The study of physics is important because physics is one of the most fundamental of the sciences. Scientists of all disciplines make use of the ideas of physics, including chemists who study the structure of molecules, paleontologists who try to reconstruct how dinosaurs walked, and climatologists who study how human activities affect the atmosphere and oceans. Physics is also the foundation of all engineering and technology. No engineer could design a flatscreen TV, an interplanetary spacecraft, or even a better mousetrap without first understanding the basic laws of physics. 

    The study of physics is also an adventure. You will find it challenging, sometimes frustrating, occasionally painful, and often richly rewarding and satisfying. It will appeal to your sense of beauty as well as to your rational intelligence. If you've ever wondered why the sky is blue, how radio waves can travel through empty space, or how a satellite stays in orbit, you can find the answers by using fundamental physics. Above all, you will come to see physics as a towering achievement of the human intellect in its quest to understand our world and ourselves. 

    The course General Physics Ⅰ includes Newtonian mechanics, Relativity, Oscillations & Waves, Electrostatics.

    Through the study of this fundamental course, in addition to the acquirement of the basic knowledge of physics, students can understand and master physics ideas, the methods and techniques used in physics research. 

Final evaluation of the course grade includes homework, quiz and final exam.

Higher Mathematics

教材：

1.      H. D. Young, R. A. Freedman and L. Ford 编著. University Physics with Modern Physics（第12版）. Addison-Wesley出版社, 2007年

主要参考书 ：

1.     Raymond A. Serway, Jerry S. Faughn and Chris Vuille 编著. College Physics（第8版）. Brooks Cole出版社, 2008年

2.     J. D. Wilson, A. J. Buffa and B. Lou 编著. College Physics（第7版）. Addison-Wesley出版社, 2009年

3.     D. Halliday, R. Resnick and J. Walker 编著. Fundamentals of Physics（第9版）. Wiley出版社, 2010年

4.     N. Giordano 编著. College Physics（第2版）. Brooks Cole出版社, 2012年

5.     R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton and M. Sands 编著. The Feynman Lectures on Physics（第1版）. Basic Books出版社, 2011年