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COURSE DESCRIPTION
This is a Concurrent Enrollment course, offering both high school credit through ____________High School and
college credit through Utah Valley University. This course is part of UVU’s General Education program.
Introductory physics is an investigation of the physical universe, particularly our everyday world, and the
fundamental principles that govern it. The major questions that will be addressed are the following: (1)Why do
things move the way they do?; (2)What is everything made of?; (3)What are the fundamental laws of
thermodynamics?; (4) What are the fundamental laws of electricity and magnetism?; (5)How is light described?;
(6)What is the nature of the atomic world?; (7)What is the nature of the nuclear world?; (8)What is the nature of
space and time?; (9)How do we know?
COURSE PREREQUISITES & CO REQUISITES
Not Applicable.
COURSE OBJECTIVES & LEARNING OUTCOMES
This course will provide students the opportunity to learn about the following:
(1) The basic concepts associated with the fundamental principles of physics that govern our everyday world
and the universe;
(2) Use of these fundamental principles and associated models of the real world to explain what is observed in
nature, including how our thinking must be modified in order to understand very small things, or when things
are traveling very fast, or both;
(3) Understanding of how to obtain answers to scientific questions by formulating reasonable hypotheses,
experimenting, collecting data, analyzing the data, and interpreting the data to see if what was guessed matches
what was observed. This is the scientific method.
These goals will be accomplished through reading assignments, discussions, lectures, demonstrations, and
homework assignments. Evaluation of how well a student is meeting these objectives will be accomplished by
grades earned on quizzes, homework, and exams.
