PHY 331 - Physical Mechanics I, 3 credit hours

Prerequisite(s): PHY 131, PHY 132 or PHY 145, PHY 146, one year of calculus, or instructor’s permission
A one-semester course in classical mechanics as developed by Galileo, Kepler, Newton and their successors. The course includes a brief review of first year topics, but progresses quickly beyond the introductory level to include such topics as damped and driven oscillatory motion, velocitydependent forces, non-cartesian coordinate systems, rigid body motion and two-body and central force motion, and, as time permits, Lagrangian mechanics.

Semesters Offered: PHY 331 is offered on an alternate year basis.