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Physical laws governing motion, force, energy, rotation, and vibration using calculus. Primarily for majors in the physical and mathematical sciences and engineering. One three-hour laboratory a week.

This course consists of fourteen units. Each unit has lectures and demonstrations, a reading quiz, a lab, and exercises covering the material in that unit. At the end of the course there is a final exam covering all the units.

The fourteen units are:

1. Measurement
2. Force
3. Motion
4. Kinematics
5. Circular Motion
6. Energy
7. Momentum
8. Rotation
9. Fluids
10. Oscillations
11. Sound
12. Temperature
13. Heat
14. Thermodynamics