Apr 03, 2025  
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

PHY 119 - Physics for Environmental Studies


The principles of physics as they apply to environmental issues. A review of mathematics is followed by a discussion of Newton’s laws, conservation principles, topics in fluids and wave motion, optical instruments, and radioactivity. Three lectures and one laboratory session per week.

4 credits

Prerequisite(s): MAT 123 ; CHE 131  

Offered: This course is offered as both ENS 119  and PHY 119.

DEC: E

SBC: SNW

Fees This course has an associated fee. Please see www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more information.