfer students pursuing degrees in engineering, computer science, physics, or professional programs which require calculus-based physics. Topics include motion in one and two dimensions, force laws, energy, momentum, conservation principles, gravity, rotational motion, static equilibrium, and fluids. PHY101 or high school physics with a C or better is strongly recommended. This course carries SUNY General Education Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning) credit.Prerequisite: Take MAT-271 with a minimum grade of C;

• Physics
• 4 Credit(s)
• (3-2-1) Contact Hour(s)

Second semester of a two-semester sequence suitable for transfer students pursuing degrees in engineering, computer science, physics, or professional programs which require calculus-based physics. Topics include oscillations and waves, electricity, magnetism, AC and DC circuits, optics, and limited topics in thermodynamics. This course carries SUNY General Education Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning) credit.Prerequisite: Take PHY-151 and MAT-272 with a Minimum grade of C.

• Physics
• 4 Credit(s)
• (3-2-1) Contact Hour(s)

The continuation of the University Physics sequence. Topics include relativity, photons, matter waves, introduction to quantum mechanics, atomic and nuclear physics, and other selected topics in modern physics.Prerequisite: Take PHY-152 and MAT-273 with a Minimum Grade of C-., Co-requisite: Co-requiste: MAT-274.

• Physics
• 4 Credit(s)
• (3-2-1) Contact Hour(s)