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Apr 25, 2025
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SKPH 101 - Applied PhysicsCredits: 4 Introduces the basic physical principles involving mechanics, fluids, heat, conservation of energy, electricity, and sound. Credit may be earned in SKPH 101 or PHY 101 but not both.
Prerequisite(s): READING LEVEL 2 and WRITING LEVEL 2 and MATH LEVEL 5 Corequisite(s): None Lecture Hours: 60 Lab Hours: 30 Meets MTA Requirement: None Pass/NoCredit: No
Outcomes and Objectives
- Solve general physics problems with mathematis.
- Solve problems using mathematics including algebraic and graphical analysis.
- Understand and answer ratio reasoning problems both qualitatively and quantitatively
- Understand the nature of linear, quadratic, and the inverse square relationships
- Use and understand scientific notation and significant digits.
- Use and understand the metric system and perform unit conversions.
- Understand the difference between a vector quantity and a scalar quantity and identify them
- Describe aspects of Newtonian mechanics
- Use and understand the meanings of the kinematics quantities: position, distance traveled, displacement, average speed, instantaneous speed, average velocity, instantaneous velocity, and acceleration
- Use the algebraic relationships between the physical quantities to solve mathematical problems of kinematics in one-dimension.
- Use a ruler and protractor to determine quantities associated with two-dimensional motion.
- State Newton's Three Laws of Motion
- Use and apply Newton’s Laws to force problems in one-dimension.
- Analyze dynamics problems through creation of free body diagrams.
- Understand the difference between mass and weight.
- Apply Newton’s Law of Gravitation to find the force that a celestial object exerts on another.
- Use the concepts and understand the mathematical relationships between the quantities of energy, work, and power
- Understand the nature of energy conservation.
- Understand the different kinds of energy (kinetic, potential, thermal)
- Understand the application of simple machines and how to calculate mechanical advantage and efficiency.
- Understand and apply aspects of electricity
- Understand the qualitative aspects of the charge processes conduction, induction, and polarization.
- Understand the nature of electric charge.
- There are two kinds of charge
- Its conservation
- Its quantization
- Understand the mathematical relationship describing the force between two point charges (Coulomb’s Law).
- Use the concepts and apply the mathematical relationships for basic circuits.
- Understand the terms of voltage, current, power, and resistance.
- Be able to construct simple series or parallel resistor circuits.
- Be able to use a voltmeter to measure the voltage of elements in a circuit.
- Understand the differences of series and parallel resistors.
- Understand the differences of connecting batteries in series or parallel.
- Describe and use physics as it relates to wave phenomena
- Use the concepts and apply the mathematical relationships for mechanical waves such as frequency, period, wavelength, wave speed.
- Understand the difference between longitudinal and transverse waves.
- Use the concepts and apply the mathematical relationship for the Doppler Effect as it relates to sound.
- Analyze standing wave modes of strings, open tubes, and tubes closed at one end.
- Understand the fundamental concepts relating to transmission and reflection of waves.
- Understand the phase relationship of a wave upon transmission or reflection.
- Understand that wave speed and wavelength change upon transmission to a different medium while frequency is unchanged.
- Use the concepts and apply the mathematical relationship for intensity.
- Use the concepts and apply the mathematical relationships for electromagnetic waves.
- Apply knowledge of EM waves as it relates to the EM spectrum.
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