This course covers the fundamental principles of classical mechanics and thermodynamics. Problem solving is on the trigonometric level.
Prerequisites
MAT 181 with a grade of “C” or higher, or concurrent enrollment in MAT 181, or math placement as established by District policy, or instructor approval.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Quantify one and two-dimensional motion.
- Analyze vectors and forces in the application of Newton’s laws of motion and kinematics.
- Apply the kinematics of motion to two-dimensional motion.
- Quantify momentum and its conservation.
- Quantify momentum and its conservation.
- Quantify energy, its conservation, and basic principles of thermodynamics.
- Explain uniform circular motion and gravitation.
- Use graphical analysis, Excel, and other analytical software.