Physics and Astronomy Open Education Courses

Author(s): Georg Rieger, Stefan Reinsberg

Description:
The Department of Physics & Astronomy currently have three large open courses in the undergraduate program: Introductory Physics (PHYS 100 – course + online labs), Dynamics and Waves (PHYS 117), and Electricity, Light and Radiation (PHYS 118). All courses are integrated on edge.edX ,with weekly structure including reading, lecture, tutorial, and homework subsections. Simulations from PhET are integrated directly into the readings and solution videos are provided for difficult examples in the homework.

Item Type:
Course/Course Modules

Subject Area:
Science and Technology

Faculty/Department:
Faculty of Science

License Type:
Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Audience:
Undergraduate Lower Division

Technical Format:

  • Website/HTML/XHTML

Language:
English

Development Location:
UBCV

Funding Affiliation:
UBCV OER Fund

Author Supplied-Keywords:

Kinematics, Force, Energy, Momentum,Thermal Energy, Heat Transfer, Earth’s Energy Balance, Electricity, Work-energy Theorem, Conservation of Energy, Conservation of Momentum, Collisions, Torque, Rotational Dynamics, Angular Momentum, Oscillations and Waves, Optics, Electricity, Magnetism, Electric Circuits, Radioactivity