ENV 1003 - Concepts in Physics

Institution:

CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

Subject:

Environmental Studies

Description:

3 lecture hours; 1 recitation hour; 2 lab hours; 4 credits This course examines the classical foundations of physics and modern 20th-century physics. Topics included in the classical foundation are description of motion, free fall, force, weight, and mass; Newton's laws of motion and law of gravitation; momentum; work and energy; the atomic nature of matter; temperature, heat, and energy; and electricity and magnetism. Topics in 20th-century physics include electronics, wave properties and particle properties of light, photons and the photoelectric effect, the nucleus and Bohr's treatment of the hydrogen atom, the wave nature of matter, X-rays, radio - activity, nuclear structure, and nuclear transformations. (This course may not be taken with the Pass/Fail option.)

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Multiple

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Institution Website:

www.baruch.cuny.edu

Phone Number:

(646) 312-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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