Course Description
This course is a more in-depth version of PHYS 1112. It is intended to provide a solid foundation to students who wish to take more advanced physics courses in the future. Key topics include motions and Newton’s Laws, work and energy, conservation of energy and momentum, rotation, rigid body, simple harmonic and damped oscillations, forced oscillations, standing waves and sound waves, kinetic theory and the laws of thermodynamics. Students without the prerequisite may seek instructor’s approval for enrolling in the course. For students under the 4-year degree only.
Teaching Pattern
- Duration of course: about 13 weeks
- Lecture hour(s) / tutorial hour(s) per week: 3 / 1
Content
This course is a more in-depth version of PHYS 1112. It is intended to provide a solid foundation to students who wish to take more advanced physics courses in the future.
- Motions and Newton's laws
- Work and energy
- Conservation of energy and momentum
- Rotation
- Rigid body
- Simple harmonic and damped oscillations
- Forced oscillations
- Standing waves and sound waves
- Kinetic theory
- The laws of thermodynamics
Remarks
- For students under the 4-year degree
- Exclusion: PHYS 1111, PHYS 1112, PHYS 1151, PHYS 1152
- Prerequisite: (Level 5 or above in HKDSE 1/2x Physics or in HKDSE 1x Physics) and (Level 5 or above in HKDSE Mathematics Extended Module M1/M2)
- Students without the prerequisite may seek instructor’s approval for enrolling in the course
- Common Core Course