PC341

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Mechanics

Physics Colorado College

Course Subject Code

PC

Course Number

341

Course Long Title

Mechanics

Status

Active

Division

Natural Sciences

Department

Unit(s)

1

Schedule Type

Block Seminar

Instruction Mode

Traditional

Grade Modes

Letter Grades, S/CR/NC, Audit

Course Description

Forces, potentials and motion according to Newton, Lagrange and Hamilton. Conditions for conservation of momentum, energy and angular momentum. Topics such as gravitation, oscillations, chaos, scattering and things that go bump in the night.

Programs

PC341 is a completion requirement for:

Required Requisites

MA204 & PC261