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• PHYS 1220: Frontiers of Astronomy

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course is designed for non-science majors and is concerned with a different part of the new revolution in astronomy showing how much there is that is fresh and young in the oldest science. Topics include evolution histories of stars, galaxies, the universe, and the solar system.
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• PHYS 1250: Stellar Astronomy

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This is an introductory lecture course on the fundamentals of astronomy. An emphasis is placed on observing and understanding celestial objects in our solar system, galaxy and universe. Extensive use of a planetarium highlights the in-person experience while the online offering uses a desktop planetarium such as stellarium.
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• PHYS 1278: Discovering Env Sciences

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  The course will explore and apply scientific principles that describe and explain interesting current topics in the environmental sciences. Topics will be related to the environmental science discipline prefix including concepts in biology, meteorology and climate science, geology, geography, chemistry and physics.
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• PHYS 1500: General Physics I

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course is the first course in a two-semester sequence of algebra-based physics for students seeking an understanding of physics at a relaxed mathematical level. The course is an analytical study of classical mechanics, including energy, momentum and mechanical waves, and thermodynamics. PHYS 1510 Laboratory must be taken concurrently.
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• PHYS 1510: General Physics I Lab

  1.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course is the laboratory which accompanies the first course in a two-semester sequence of algebra-based physics. Topcis will include Newton's Laws governing force, work, energy, momentum, and gravitation; linear and rotational motion, fluid mechanics, harmonic motion, waves, and heat flow. PHYS 1500 lecture must be taken concurrently.
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• PHYS 1600: General Physics II

  3.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course is the second course in a two-semester sequence of algebra-based physics for students seeking an understanding of physics at a relaxed mathematical level. Emphasizes electricity, magnetism, and optics.
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• PHYS 1610: General Physics II Lab

  1.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course is the laboratory which accompanies the second course in a two-semester sequence of algebra-based physics. Topics will include current flow, electrical potential, electromagnetic and electrostatic fields, and optics.
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• PHYS 2500: University Physics I

  4.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course is the first course in a two-semester sequence of calculus-based physics for students seeking an understanding of physics at a rigorous mathematical level. The course is an analytical study of classical mechanics, including energy, momentum and mechanical waves, and thermodynamics.
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• PHYS 2510: University Physics I Lab

  1.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course is the laboratory which accompanies the first course in a two-semester sequence of calculus-based physics. Topcis will include Newton's Laws governing force, work, energy, momentum, and gravitation; linear and rotational motion, fluid mechanics, harmonic motion, waves, and heat flow.
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• PHYS 2600: University Physics II

  4.00 Credits

  Pennsylvania Western University

  
  This course is the second course in a two-semester sequence of calculus-based physics for students seeking an understanding of physics at a rigorous mathematical level. Emphasizes electricity, magnetism, and optics. PHYS 2610 Laboratory must be taken concurrently.
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