PHYSICS 1C03 — Physics for the Chemical and Physical Sciences
Course Description
Mechanics, waves, thermodynamics — with calculus.
Prerequisites to Review Before Week 1
- High school kinematics and dynamics
- Vectors (components, dot product)
- Concurrent: derivatives from MATH 1A03 are used immediately
Top 7 Topics by Foundational Importance
- Kinematics with calculus
- Newton’s laws in 2D
- work-energy-theorem
- momentum-and-collisions
- oscillations
- wave-properties
- thermodynamics
Known Difficulty Spikes
- Rotational dynamics
- Wave superposition
- Entropy problems
Free Resources
- Halliday/Resnick Fundamentals of Physics (older editions)
- Khan Academy Physics
- Michel van Biezen (YouTube)
Connections
Derivatives → velocity and integration → work bridge to MATH 1A03. Wave equations → atomic orbitals bridge to PHYSICS 1CC3 and CHEM 1AA3. Inverse square law bridges to MEDPHYS 1A03 and ASTRON 1F03. See interdisciplinary.
Textbook
[Set by /process-syllabus once syllabus is available.]