Preparatory Physics

One Semester introduction for students who have had little or nor high school physics.

An increasing number of colleges and universities are able to maintain high standards in general college physics by requiring either high school physics or the equivalent as a prerequisite for both calculus and non-calculus based general college physics.  

These schools recognize that such distinctions as the difference between

are rarely grasped in any first encounter, and that students should be exposed to these concepts before they reach general college physics. 

The provision of preparatory physics equalizes the background of students while providing access for students who either have a weak background in high school or who change their educational objectives while in college.

For textbook and course outline please see:

Introductory Physics, A problem Solving Approach

by Jesse David Wall and Elender A. Wall
Analog Press, San Francisco, 2nd Ed 1997 

Course outline
Physics 40  City College of San Francisco

Author's Lecture Notes