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2024-2025 Westminster College Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Westminster College Catalog

PHY 151 - Principles of Physics I

Semester Hours: 4

The first semester of a calculus-based introduction to physics, emphasizing the use of fundamental principles to solve problems. Major topics include the transfer of momentum, energy, and angular momentum; simple models of physical systems; a statistical understanding of entropy and temperature; and the use of computational methods to solve problems. A laboratory is included.

Corequisite: MTH 131 .

 

Intellectual Perspective: SD
Lab Included: LB
When Offered: Offered Fall Semester.