PHYS 1111L: Introductory Physics Laboratory I

1 Credit Hours

Corequisite: PHYS 1111

PHYS 1111L is an introductory laboratory for the trigonometry-based course on classical mechanics, thermodynamics, and waves. The student will be able to apply Newton’s laws and conservation of energy and momentum to various problems in the laboratory, and perform measurements of simple harmonic motion, oscillations, waves, temperature, and basic fluid dynamics. The analysis of sources of error and formal propagation of uncertainties will also be developed.

Course Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

Explain and interpret physical situations as stated in a word problem.
Identify the physical laws appropriate to a given physical situation.
Predict the behavior of representative physical systems using math and physics laws as tool.
Interpret the outcome of a physical system.
Use various types of electronic data collection tools for the experimental investigation of physical laws.
Represent physical systems in multiple representations mathematically, pictorially, graphically.
Understand uncertainties in measurements and error analysis.