Fayetteville Technical Community College · Courses
PHY
3 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 110Conceptual Physics 3 0 0 3 understanding of the fundamental principles covered as they relate to
Component: None PHY 151 College Physics I 3 2 0 4 This course provides a conceptually-based exposure to the fundamental Prerequisites: Take MAT 171 or MAT 271 principles and processes of the physical world. Topics include basic Corequisites: None concepts of motion, forces, energy, heat, electricity, magnetism, and the Component: None structure of matter and the universe. Upon completion, students should This course uses algebra- and trigonometry-based mathematical models be able to describe examples and applications of the principles studied. to introduce the fundamental concepts that describe the physical world. This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA as a general Topics include units and measurement, vectors, linear kinematics and education course in Natural Science. This course has been approved dynamics, energy, power, momentum, fluid mechanics, and heat. Upon for transfer under the ICAA as a general education course in Natural completion, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of Science. This is a Universal General Education Transfer Component the principles involved and display analytical problem-solving ability (UGETC) course. for the topics covered. This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA as a general education course in Natural Science. PHY 110A Conceptual Physics Lab 0 2 0 1 This course has been approved for transfer under the ICAA as a general Component: None This course is a laboratory for PHY 110. Emphasis is placed on PHY 152 College Physics II 3 2 0 4 laboratory experiences that enhance materials presented in PHY 110. Prerequisites: Take PHY 151 Upon completion, students should be able to apply the laboratory Corequisites: None experiences to the concepts presented in PHY 110. This course has Component: None been approved for transfer under the CAA as a general education course This course uses algebra- and trigonometry-based mathematical models in Natural Science. This course has been approved for transfer under to introduce the fundamental concepts that describe the physical the ICAA as a general education course in Natural Science. This is a world. Topics include electrostatic forces, electric fields, electric Universal General Education Transfer Component (UGETC) course. potentials, direct-current circuits, magnetostatic forces, magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction, alternating-current circuits, and light. Upon
None practical applications in the health sciences. None education course in Natural Science. This is a Universal General
Corequisite
Take PHY 110 Education Transfer Component (UGETC) course.
PHY 121Applied Physics I 3 2 0 4 completion, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of
Component: None the CAA as a general education course in Natural Science. This algebra-based course introduces fundamental physical concepts This course has been approved for transfer under the ICAA as a general as applied to industrial and service technology fields. Topics include education course in Natural Science. This is a Universal General systems of units, problem-solving methods, graphical analyses, vectors, Education Transfer Component (UGETC) course. motion, forces, Newton’s laws of motion, work, energy, power, momentum, and properties of matter. Upon completion, students PHY 251 General Physics I 3 3 0 4 should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the principles studied Prerequisites: Take MAT 271 as applied in industrial and service fields. Corequisites: None Component: None
