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PHYS-080 - Physics

Length: 112 hours Prerequisites: One of the following: MATH 080, Pre-Calculus 11, Computer Science 11, or Foundations of Mathematics 11. These courses can also be taken concurrently. Delivery Method: Directed Studies, On-campus Cost: $82.01 Course Outline: https://outlines.cotr.bc.ca/pdf/courses/Course-outline-PHYS-080-Fall-2024.pdf

This course introduces students to physical laws governing motion, heat, electricity, and waves. Using verbal descriptions, geometry, algebra, graphs and vectors, students model the physical world and lend structure to common sense ideas about how the physical world behaves. Sophisticated data equipment in the physics laboratory gives students quick and easy access to data allowing them to develop models describing their environment.