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PHYS 1111  -  General Physics I
  
Course last offered 
 :   
Fall 2023/24
Instructor(s)
 :
Yee Fai NG
No. of credits
 :
3


Teaching Pattern
  • Duration of course: about 13 weeks
  • Lecture hour(s) / tutorial hour(s) per week: 3 / 1
 
Content
  • Motions and Newton's laws
  • Work and energy
  • Conservation of energy and momentum
  • Rotation
  • Rigid body
  • Simple harmonic and damped oscillations
  • Forced oscillations
  • Standing waves and sound waves
  • Kinetic theory
  • The laws of thermodynamics
 
Remarks
  • For students under the 4-year degree
  • PHYS 1111 and PHYS 1112 target students who have learned the most basic knowledge in physics in high school. Students with more advanced physics background should consider taking PHYS 1312. PHYS 1111 employs an algebra-based approach. Students with knowledge of calculus should take PHYS 1112 instead.
  • Exclusion: Level 3 or above in HKDSE Mathematics Extended Module M1/M2, PHYS 1112, PHYS 1312
  • Prerequisite: Level 3 or above in HKDSE 1/2x or HKDSE 1x Physics
  • Students with a passing grade in any MATH courses coded between 1000 and 1600 need to seek instructor’s approval for enrolling in this course
  • Common Core Course
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS