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This course provides an introduction to physics concepts and applications from areas such as mechanics, heat, sound, electricity, magnetism, light, and/or modern physics. Specific topics and applications covered are at the discretion of the instructor. This is a hands-on, laboratory/activity-based course in which the scientific method will be used to explore physics principles and application in our everyday world. Laboratory fee applies.

This one-semester course gives a general overview of astronomy. It will cover four main areas. There will be an introduction to the sky, the physics principles needed for the course, and a history of astronomy. The solar system and planetary structures and processes will be examined using a comparative planetology approach. The structure and evolution of stars will be discussed beginning with our sun, the only star in our system. Finally, large scale structures - galaxies, clusters, and the universe itself - will be discussed. This course partially fulfills the Science General Education requirement.

This course is a physical science option for students in the humanities, social sciences, or communication arts.  It develops and explains some of the important findings of classical and modern physical science.  Topics will vary.

Energy production and use has shaped many aspects of society and the world in which we live. This course will discuss what energy is, its production and consumption, and ways it impacts society.  The physics and technology of energy generation, transmission/transport, storage, and use, including limitations and issues involved with these, will be covered both qualitatively and quantitatively. Various types of energy sources, including fossil fuels, water, nuclear, solar, and wind, will be considered. Impacts of energy production, consumption, and waste on society, climate, and the environment will be discussed. This course partially fulfills the Science General Education requirement.

Students are introduced to physical principles and their application to students' everyday experience with weather.

This course is designed for students requiring a general science class that integrates physics, chemistry, biology and environmental science.  This is the first semester of a two-semester sequence.  Topics covered include the practice of science, measurement, experimentation, forces and motion, optics, heat, energy, wave motions, atomic structure, chemical reactions, and an introduction to astronomy including the evolution of stars and an understanding of the solar system.  Emphasis is placed on the integration of these concepts across the physical, chemical and biological disciplines. This course plus the associated lab (PHYS 12100) fulfills the Science General Education requirement. 

This course is the laboratory companion to PHYS 12000 Integrated Science 1. Laboratory fee applies.

This course covers units and measurement, vectors, forces and motion, drag and lift, equilibrium of forces during flight, energy, momentum, and gravitation. Selected topics related to aviation and avionics from rotational and oscillatory motion, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics; electricity; electrical energy; magnetism; electromagnetic induction; linear and wave optics; atmospheric optics; and chemical and material properties. This is an integrated lecture/lab course. Laboratory fee applies.

The purpose of this course is to provide secondary education teachers with an introductory overview of the solar system, stars, galaxies, and the universe as a whole. The formation, evolution, and properties of each are discussed.