AP Physics:
Topics include mechanics, fluids, heat, electricity, magnetism, waves, optics, atomic and nuclear physics--the heart of a first year college course. The requirements of the Advanced Placement Physics B course will be utilized. This course opens the student to a different way of thinking and looking at the world.
Course Prerequisites:
- Two years of science
- Completion of high school physics course
- Comfortable with Algebra and Trigonometry
- Enjoys problem solving, willing to work in group with other students, willing to do lots of homework-up to
an hour per evening
- Conversation with the instructor before admission into the class