Intended for students majoring in neither the physical nor the biological sciences. Use of laboratory-based and inquiry-based methods to study some of the basic ideas of physical sciences.
Recommended: High School Physics. Restriction: Must not have completed PHYS117; and must be in one of the following programs (Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education). Credit only granted for: PHYS115 or PHYS117.
2022
| Semester | Instructor | Syllabus | www | 
| Fall | Upadhyaya, Arpita and Lising, Laura |  | 
2021
| Semester | Instructor | Syllabus | www | 
| Fall | Upadhyaya, Arpita and Jabeen, Shabnam |  | 
2020
| Semester | Instructor | Syllabus | www | 
| Fall | Upadhyaya, Arpita and Jabeen, Shabnam |  | 
2019
| Semester | Instructor | Syllabus | www | 
| Fall | Upadhyaya, Arpita |  | 
2018
| Semester | Instructor | Syllabus | www | 
| Fall | Sabo, Hannah | ||
| Fall | Upadhyaya, Arpita |  | 
2017
| Semester | Instructor | Syllabus | www | 
| Fall | Jabeen, Shabnam | ||
| Fall | Radoff, Jennifer |  |  | 
2016
| Semester | Instructor | Syllabus | www | 
| Fall | Tonwar, Suresh |  | |
| Fall | Jabeen, Shabnam |  |  | 
2015
| Semester | Instructor | Syllabus | www | 
| Fall | Einstein, Ted |  | |
| Fall | Tonjes, Marguerite |  | |
| Spring | Jabeen, Shabnam |  | |
| Spring | Tonjes, Marguerite |  | 
2014
| Semester | Instructor | Syllabus | www | 
| Fall | Adhikari, Prabal |  | |
| Fall | Buehrle, David |  | |
| Spring | Buehrle, David |  | 
2013
| Semester | Instructor | Syllabus | www | 
| Fall | Buehrle, David |  | |
| Fall | Greenberg, O.W. |  | |
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2012
| Semester | Instructor | Syllabus | www | 
| Spring | Kuo, Eric |  | |
| Fall | Tonwar, Suresh |  |  | 
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2011
| Semester | Instructor | Syllabus | www | 
| Spring | Watkins, Jessica |  | |
| Spring | Pennington, Garry |  | |
| Fall | Tonwar, Suresh |  |  | 
| Fall | Springuel, Padraic |  | |