PHY 1250 - Physics of Aviation

6(5 + 2)

Prerequisite: MTH 1110, or MTH 1310, or equivalent; Minimum performance standard scores on the reading, writing and mathematics preassessment placement tests

A one-semester course introducing the fundamentals of physics through technological applications, many of which are in aerospace science. Topics include measurement, motion, temperature, heat, properties of fluids, sound, oscillations, waves, and electricity and magnetism.(General Studies—Level II, Natural Science)(GT-SC1)