Delivery Mode: Individualized study online (with eTextbook) and includes home lab component (Order the lab kit online). This course is charged a lab fee.
Prerequisite: PHYS 200 or PHYS 204 or equivalent.
PHYS 201 is not available for challenge.
PHYS 201 is a junior, algebra-based course that provides an introduction to simple harmonic motion, heat and elementary thermodynamics, and electrical theory. PHYS 201 combined with either PHYS 200 or PHYS 202 gives the equivalent of one year in introductory physics able to be matched to offerings at other institutions.
A compulsory lab component requires that students perform labs in a place of their choice. Essential tools and equipment can be borrowed from the Athabasca University Science Lab, packaged in the Home Lab Kit. The student is expected to provide some additional common household materials. Lab evaluation is based on written reports about the experiments performed.
Giancoli, Douglas C., 2005. Physics, 6th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Opened in Revision 4, February 12, 2014.