Sep 16, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

PHYS 22000 - General Physics



Mechanics, heat, and sound, for students not specializing in physics.

Preparation for Course
P: MA 15300 with grade of C- or better (or equivalent), or placement at the level of MA 15400 or above.

Cr. 4.
Hours
Class 3, Lab 2.
Notes
Indiana Core Transfer Library course along with PHYS 22100.
Student Learning Outcomes
1. Be familiar with the important modes of human thought that are the foundations of science.
2. Possess effective foundation skills: read, write and speak with comprehension, clarity and precision; identify substantive knowledge and disciplinary methods;  develop information literacy skills; reason quantitatively (as means of gaining and creating knowledge and drawing reliable conclusions.
3. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and to solve problems using the foundation skills: evaluate their ideas and the ideas of others based upon disciplined reasoning; understand the traditions that have formed one’s own and other cultures; be able to articulate their ideas in appropriate media.