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PHYS

11 courses with the subject PHYS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.

PHYS 101Technical Physics I4

basic principles of physics including scalars and vectors, displacement velocity and acceleration, force, work, energy, momentum, circular and rotational motion. (GE02)

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.cayuga-cc.edu
Prerequisite
MATH 099 or equivalent. Introduces the
PHYS 102Technical Physics II4

Covers the principles of electricity, magnetism, waves, sound, light, and an introduction to optics. (GE02)

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.cayuga-cc.edu
Prerequisite
PHYS 101. Continuation of PHYS 101.
PHYS 103General Physics I4

Recommended background: MATH 104 or MATH 114 (or both concurrently), high school physics. For students with satisfactory experience in physics. Includes kinematics in one and two dimensions, Newton’s Laws of motion, free body diagrams, work-energy theorem, conservation of energy and linear momentum, center of mass, centripetal acceleration, translations and rotations of rigid bodies, torque and equilibrium. (GE02), (NSCI)

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.cayuga-cc.edu
PHYS 104General Physics II4

Recommended background: MATH 104 or MATH 114 and high school physics. Continuation of PHYS 103. Course content includes Kirchhoff’s voltage and current rules; reactance and resonance; electromagnetism, Faraday’s Law, standing waves, the Doppler effect, reflection and refraction, mirror and lens ray diagrams, interference, diffraction and polarization. (GE02), (NSCI)

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.cayuga-cc.edu
PHYS 200Physics I: Mechanics4

sequence for engineering students and science or math majors with strong mathematics background. Study of Newton’s Laws, work and energy, gravitation of falling bodies, motion in a plane, momentum, rotation of a rigid body, elasticity, periodic motion, hydrostatics, fluids in motions, temperature, heat and energy, heat transfer, change of state and thermodynamic laws. (GE02), (NSCI)

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.cayuga-cc.edu
Prerequisite
MATH 108 or equivalent. First in a threecourse
PHYS 201Physics II:Electricity&Magneti4
Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.cayuga-cc.edu
Prerequisite
PHYS 200 and concurrent enrollment in
PHYS 202Physics III:Modern Physics4

properties including propagation, reflection, refraction, diffraction polarization and optical instruments. Also, atomic structure, quantum theory, relativity, nuclear models and radioactivity. (GE02), (NSCI)

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.cayuga-cc.edu
Prerequisite
PHYS 201. Studies electromagnetic wave
PHYS 291Special Topics in Physics1

An introductory or more advanced exploration of subjects not covered or only partially covered by other courses in Physics.

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.cayuga-cc.edu
PHYS 292Special Topics in Physics2

An introductory or more advanced exploration of subjects not covered or only partially covered by other courses in Physics.

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
2
Credits (max)
2
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.cayuga-cc.edu
PHYS 293Special Topics in Physics3

An introductory or more advanced exploration of subjects not covered or only partially covered by other courses in Physics.

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.cayuga-cc.edu
PHYS 294Special Topics in Physics4

An introductory or more advanced exploration of subjects not covered or only partially covered by other courses in Physics.

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2026-2027
Source
catalog.cayuga-cc.edu

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