Recent SemestersFall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024Class Size32 studentsCredits5PrerequisiteMAT 003A or MAT 003AH Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5A · Cal-GETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5A · CSU GE Area B3 · CSU GE Area B1DescriptionThis course in mechanics, the first in a series of engineering physics courses, is a calculus-based study of forces, energy and momentum. Kinematic problems are solved using position, velocity and acceleration. Conservation of momentum and energy is applied to moving and interacting systems, rotational mechanics, simple harmonic motion, gravity, mechanical properties of matter, fluid statics and dynamics.Usually HeldMon 9:20am–12:30pm, Tue 9:20am–12:30pm, Wed 10:20am–1:30pm, Wed 9:20am–10:10am