PHYS 160 - Biomechanics of Sport

Credits: 3 Total Hours: 75

This course is an introduction to Newtonian Mechanics in the context of human movement and the optimization of motor skills. The sequence of topics includes: terminology of biomechanics, Newton’s Laws of Motion, forces, linear kinematics, work and energy, power, momentum, rotational kinematics, hydrostatics, and biomechanical analysis of sport.

Prerequisites
One of:

C+ in Foundations of Math 11
C in Pre-calculus 11
C in MATH 073
C in MATH 077
C in MATH 137