PC131
Mechanics
0.5 Credit - Fall
Hours per week:
- Lecture/Discussion: 3
- Lab: 2 (biweekly)
- Tutorial/Seminar: 1
Calculus-based course, which introduces basic principles of physics. Detailed topics covered: one-dimensional motion, vectors, motion in two and three dimensions, force and motion, kinetic energy and work, potential energy, conservation of energy, collisions and momentum, rotational motion, simple harmonic motion, torque, angular momentum, and gravitation.
Additional Course Information
- Prerequisites
- OAC or Grade 12U Physics or Advanced Functions and Introductory Calculus.
- Co-requisites
- MA100 or MA102 or MA103.
- Exclusions
- PC100*, PC110*, PC141, PC151, PC161, SC100.
Senate/Editorial Changes
Senate Academic Planning Committee Revisions April 1, 2019: PC131 Contact hours revised; effective September 1, 2019.
