(422) ADVANCED PLACEMENT PHYSICS Full year course - 4 credits Prerequisite: Recommendation of current science teacher and full year Calculus taken concurrently with this course.
This course is designed to be the equivalent of a calculus-based first semester college physics course. The text is the same as that used at several local universities. The course is a rigorous introduction to mechanics, including Newton's laws, conservation principles and rotational dynamics. Additional topics will be covered in the spring as time allows. Considerable instructional time is devoted to building problem solving skills, and frequent problem sets are assigned. Students will be required to do some laboratory work, and will be graded on tests, laboratory write-ups, and homework.