2024-2025 Catalog & Student Handbook
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PSCI 1030 - Survey of Physical Science4 sem hrs cr
(3 hours lecture-3 hours lab)
This course is a study of selected topics from general physics and general chemistry. Subject matter includes such topics as forces, laws of motion, light, heat, atoms, molecules, and reactions. Prerequisite: Exemption from or completion of learning support competency courses. Completion of MATH 1010 is recommended.
In rare and unusual circumstances, a course prerequisite can be overridden with the permission of the Department Lead for the discipline.
Transfer (UT) or Non-Transfer Course (UN): UT
Master Course Syllabus Course Outcomes
After completing the requirements of PSCI 1030, students will be able to…
- conduct an experiment, collect and analyze data, and interpret results in a laboratory setting.
- analyze, test, and evaluate a scientific hypothesis.
- use basic scientific language and processes and be able to distinguish between scientific and non-scientific explanations.
- identify unifying principles and repeatable patterns in nature and apply them to problems or issues of a scientific nature.
- analyze and discuss the impact of scientific discovery on human thought and behavior.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Obtain a broad overview of the physical sciences
- Gain working knowledge of classical mechanics and Newton’s Laws of Motion
- Gain an understanding of electricity and magnetism
- Obtain an overview of atomic structure and basic chemical properties of matter
- Learn the fundamentals of waves and sounds
- Review the properties of the Earth and the Universe around us
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