PHY 1074 creditsPrereq: Pre- or co-Requisite: MTH 141 or MTH 136 and MTH 137 . Enrollment is not allowed in PHY107 if a student has current enrollment in PHY 101 .
PHY 107: General Physics I
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- A calculus-based introductory course primarily for chemistry, engineering, and physics majors. Covers kinematics, Newton’s laws, energy, momentum, rotational motion, and oscillations. This course satisfies 4 credits as required by different majors and also 4 credits (out of the mandated 7 credits total) of UB’s Science Literacy and Inquiry general education requirement sequence. Enrollment is not allowed in PHY107 if a student has current enrollment in PHY 101 .
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Professors who have taught PHY 107
- Andrea Markelz
- Athos Petrou
- Avtandyl Kharchilava
- Benedikt Harrer
- Elena Brewer
- Francis Gasparini
- Grady Gambrel
- Hao Zeng
- Hong Luo
- Ia Iashvili
- Jan-Christopher Winter
- John Cerne
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- John Hatch
- Nuwan Karunaratne
- Priya Banerjee
- Salvatore Rappoccio
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- Scott Whitmire
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- Surajit Sen
- Tesfaye Abtew
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