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11 courses with the subject PHY, 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.

PHY 101General Physics I4

Description: An introductory study of Physics designed to acquaint the student with the fundamentals of kinematics, Newton's Laws of motion, circular motion and gravitation, work and energy, impulse and momentum, simple harmonic motion, temperature, heat, and thermodynamics. The topics will be developed anal SUNY GE-SSCI; SUNY GEN ED -GLAB; NCC GEN ED -LSCI. Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: Sci, Tech, Engineering & Math

Subject
PHY
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
MAT 109 . Successful completion of all remedial English and remedial Reading requirements.
PHY 102General Physics II4

Description: A continuation of the introductory study of Physics designed to acquaint the student with the fundamentals of wave motion and sound, electricity and magnetism, geometrical and physical (wave) optics, and selected topics in modern physics. The topics will be developed analytically and experimenta SUNY GE-SSCI; SUNY GEN ED -GLAB; NCC GEN ED -LSCI. Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: Sci, Tech, Engineering & Math

Subject
PHY
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
PHY 101
PHY 110Physics for Electronic Technology4

Description: Pre-requisites: MAT 117 The course emphasizes an overview of the physical laws underlying selected topics in mechanics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism and optics, and modern physics. The laboratory component involves exercises that are illustrative of physical principles in these areas as well as methods of observation, measureme SUNY GEN ED -n/a; NCC GEN ED -LSCI Offered: Fall, Spring Department: Sci, Tech, Engineering & Math

Subject
PHY
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
PHY 120Physics for Educators4

Description: Students must have satisfied English 001, all math and reading developmental course requirements prior to starting the course. This course studies natural phenomena and everyday life. Covering the fundamental laws and principles of mechanics, electricity, magnetism, sound and light, it provides a basic knowledge of the evolution of physical laws and the underlying concepts that are rapidly changing the way we live. The course materi Offered: Fall, Spring Department: Sci, Tech, Engineering & Math

Subject
PHY
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
PHY 122Engineering Physics I4

Description: Prerequisite or Corequisite: MAT 122 Designed for students in Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, and the Sciences. An introduction to mechanics: fundamental laws of statics, dynamics, kinematics, work, energy, power and momentum. Applied problems are an integral part of the course. (5 lecture, 3 laboratory hours) Lab fee applies. SUNY GE-SSCI; SUNY GEN ED-GLAB; ) NCC GEN ED-LSCI. Offered: Fall Department: Sci, Tech, Engineering & Math

Subject
PHY
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
PHY 123Engineering Physics II4

Description: An introduction to the topics of rotational kinematics and dynamics, elasticity, hydrostatics, hydrodynamics, harmonic motion, waves, sound, and thermodynamics. Applied problems are an integral part of this course. (5 lecture, 3 laboratory hours) Laboratory fees apply. SUNY GE-SSCI; SUNY GEN ED-GLAB; NCC GEN ED-LSCI, ASC Offered: Spring Department: Sci, Tech, Engineering & Math

Subject
PHY
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
PHY 122, MAT 123.
PHY 151Physics Science and Math I4

Description: Pre or Concurrent Requisites: MAT 122 . The first semester of a two-term survey course for students who intend to study Science, Mathematics or Computer Science at four-year institutions that require a calculus-based approach to physics. The topics covered during the first term are mechanics and thermodynamics. (3 lecture, 3 laboratory hours) Labo SUNY GE-SSCI; SUNY GEN ED -GLAB; NCC GEN ED -LSCI. Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: Sci, Tech, Engineering & Math

Subject
PHY
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
PHY 152Physics Science and Math II4

Description: The second half of a calculus-based physics survey course. The topics covered are wave phenomena, electricity, magnetism, light and modern physics. (3 lecture, 3 laboratory hours) Laboratory fee applies. SUNY GE-SSCI; SUNY GEN ED -GLAB; NCC GEN ED -LSCI. Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Department: Sci, Tech, Engineering & Math

Subject
PHY
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
MAT 122 and PHY 151
PHY 222Electricity and Magnetism4

Description: An introduction to the basic theory of electric and magnetic forces and energy associated with electric charge; electric and magnetic properties of matter, electromagnetic waves, geometric and wave properties of light. Emphasis is given to a rigorous mathematical formulation of physical principl SUNY GEN ED -GLAB; NCC GEN ED -LSC. Offered: Fall Department: Sci, Tech, Engineering & Math

Subject
PHY
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
PHY 123 .
PHY 223Introduction to Modern Physics3

Description: A survey of 20th-century theories of the atom, the nucleus, relativity, quantum properties of waves and particles, wave mechanics, spectra of hydrogen and other atoms, x-rays, the uncertainty principle, radioactive decay, conservation laws in radioactivity, transmutations. Stress is placed on ba SUNY GEN ED -GLAB; NCC GEN ED -LSC. Offered: Spring Department: Sci, Tech, Engineering & Math

Subject
PHY
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu
Prerequisite
MAT 225 .
PHY 295Independent Study-Physics3

Description: SUNY GEN ED -n/a; NCC GEN ED -ASC, LSCI. Formerly PHY 699. Students who have completed PHY 699 will not receive credit for PHY 295 . Department: Sci, Tech, Engineering & Math

Subject
PHY
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Edition
2026
Source
collegecatalog.ncc.edu

Source: Nassau Community College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61