Mar 29, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2017-2018 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHYS 115 - (E) It’s Only Rocket Science

3 cr.


(Prerequisite: High school algebra, geometry, and very basic trigonometry)

Covering topics from rocket launches and propulsion to spacecraft navigation and orbit, this course will demystify rocket science by explaining an otherwise complicated science in common language.  Through these topics students will examine the physical concepts of gravitation, momentum, energy, basic force laws, and motion.