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  "edition": "2026-2027",
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  "name": "PHYSICS",
  "award": "Associate in Science",
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      "markdown": "The Cuesta College Physics Program engages students in the study of how the physical world works and why materials and objects behave the way they do. Physics students will learn to deduce the underlying principles and laws of nature, and apply those principles and laws to make estimations and predictions. The students completing this degree will have a proficiency in mechanics, fluids, thermodynamics, waves, electric and magnetic forces and fields, relativity, quantum physics, and atomic physics.\n\n**Learning Outcome(s):**\n\n1.  Apply statics and dynamics principles in order to solve problems involving: a) motion of masses b) electric forces c) gravitational forces d) magnetic forces\n2.  Utilize the concept of conservation of energy in problems involving: a) motion of masses b) electric fields and potentials c) electric circuits d) gravitational fields\n3.  Apply conservation of momentum and the relationship between impulse and momentum in order to solve problems involving: a) general collisions b) forces applied over time c) perfectly elastic and inelastic collisions\n4.  Analyze systems where quantum effects and relativity are appropriate.\n5.  Safely perform laboratory experiments based on qualitative and quantitative analyses utilizing various apparatuses."
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          "text": "Required Courses (34 credits)",
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          "code": "MATH 265A",
          "title": "CALCULUS I",
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          "code": "MATH 265B",
          "title": "CALCULUS II",
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "MATH 283",
          "title": "CALCULUS III: MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS",
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        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "MATH 287",
          "title": "ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND LINEAR ALGEBRA",
          "units": "5",
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHYS 208A",
          "title": "PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS 1",
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          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHYS 208B",
          "title": "PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS 2",
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        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "PHYS 208C",
          "title": "MODERN PHYSICS",
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          "text": "Total",
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