Conceptual Physical Science: A Starship Voyage (PHYCS 2)

3 Units
Recommended for Success: MATH 101
Lecture: 3 hours
You have been accepted to be a crew member of Earth's first starship, the Sakarov. Class meetings are simulations of the crew's orientation seminars and orientation workshops- the textbook being the orientation manual for this first interstellar voyage. During orientation workshops, crew members, working in small groups, will apply elementary physics and astronomy concepts, learned from the seminars, to deal with voyage predicaments. Topics addressed include scale and composition of the local universe; gravitation; how stars and planets form; light; how telescopes work; keys to understanding motion in space; linear momentum; and angular momentum.
Transfer: UC/CSU (Transfer credit limited. See a counselor.)