Dec 07, 2025  
NIACC Catalog 2025-2026 
    
NIACC Catalog 2025-2026
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PHY - 212 Classical Physics I


(5 s.h.)

Pre/Corequisite: MAT - 210 Calculus I  or instructor approval.
This is the first semester of a two-semester calculus-based sequence intended for students majoring in engineering, physics, chemistry, or other sciences. It emphasizes kinematics, vectors, dynamics, conservation laws, simple harmonic motion, rotational motion, and thermodynamics. This course, like other general education science courses, addresses the general education skills of scientific literacy and critical thinking.

Lecture Hours: 60
Lab Hours: 30
Clinical Hours: 0
Work Experience Hours: 0

Equivalent to 70-282, PHYS-220.



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