PHYS 2211L: Principles of Physics Laboratory I

1 Credit Hours

Corequisite: PHYS 2211

PHYS 2211L is an introductory laboratory for the calculus-based course on classical mechanics, 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, and waves. The analysis of sources of error and formal propagation of uncertainties will also be developed, as well as graphical techniques and the method of least-squares fits.

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.