PHYS 0150 - Environmental Physics

Demand 5 Credit Hours
Emphasis on physics-based problems and laws related to the environment and to human health. Topics include forces in nature, energy, laws of thermodynamics, heat transfer and radiation, properties of fluids and fluid flow, mechanical properties of solids, sound, electromagnetic waves and spectra, basic electricity, radioactivity and nuclear physics. Designed for students in environmental health and students in biology needing only one course in physics. Students may not receive credit for both PHYS 150 and PHYS 0151, or PHYS 150 and PHYS 0152. Four hours lecture, one 3-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: MATH 0140.