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• PHY 100: Basic Physics

  4.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This is a course for students with little or no high school preparation in physics. Students in programs that require college-level Physics should take this course first if they have no previous physics courses. Topics include methods of measurement, problem-solving techniques and the physical concepts of motion, forces, work and energy, electricity, waves and optics. Prerequisite:    MAT 090   
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• PHY 120: Physics and Society, Experimental

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This course will explore the scientific method, the distinction between science and pseudoscience, energy, climate and sustainability and the interplay between scientific and social developments in basic physics. Prerequisite:    MAT 090   
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• PHY 123: Physics for the Health Sciences/Respiratory Therapy

  4.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This is a course that examines those laws and principles of physics dealing with motion, forces, fluids and electricity/magnetism that have relevance to respiratory therapy and other health-science professions. Major topics of study include: measurement units, conversions and experimental errors, forces, Newton's laws of motion, the characteristics of liquids and gases, the flow of fluids under various conditions, the effects of heat and temperature on gases and liquids and the basics of electricity and magnetism. Corequisite:    MAT 108 
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• PHY 125: Applied Nuclear Physics

  4.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This course is for students in nuclear medicine technology or radiation therapy technology. Basic principles of physics used in radiation therapy and radioisotope diagnosis are studied. Topics include the atoms and nuclides, radiation counting and detection, radioactive decay, laws and modes of decay, half-life, properties of alpha, beta and gamma radiation and its production.The laboratory component introduces data reduction procedures and reinforces concepts presented in lecture. Corequisite:    MAT 108 
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• PHY 126: Radiation Physics and Protection

  4.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This course is for students in nuclear medicine technology or radiation therapy technology. The interaction of radiation with matter and radiation protection philosophies and concepts are discussed. Topics include radiation interaction with matter, shielding of radioactivity, nuclear detection devices, dosimetry and radiation exposure. Emphasized are the safe use of radioactive sources, accelerators, X-ray machines and radionuclides.The laboratory component introduces data reduction procedures and reinforces concepts presented in lecture. Prerequisite:    PHY 125    
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• PHY 127: Physics for Health Science/Ultrasonography

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This is a course in the physics of ultrasound for the student of diagnostic medical sonography. Included is the physics necessary to understand the operation of ultrasound instrumentation. Prerequisite:    PHY 100 or equivalent and acceptance into the DMS program  
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• PHY 128: Physics for Health Science/Radiography

  3.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This course exploresthe physics of X-rays and radiography. Students gain a quantitative and qualitative understanding of the physical principles describing the nature of X-rays, the production and characterization of radiation and how X-rays interact with matter. Prerequisite:    PHY 100 or equivalent and acceptance into the Radiologic Technology Program  
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• PHY 141: Physics 1

  4.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This physics course is taught at the algebraic level. The students gain a basic understanding of the fundamental principles and applications of classical mechanics and thermodynamics using algebra and trigonometry. Laboratory activities in the coursereinforce the fundamental principles of physics and topics presented in the lecture section. The course is transferable to many four-year institutions. Students should consult a transfer counselor. Prerequisite:    MAT 108   
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• PHY 142: Physics 2

  4.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This course is a continuation of PHY 141. Students gain a basic understanding of the fundamental principles and applications of electricity, magnetism, light and modern physics using algebra and trigonometry. Laboratory activities reinforce the fundamental principles of physics and topics presented in the lecture section. Thiscourse is transferable to many four-year institutions. Students should consult a transfer counselor. Prerequisite:    PHY 141   
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• PHY 221: Physics for Science and Engineering 1

  4.00 Credits

  Community College of Allegheny County

  
  This is a calculus-based mechanics physics course that emphasizes problem-solving techniques. Major topics of study include: vectors, one and two dimensional kinematics, circular motion, forces and Newton's laws, work, energy and its conservation, collisions, linear momentum and its conservation, rotational kinematics and dynamics, angular momentum and its conservation, static equilibrium, simple harmonic motion and gravity. Corequisite:    MAT 201 
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