Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

PHY 213 — Classical Physics I

PHY department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• relate the concepts of space coordinates, time and linear motion
• describe particle dynamics, equilibrium and conservative forces
• solve problems on central forces, energy and angular momentum
• explain the dynamics of rotational motion
• discuss and apply the potential theory
• explain the dynamics of rigid bodies

Course contents

Introduction to classical mechanics, space and time, straight line kinematics. Linear and angular momentum, force and torque. Motion in a plane. Newtonian gravity. The two-body systems, forces and equilibrium, particle dynamics, force fields and potentials, collisions, conservative forces, inertial frames and non-inertial frames.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study PHY 213.

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