PHYS 105 - Introduction to Physics for Health Care Professions

This course provides a concise introduction of physics for health care professions, covering the following topics: base and derived units, vectors and scalars, kinematics in one and two dimensions, dynamics, circular motion and gravitation, equilibrium, elasticity, fluids, hydrostatics, fluid dynamics, vibration, waves, sound, electrostatics, current electricity, magnetism, light, basic geometrical optics, thermodynamics, introductory atomic and nuclear physics. Emphasis is placed on understanding the fundamentals of physics with applications tailored to living systems, offering insights applicable across diverse health care professions.