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Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

PHY 103 General Physics I

Credits: (4)
The first semester of a two-semester, basic, non-calculus General Physics course emphasizing fundamental concepts and principles with a problem-solving approach. Topics covered include Kinematics and Dynamics, Newton’s Laws, Work and Energy, Momentum, Rotational Motion, Heat and Thermodynamics. A two-hour recitation session allows the opportunity to work on techniques of problem solving. Prerequisite(s): MAT 114  or higher. Two class hours, two recitation hours and two laboratory hours. Only four (4) credits in either PHY 103 or PHY 105  may be used toward degree requirements.

SUNY Gen Ed Area(s): Natural Sciences
Designation(s): Liberal Arts