EAS 1600 - Environmental Physics

(PBS) (CU-SBY)

Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

Forbidden Overlap: Students may receive credit for only one course in the following group: EAS 1600, PHYS 1101, PHYS 1112, PHYS 1116, PHYS 2207.
Prerequisite: one semester of college calculus.

S. Riha, M. Wysocki.

Fundamentals of radiation, thermodynamics, and mechanics will be introduced and used to understand energy and mass transfers in natural and built environments. Students will describe, identify and use basic principles of physics to discuss and assess renewable energy systems and solve environmental physics problems, using a physics vocabulary and appropriately quantifying results.