Course descriptions

This course is designed to provide an overview of physical activity and lifetime personal fitness. The course introduces different components of fitness, different types of aerobic/anaerobic exercises, flexibility and body composition, muscular strength and endurance and management of personal fitness and nutrition. The course covers a variety of lifetime activities that promote health and well-being.

This is an introductory course for students in non-science majors presenting physical principles and laws through examples from everyday life experiences. Topics covered include inertia, speed and velocity, acceleration, Newton’s laws, projectile motion, rotational motion, work and energy, friction, conservation laws, equilibrium, Hooke’s law, fluids and their motion, heat and thermodynamics, mechanical waves and resonance.

Introduces concepts of modern physics such as relativity, quantum mechanics in addition to atomic and nuclear physics. Builds up awareness about the energy future of our planet.

This course introduces the basic concepts and laws of mechanics with emphasis on enhancing students’ problem-solving skills. Topics covered include kinematics in one and two dimensions, Newton’s laws of motion, work and energy, momentum and collisions, rotational motion, and simple harmonic motion

Provides students with laboratory experience to enhance theoretical knowledge gained from PHYS 110 lectures. Investigates measurements involving speed, acceleration, forces, momentum, energy, and more. Provides experience in analyzing measured data and estimating of uncertainties.

Required for students majoring in engineering, the course is based on calculus. Topics include concepts in electromagnetism together with their relationship to practical applications.

Provides students with Laboratory experience and supports fundamental knowledge in electromagnetism. The course equips students with hands-on-experience and deepen the understanding of the relations between experiment and theory.