Bcc Physics courses

Physics Programs and Course Offerings


Physics Programs Physics courses support these degree and certificate paths.	Course Offerings Each Course description has links to the topics below.
Physical Sciences and Mathematics. Links to degrees in the physical sciences and Mathematics.	Detailed Course Topics A list of topics covered in each course. Slight variation may occur from quarter to quarter. Consult your instructors syllabus for details once class has begun.
Engineering Check out the BCC Engineering Transfer Degree and the Evening Degree Program	Prerequisites. Read these comments to help you decide if you are ready for the course.
Computer Science Check out the BCC Computer Science Transfer Degree	Audience Who is the course designed for? These comments describe target student populations for each course.
Life Sciences Biology and Pre professional programs.	Transfer How do our courses transfer to other schools? Look here for transfer links.
Information Technology Accessible and relevant science for the modern work place.	Laboratories List of lab activities for each course.

P106 P109 P114 P115 P116 P121 P122 P123

Physics Course Offerings
Below each thumbnail course description are links to:

Detailed course topics: A list of topics covered in each course. Slight variation may occur from quarter to quarter. Consult your instructors syllabus for details once class has begun.
Prerequisites and advising notes.: Decide if you are ready for the course.
Audience: Describes the student population for whom the course is designed.
Transfer: How does the course transfer to other schools?

One Quarter Courses

Physics 106

(5 Credits)

Offered every quarter including evening during winter, this course is a hands-on introduction to Optics, Electricity, and Motion for students with no prior experience with physics.
| Detailed course topics | Prerequisites and advising notes. | Audience | Transfer | Labs

Physics 109

(5 Credits)

Offered fall quarter, this course explores the science behind much of modern technology- including computers and data transmission- as a vehicle for teaching research and problem solving skills. The course is designed for information technology students, with a great deal of hands-on group project work. Magnetism, electricity, and microchip circuitry are representative course topics. At the end of the course students will transmit their own voices across the room using circuits they construct.
| Detailed course topics | Prerequisites and advising notes. | Audience | Transfer | Labs

Algebra Based Sequence: A survey of physics for general science majors. A sound background in algebra is necessary for success in this sequence. This sequence is also presented once each year in the evenings.

Physics 114

(6 Credits)

Offered fall, winter, and summer quarters including a complete evening sequence beginning winter, this is the first course in the algebra based sequence. P114 focuses on the field of Mechanics. Topics include: motion and force, Conservation of energy and momentum, and gravity.
| Detailed course topics | Prerequisites and advising notes. | Audience | Transfer | Labs

Physics 115

(6 Credits)

Physics 116

(6 Credits)

Calculus Based Sequence: A survey of physics for physical science majors. A sound background in calculus is necessary for success in this sequence. This sequence is also presented twice each year in the evenings. See the evening degree program.

Physics 121

(6 Credits)

Offered fall and winter quarters, this course is the first in the calculus based sequence. P121 focuses on the field of Mechanics. Topics include: motion and force, Conservation of energy and momentum, and rotational dynamics..
| Detailed course topics | Prerequisites and advising notes. | Audience | Transfer | Labs

Physics 122

(6 Credits)

Offered winter and spring quarters, this course is the second in the calculus based sequence. P122 covers electricity, electric circuits, magnetism, and magnetic induction.
| Detailed course topics | Prerequisites and advising notes. | Audience | Transfer | Labs

Physics 123

(6 Credits)

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