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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
 
  Jul 31, 2026
 
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

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PHYS 0175 - BASIC PHYSICS, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2 (INTEGRATED)


Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
The integrated curriculum version of PHYS 0105, the second part of a two-term sequence (0174-0175), introduces students to the basic principles of physics. An effort has been made to achieve a better integration of physics with the first term of calculus, engineering, and chemistry. Modern physics (special relativity, elementary quantum mechanics, and atomic structure) will be discussed.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ((PHYS 0174 or 0475 Min Grade ‘C’) and (MATH 0235 Min Grade ‘C’ or CREQ: MATH 0230)) or (PHYS 0110 Min Grade ‘A-’ and (MATH 0235 Min Grade ‘A-” or MATH 0220 and CREQ: MATH 0230))
Course Attributes: DSAS Natural Science General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Science NonSeq.GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Science Seq.GE. Req.


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