PHYS 101General Physics
- Faculty
- Science
- Last listed
- 1974–75
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1970–71 to 1974–75 (before that, 1966–67 used the number for Introductory Politics); the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Mechanics: the conservation laws as applied to particles and rigid bodies of simple geometry. Properties of matter: elasticity, viscous flow, diffusion, surface effects, weight. Modern physics (excluding topics covered in first year Chemistry): atomic and nuclear models, radioactivity, the detection and uses of radiation, dating. Heat flow and elementary thermodynamics. 3 lectures, and a tutorial period on alternate weeks, Fall term
As printed in the 1972–73 to 1974–75 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
Discussed on r/uwaterloo
6 posts and comments in 5 threads mention PHYS 101, April 2016 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Winter 2024
Are there some courses that are possible to get 90+ in 1B？ 1 point, 17 comments
“I am a math regular student and I plan to transfer into coop. I really need to improve my grades. Thank you for all of your advice”
u/Minute-Wolverine417: “Phys101, geog101”
Spring 2020
Frosh/High School Megathread (Fall 2020) 201 points, 1,602 comments
“Welcome to Waterloo, first-years (and interested high school students)! Use this thread to post any questions related to frosh or your first year at Waterloo in general.”
u/helpimstuckin_a_well: “What's the deal with mthel131 texts? There's a link on booklook saying to go here, but do we need to pay the \$200 for it?”
u/jrblast: “… My PHYS101 prof specifically didn't tell the book store what book the course used until it was too late for them to stock it, so that nobody would be able to get it before the first lecture. …”
Winter 2019
Any transfer students did badly in high school? (special case) 3 points, 33 comments
“Hi! so I am a first-year college student after being revoked from my university for engineering. I did pretty well throughout high school but did really badly in grade 12 due to a multitude of …”
u/tiltboi1: “It’s extremely hard to transfer into Waterloo, especially CS. If you really want to go here, you could try transferring into an easier program first, but they will definitely look at your gr12 marks. …”
u/askilaoss: “I mean compared to say electrical. Well I mean I suck at it but if I give it a shot can get around 80s I assume. I mean I took Phys 101 at UBC got like 87. Our average was around 60s so maybe waterloo is a much harder school.”
Spring 2016
PHYS 101 without grade 12 physics? 0 points, 7 comments
u/Lifescipleb: “I didn't do grade 12 physics and I am wondering if this is a problem.”
u/halivera: “I didn't know PHYS 101 existed, and even PHYS 111 is supposed to be not that difficult so my guess is that you'll be fine. As with most things, if you put a strong effort in, you won't have any issues.”
Winter 2016
Super Bird Courses 4 points, 25 comments
“Other than GEOG101, HRM200, ECON101 and ECON102 what are some super bird courses? Preferably, one day a week like HRM200.”
u/a_hero_for_fun: “Phys 111 or 101, basically high school stuff, online as well”
Check it elsewhere
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1966–67 to 1974–75, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1972–73 to 1974–75 3 calendars
Mechanics: the conservation laws as applied to particles and rigid bodies of simple geometry. Properties of matter: elasticity, viscous flow, diffusion, surface effects, weight. Modern physics (excluding topics covered in first year Chemistry): atomic and nuclear models, radioactivity, the detection and uses of radiation, dating. Heat flow and elementary thermodynamics. 3 lectures, and a tutorial period on alternate weeks, Fall term
1970–71 to 1971–72 2 calendars
Electric fields and potential, D.C. circuits, magnetic fields, A.C. generators and circuits, elementary electronics. The thin lens equations, diffraction, resolution of optical instruments, the eye, camera, telescope and microscope, coherent light, colour, polarization, birefringence and photometry. 3 lectures, fall term.
Not in the 1967–68 to 1969–70 calendars.
1966–67 1 calendar
Another title: Introductory Politics, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
(a) A study of some of the leading political ideas of the contemporary world. (b) A comparative treatment of the institutions and practices of modern government with particular reference to Canada. Note: This course is restricted to students in the Co-operative Mathematics programme. Parts (a) and (b) will be offered in alternate terms.