PHYS 1312 - Honors General Physics I

Course last offered 

 :   

Fall 2023/24

Instructor(s)

 :

Pak Wo LEUNG

No. of credits

 :

3

 

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