Associate in Science for Transfer in Physics
Santa Barbara, USA
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
USD 419 / per credit
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Introduction
The Physics department strives to provide our students with the educational background necessary to pursue a successful career and to successfully transition into a 4-year academic program. Physics is the foundation discipline which must be incorporated into the education of anyone preparing for a career in engineering, or science. It is equally true for the nonscientist having the responsibility to make meaningful decisions in society—the citizen in politics, the business person or social scientist who deals with problems of a society strongly linked to technology based on application of physical principles. A truly educated person preparing for life in the 21st century can hardly afford not to be aware of the statements of contemporary physics.
The Associate in Science for Transfer degree in Physics provides students with the foundational knowledge necessary to make a successful transition into a Baccalaureate Degree at any of the CSU campuses. The Associate Degree for Transfer (AA-T or AS-T) is a special degree offered at California Community Colleges. Students who earn an AA-T or AS-T degree are guaranteed admission to a campus within the California State University (CSU) system in a similar major, although not necessarily to a specific campus. Students who complete an AA-T or AS-T are given priority consideration when applying to a particular program that is similar to the student’s community college major and will be given a special GPA advantage when applying to CSU impacted campuses or majors. Students who are planning to pursue an AA-T or AS-T are strongly advised to meet with a counselor for additional information about this transfer program.
SBCC offers a Transfer Agreement Guarantee (TAG). A TAG is a contractual agreement between the student, SBCC, and specific four-year colleges or universities. This includes six University of California ( *UC) institutions, six California State Institutions (CSU), seven California private institutions, nine out-of-state institutions, as well as Honors Transfer Agreements with ten institutions and 8 CSUs without campus impaction. Students must enroll in the TAG program and work with a TAG advisor. Please click here to learn more on the TAG program website.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Enrolled students may apply one time per year in February. If awarded, the money is disbursed for the following academic year in two parts: half in the fall semester and half in the spring semester. The amounts range from very small: $100-750 and larger $1000-2500 with some variations in between.
Curriculum
Physical Science (PHSC)
PHSC 103 The Physical Universe (4 Units)
Skills Advisories: Eligibility for ENG 98 and proficiency in MATH 1 or MATH 41.
Hours: 108 (54 lectures, 54 lab)
Conceptual non-mathematical introduction to the physical sciences. Topics of current interest from astronomy, physics, chemistry, geology, weather, and the environment. Practical illustrations are taken from art, music, sports, and the home. Recommended for all non-science majors. Satisfies General Education laboratory science requirements.
SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area A
Transfer Information: CSUGE Area B1, CSUGE Area B3, IGETC Area 5A, IGETC Area 5C, CSU Transferable, UC Transferable
UC Transfer Limit: No credit for PHSC 103 if taken after a college-level course in astronomy, chemistry, geology, or physics.
PHSC 107 Nanoscience in Society (4 Units)
Skills Advisories: Eligibility for ENG 110 or ENG 110H and proficiency in MATH 95.
Hours: 108 (54 lectures, 54 lab)
Interdisciplinary physical sciences course that uses the fundamental principles of science to examine nanoscience, nanotechnology, and the societal impact of these emerging technologies on our lives and environment. Topics of interest include development and global sustainability, nanotechnology and personal responsibility, developing a green future, the pros and cons of emerging nanotechnologies, and energy.
SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area A
Transfer Information: CSUGE Area B1, CSUGE Area B3, IGETC Area 5A, IGETC Area 5C, CSU Transferable, UC Transferable
Physics (PHYS)
PHYS 101 Conceptual Physics (3 Units)
Skills Advisories: Eligibility for ENG 098 and proficiency in MATH 001 or MATH 041.
Hours: 54 (54 lectures)
Concept-oriented non-mathematical course in general physics. Topics include motion, heat, sound, light, electricity, and modern physics. Special emphasis on everyday experience, with practical illustrations taken from art, music, sports, and the home.
SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area A Lecture
Transfer Information: CSUGE Area B1, IGETC Area 5A, CSU Transferable, UC Transferable
UC Transfer Limit: PHYS 101, 101L, and 102 combined: maximum credit, 4 units; no credit for PHYS 101 or 102 if taken after 105.
PHYS 101L Conceptual Physics Laboratory (1 Unit)
Corequisites: PHYS 101.
Skills Advisories: Eligibility for ENG 98 and proficiency in MATH 1 or MATH 41.
Hours: 54 (54 lab)
Concept-oriented laboratory in general physics. Topics include motion, heat, sound, light, electricity, and modern physics. Special emphasis on everyday experience, with practical illustrations taken from art, music, sports, and the home.
SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area A Lab
Transfer Information: CSUGE Area B3, IGETC Area 5C, CSU Transferable, UC Transferable
UC Transfer Limit: PHYS 101, 101L, and 102 combined: maximum credit, 4 units.
PHYS 102 Introductory Physics For Science Majors (4 Units)
Skills Advisories: Eligibility for ENG 110 or ENG 110H and proficiency in MATH 104 or MATH 107 or MATH 111.
Hours: 108 (54 lectures, 54 lab)
The introductory course, with quantitative applications and problem-solving introduced where appropriate, for students majoring in the physical sciences. Topics include the meaning of physical law, vectors, Newton's Laws of Motion (classical physics), work and energy, waves, electricity, magnetism, light, and atomic and nuclear physics.
SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area A
Transfer Information: CSUGE Area B1, CSUGE Area B3, IGETC Area 5A, IGETC Area 5C, CSU Transferable, UC Transferable
UC Transfer Limit: PHYS 101, 101L, and 102 combined: maximum credit, 4 units; no credit for PHYS 101 or 102 if taken after 105.
PHYS 105 General Physics (4 Units)
Prerequisites: Math 137 or equivalent based on SBCC's Assessment Center placement via multiple measures.
Hours: 108 (54 lectures, 54 lab)
Newton's Laws of Motion, statics, and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies, work and energy, rotational motion, fluid statics and dynamics, temperature and heat, thermodynamics, wave motion, and sound.
SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area A
Transfer Information: CSUGE Area B1, CSUGE Area B3, IGETC Area 5A, IGETC Area 5C, CSU Transferable, UC Transferable
UC Transfer Limit: PHYS 105 and 106 or PHYS 110 and 111 or 121, 122, and 123 combined: maximum credit, one series.
C-ID: C-ID PHYS 105 or C-ID PHYS 100S (with SBCC's PHYS 106).
PHYS 105D Physics Discussion I (1 Unit)
Corequisites: PHYS 105 or PHYS 110.
Hours: 54 (54 lab)
Concurrent Discussion session designed to accompany PHYS 105 or PHYS 110. This course will allow for extra practice and group discussion of the course topics and also cover more in-depth problem-solving techniques and applying the concepts to real-world scenarios. Topics include Newton's Laws of Motion, statics and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies, work and energy, rotational motion, fluid statics and dynamics, temperature and heat, thermodynamics, wave motion, and sound.
Transfer Information: CSU Transferable, UC Transferable
PHYS 106 General Physics (4 Units)
Prerequisites: MATH 137 or equivalent based on SBCC's Assessment Center placement via multiple measures.
Hours: 108 (54 lectures, 54 lab)
, PHYS 105. Electricity, magnetism, circuits, optics, relativity, atomic and nuclear physics.
SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area A
Transfer Information: CSUGE Area B1, CSUGE Area B3, IGETC Area 5A, IGETC Area 5C, CSU Transferable, UC Transferable
UC Transfer Limit: PHYS 105 and 106 or PHYS 110 and 111 or 121, 122, and 123 combined: maximum credit, one series.
C-ID: C-ID PHYS 110 or C-ID PHYS 100S (with SBCC's PHYS 105).
PHYS 106D Physics Discussion II (1 Unit)
Corequisites: PHYS 106 or PHYS 111.
Hours: 54 (54 lab)
Concurrent Discussion session designed to accompany PHYS 106 or PHYS 111. This course will allow for extra practice and group discussion of the course topics and also cover more in-depth problem-solving techniques and applying the concepts to real-world scenarios. Topics include electricity, magnetism, circuits, optics, relativity, and atomic and nuclear physics.
Transfer Information: CSU Transferable, UC Transferable
PHYS 110 Introductory Physics (4 Units)
Prerequisites: MATH 130 or MATH 150.
Skills Advisories: Eligibility for ENG 110 or ENG 110H.
Hours: 108 (54 lectures, 54 lab)
Newton's Laws of Motion, statics, and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies, work and energy, rotational motion, fluid statics and dynamics, temperature and heat, thermodynamics, wave motion, and sound. (Appropriate for Life Science majors requiring calculus-level physics).
SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area A
Transfer Information: CSUGE Area B1, CSUGE Area B3, IGETC Area 5A, IGETC Area 5C, CSU Transferable, UC Transferable
UC Transfer Limit: PHYS 105 and 106 or PHYS 110 and 111 or 121, 122, and 123 combined: maximum credit, one series.
C-ID: PHYS 105.
PHYS 111 Introductory Physics (4 Units)
Prerequisites: PHYS 110 and MATH 130 or MATH 150.
Skills Advisories: Eligibility for ENG 110 or ENG 110H.
Hours: 108 (54 lecture, 54 lab)
Electricity, magnetism, circuits, optics, relativity, atomic and nuclear physics. Appropriate for Life Science majors requiring calculus-level physics.
SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area A
Transfer Information: CSUGE Area B1, CSUGE Area B3, IGETC Area 5A, IGETC Area 5C, CSU Transferable, UC Transferable
UC Transfer Limit: PHYS 105 and 106 or PHYS 110 and 111 or 121, 122 and 123 combined: maximum credit, one series.
C-ID: PHYS 110.
PHYS 121 Mechanics Of Solids And Fluids (5 Units)
Prerequisites: PHYS 102 or trigonometry based High School Physics and Math 150.
Skills Advisories: Eligibility for ENG 110 or ENG 110H.
Hours: 126 (72 lecture, 54 lab)
For Engineering and Physical Science students. Statics and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies, Newton's Laws of Motion, conservation principles, rotational motion, simple harmonic motion, wave motion and sound, and introduction to hydrostatics and hydrodynamics.
SBCC General Education: SBCCGE Area A
Transfer Information: CSUGE Area B1, CSUGE Area B3, IGETC Area 5A, IGETC Area 5C, CSU Transferable, UC Transferable
UC Transfer Limit: PHYS 105 and 106 or PHYS 110 and 111 or 121, 122 and 123 combined: maximum credit, one series.
C-ID: PHYS 200S, PHYS 205.
PHYS 121W Workshop for Physics 121 (1 Unit)
Corequisites: PHYS 121 (concurrent).
Hours: 54 (54 lab)
"Excellence in Mathematics, Science and Engineering" (EMSE) supplementary problem-solving workshop designed for PHYS 121.
PHYS 122 Electricity and Magnetism (5 Units)
Prerequisites: PHYS 121 and MATH 160.
Skills Advisories: Eligibility for ENG 110 or ENG 110H.
Hours: 126 (72 lecture, 54 lab)
For Engineering and Physical Science students. Electrostatics, Coulomb's Law, Gauss' Law, capacitors and dielectrics, DC circuits, Ohm's Law, magnetism, and electromagnetism, Ampere's Law, Faraday's Law, alternating current theory, electrical oscillators, electromagnetic radiation and electromagnetic waves.
Transfer Information: CSUGE Area B1, CSUGE Area B3, IGETC Area 5A, IGETC Area 5C, CSU Transferable, UC Transferable
UC Transfer Limit: PHYS 105 and 106 or PHYS 110 and 111 or 121, 122 and 123 combined: maximum credit, one series.
C-ID: PHSY 200S, PHYS 210.
PHYS 122W Workshop for Physics 122 (1 Unit)
Corequisites: PHYS 122 (concurrent).
Hours: 54 (54 lab)
"Excellence in Mathematics, Science and Engineering" (EMSE) supplementary problem-solving workshop designed for PHYS 122.
PHYS 123 Heat, Light and Modern Physics (5 Units)
Prerequisites: PHYS 121 and MATH 160.
Skills Advisories: Eligibility ENG 110 or ENG 110H.
Hours: 126 (72 lecture, 54 lab)
For Engineering and Physical Science students. Mechanical waves, thermodynamic processes and systems, kinetic theory, light and modern physics.
Transfer Information: CSUGE Area B1, CSUGE Area B3, IGETC Area 5A, IGETC Area 5C, CSU Transferable, UC Transferable
UC Transfer Limit: PHYS 105 and 106 or 110 and 111 or 121, 122 and 123 combined: maximum credit, one series.
C-ID: PHYS 200S, PHYS 215.
PHYS 123W Workshop for Physics 123 (1 Unit)
Corequisites: PHYS 123 (concurrent).
Hours: 54 (54 lab)
"Excellence in Mathematics, Science and Engineering"(EMSE) supplementary problem-solving workshop designed for PHYS 123.
PHYS 298 Independent Reading in Physics (1-4 Units)
Limitations on Enrollment: To be eligible for independent reading, a student must have completed 12 units at SBCC with a G.P.A. of 2.5 and a minimum of 4 units with a G.P.A. of 2.5 in the Physics Department.
Hours: 192 (192 lab)
Other: To be eligible for independent reading, a student must have completed 12 units at SBCC with a G.P.A. of 2.5 and a minimum of 4 units with a G.P.A. of 2.5 in the Physics Department. Independent literature search and/or reading of material on a topic in physics. Student works under guidance and direction of sponsoring faculty member on project consistent with interests and abilities. A final report, including an annotated bibliography, is required.
Transfer Information: CSU Transferable
PHYS 299 Independent Research in Physics (1-4 Units)
Limitations on Enrollment: Completion of a minimum of 12 units at SBCC, with a 2.5 G.P.A., and a minimum of 4 units, with a 2.5 G.P.A. within the department.
Hours: 192 (192 lab)
Independent, systematic research investigation of a problem in physics. A final report on research conducted is required. May be taken four times for credit. Course restricted to 3 repetitions
Transfer Information: CSU Transferable
Program Outcome
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate proficiency, both conceptually and mathematically with calculus, in solving mechanical static and dynamic mechanical problems involving both solids and fluids.
- Demonstrate proficiency, both conceptually and mathematically with calculus, in solving mechanical wave problems.
- Demonstrate proficiency, both conceptually and mathematically with calculus, in solving thermodynamic problems.
- Demonstrate proficiency, both conceptually and mathematically with calculus, in solving electric, magnetic and electromagnetic problems.
- Demonstrate proficiency, both conceptually and mathematically with calculus, in solving ray and wave optics problems.
- Demonstrate proficiency, both conceptually and mathematically with calculus, in solving modern physics problems.
- Demonstrate proficiency in construction and assembly of experimental apparatuses; conduct and analyze measurements of physical phenomena; assess experimental uncertainty; make meaningful comparisons between experiment and theory; and interpret results.
English Language Requirements
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