The student will explain the basic theories of classical mechanics and simple harmonic motion and will apply these ideas to the mathematical solution of problems. In the laboratory, the student will attempt to verify several of these theories by comparing experimental measurements with mathematical results.
Course Alignment
General Education Outcomes are the knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes, and behaviors that students are expected to develop as a result of their overall experiences with any aspect of the college, including courses, programs, and student services, both inside and outside of the classroom. The General Education Outcomes specifically learned in this course are:
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Responsibility
Course Information
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to clearly state, understand, apply, and perform calculations in SI units and express the results in scientific notation.
- Be clearly able to demonstrate knowledge of and perform critical calculations related to scalar and vector quantities and its interrelationships with displacement, speed, velocity, acceleration, weight, and force.
- Demonstrate the ability to clearly state, define, discuss, understand, apply, and perform critical calculations related to one dimensional motion, two dimensional motion, projectile motion, circular motion, and simple harmonic motion.
- Demonstrate the ability to clearly define, understand, discuss, apply, and perform critical calculations related to Newton's Laws of Motion, conservation of energy, conservation of momentum (linear and angular) equilibrium, and Newton's Law of Gravity..
- Units, Coordinates, & Vectors
- One-Dimensional Motion
- Two & Three Dimensional Motion
- Newton's Laws of Motion
- Work and Energy
- Kinetic and Potential Energy
- Momentum and Impulse
- Rotation
- Rotational Dynamics
- Equilibrium and Elasticity
- Fluid Mechanics
- Gravitation
Liberal Arts & Sciences
Dean, Jennifer Huggins; 815-802-8484; R310; jhuggins@kcc.edu; Division Office- W102; 815-802-8700
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