PHYS 1101 - Introductory Physics

Teaching Pattern

  • Duration of course: about 13 weeks

  • Lecture hour(s) / tutorial hour(s) per week: 4 / 1

 

Content

  • Force and motion: kinematics, dynamics; work, energy; linear momentum; projectile motion; circular motion
  • Heat and gases: temperature, heat; transfer processes; change of state; ideal gas law, kinetic theory
  • Electricity and magnetism: electrostatics; current, potential difference, circuits; magnetic force on a current-carrying wire; electromagnetic induction
  • Waves and optics: waves and their properties; sound intensity level; reflection and refraction of light, image formation by mirrors and lenses

 

Remarks

  • This course is for students with no physics background
  • It is not a preparatory course for PHYS 1111
  • Students with no calculus background who plan to take General Physics should take calculus concurrently with PHYS 1101 so that they meet the prerequisites for PHYS 1112.
  • Exclusion: Level 3 or above in HKDSE 1/2x Physics or HIKDSE 1x Physics; any PHYS courses at 1100-level or above