PHYS 210C - General Physics IC

2.5 Credits

This course is the first of a calculus-based college physics sequence. The course is taught as three courses (PHYS 210A, 210B, and 210C) all of which must be successfully completed to transfer as a semester-length course. Topics for this portion of the course include kinetic, heat, and thermodynamics. This course includes both lecture and lab components.

Prerequisites: (2) College-level reading, writing, and math proficiency; and PHYS 210B

Lecture Hours: 2.0
Lab Hours: 1.5
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives

Demonstrate an understanding of stress, strain, Young’s Modulus and Bulk Modulus;
Apply the concepts of pressure, density and pressure depth to physical situations;
Understand and solve problems relating to buoyancy and Archimedes’ Principle;
Derive Bernoulli’s, Torricelli’s and Poiseulle’s Relationships;
Demonstrate an understanding of the conditions for heat, temperature and thermal expansion;
Demonstrate an understanding of the Ideal gas laws and kinetic theory;
Understand and solve problems related to Van der Waals equation and Maxwell’s equation;
Demonstrate the ability to solve calorimetry problems
State and apply the Laws of Thermodynamics.

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