The physics honors course features a theme emphasizing real-world applications in aerospace science. The aim is to stimulate students’ interest by demonstrating the relation of physical principles and the laws of physics to practical use in the field. Topics in this course will include those of a traditional introductory algebra-based physics course- but at a more challenging level. Students will also learn about career opportunities in the aerospace industry and about the degree and skills required to meet their career goals.
Students will benefit from attending talks given by expert speakers- such as aerospace engineers from Pratt & Whitney- and will enjoy the unique opportunity to tour the facility. They will view the design, construction, and testing of rocket engines, such as those used by the space shuttle and military jet aircraft.
Students also will benefit from the ultimate experience of a full-day field trip to NASA-Kennedy Space Center. This exiting all-expense-paid field trip begins by a tour of the facility. Then, they will be treated to lunch with an astronaut guest speaker, followed by a full afternoon of customized astronaut training. This includes experiencing rocket take-off, orbiting in microgravity space, and finally, Earth re-entry.
Through an honors project, students will investigate topics related to aerospace science. For example:
• How to launch rockets
• How to build spacecraft
• How to design and implement space missions (including manned planetary exploration)
• How to send spacecraft into planetary orbit
• Astronautics and space travel
• Fusion based propulsion
• And more!
Courses:
PHY2053 General Physics I - Honors
Designed for pre-medical, pre-dental, pre- pharmacy, business, technical and liberal arts students not majoring in engineering, physical science or mathematics. The first part of a two- term sequence must be taken before PHY 2054. Topics are vector quantities, Newton's Laws, mechanical equilibrium, translational and rotational motion, energy and work, heat and thermal concepts. A grade of C or higher is required for this course to be used as a General Education course.
Expected Study Time: Lecture meets 4 days a week, 2 hours each day. For every hour of class time, it is expected that students will spend 2 hours of study time out of class.
PHY2048L General Physics I Lab
This is the laboratory for the courses PHY 2053 and PHY 2048. The lab will provide "hands-on" experiences of physical principles discussed in the lectures. In the process, the student will become acquainted with laboratory equipment and procedures. The theory behind a physical principle will be presented in each lab and the expected results will be checked by experimental measures. Not offered at Belle Glade. A grade of C or higher is required for this course to be used as a General Education course.
Expected Study Time: Lab meets 2 days a week, 2 hours each day. For every hour of class time, it is expected that students will spend 2 hours of study time out of class.
MAC1114 Trigonometry Honors
Topics include trigonometric functions of angles and real numbers, trigonometric identities and equations, solutions of right and oblique triangles with applications, complex numbers, and analytic geometry (the conic sections). A grade of C or higher is required for this course to be used as a General Education course. Course is designated as a Gordon Rule course.
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