PHYS 2051 - General Physics

• Students will be able to reliably record data in laboratory notebooks and be able to present data in graphical and tabular form, appropriately annotated with labels, legend, titles, units, etc.
• Students will be able to solve problems involving vectors 2 and 3 dimensions, including the 3 dimensional properties of vectors such as torque and angular momentum.
• Students will be able to solve problems involving both conservation of linear momentum, in one or two dimensions.
• Students will be able to solve problems involving rotational dynamics of rigid bodies and the conservation of angular momentum.
• Students will be able to solve problems involving simple harmonic oscillators such as the simple pendulum, a mass connected to a spring.
• Students will be able to use calculus in their solutions to problems, where appropriate.
• Students will be able to use the principle of conservation of energy to solve problems involving potential and kinetic energy and work done by conservative and non-conservative forces.
• Students will be able to use components of vectors, and unit vector notation, in their solutions, where appropriate.
• Students will be able to demonstrate appropriate methods of solving problems, provide all the steps necessary for their solutions, and cite the relevant physical principles.
• Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the zeroth, first, and second law of thermodynamics through the solution of problems involving ideal gases and heat engines.
• Students will be able to write a technical report, including drafts, on one laboratory experiment.
• Students will be able to show scientific hypothesis, and theories are established and tested, and the historical context of their development.
• Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the connection between macroscopic and microscopic properties of ideal gases.
• Students will be able to problems involving heat transfer and the thermal properties of materials.
• Students will be able to solve problems involving the motion of particles subject to Newton’s laws of motion in straight lines and in circular paths.
• Students will be able to solve problems in 1 and 2 dimensional motion kinematic motion.
• Students will be able to explain basic terminology, concepts and methods of modern science.