General Physics I

This General Physics course covers fundamental concepts, including Newton’s Laws, forces, motion, energy, waves, electricity, and magnetism, with real-world applications and insights into relativity and quantum theory. Learners will study measurement, forces and motion, Newton’s Laws, centrifugal and centripetal forces, friction, gravity, momentum, collisions, vectors, wave motion, energy, thermodynamics, and electromagnetic waves. Skills developed include scientific literacy, physical science application, systems thinking, and scientific reasoning.

Official catalog text — WGU-authored.