Calculus-Based Physics Topics

Summary of Other Institutions

1st Semester Physics

CM = Carnegie Melon
CW = Case Western
CSM = Co. School of Mines
UI = University of Illinois
UM = University of Michigan
* = currently covered at MTU in 1st quarter
** = somewhat or sometimes covered at MTU

The chapter titles below are taken from the introductory text Physics, Extended With Modern Physics, for Scientists and Engineers, 2nd ed., by Wolfson and Pasachoff. Not all of the institutions listed here use this text.

Chapter Institutions
*1. Doing Physics CM, CW, CSM, UI, UM
Mechanics
*2. Motion in a Straight Line CM, CW, CSM, UI, UM
*3. The Vector Description of Motion CM, CW, CSM, UI, UM
*4. Motion in More than One Dimension CM, CW, CSM, UI, UM
*5. Dynamics: Why Do Things Move? CM, CW, CSM, UI, UM
*6. Using Newton's Laws CM, CW, CSM, UI, UM
*7. Work, Energy and Power CM, CW, CSM, UI, UM
*8. Conservation of Energy CM, CW, CSM, UI, UM
**9. Gravitation CW, CSM, UI, UM
*10. Systems of Particles CM, CW, CSM, UI, UM
*11. Collisions CM, CW, CSM, UI, UM
*12. Rotational Motion CW, CSM, UI, UM
*13. Rotational Vectors and Angular Momentum CW, CSM, UI, UM
**14. Static Equilibrium CW, UI, UM
Oscillations, Waves, and Fluids
*15. Oscillatory Motion CW, UI, UM
**16. Wave Motion CW, UI
17. Sound and Other Wave Phenomena CW
18. Fluid Motion CW, CSM
Thermodynamics
19. Temperature and Heat CM
20. The Thermal Behavior of Matter CM
21. Heat, Work, and the First Law of Thermo. CM
22. The Second Law of Thermodynamics CM


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