Location:
Main Campus
Session:
2025 Fall Semester | Trimestre d'automne
Faculty:
Faculté des sciences / Faculty of Science
Unit:
Department of Physics_PT
Course Title:
Fundamentals of Physics I
Course Code:
PHY1121
Section:
A00/B00
Course Description:
PHY 1121 Fundamentals of Physics I
Posting limited to:
Professeur à temps partiel postdoctoral / Postdoctoral Part-Time Professor
Date Posted:
juillet 21, 2025
Applications must be received BEFORE:
août 21, 2025
Expected Enrolment:
156
Approval date:
juillet 21, 2025
Number of credits:
3
Work Hours:
39
Course type:
A
Posting type:
Régulier / Regular
Language of instruction:
Anglais | English
Competence in second language:
Active
Course Schedule:
Lundi | Monday 8:30-10:00 Vendredi | Friday 10:00-11:30 - Schedule of course will not be modified
Requirements:
Kinematics, reference frames, and relative motion. Newton's laws of motion, forces and fields. Work and energy. Impulse and momentum. Systems of several particles and rigid bodies. Rotational dynamics. Oscillatory motion. A first course intended primarily for students in the physical sciences and engineering. A familiarity with vector algebra and some understanding of calculus is assumed. An additional problem class of one hour per week is offered with the course. Includes a 3 hour lab in alternate weeks. Previously PHY 1101 and half of PHY 1201. Must register toPHY 1331if 4U or OAC Physics not completed.
Course Component:Discussion Group, Laboratory, Lecture
Additional Information and/or Comments:
Candidate must proctor final exam in December
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