| Calculus-based core physics course serving as an introduction to space physics. The course includes an introduction to orbital mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and space weather. The course is designed to promote scientific literacy and to develop the use of the scientific method to solve problems. All topics will feed into understanding the capabilities, limitations, and vulnerabilities of the warfighter's space-based assets. Additionally, an integrated laboratory program illustrates basic scientific techniques and serves to stimulate intellectual curiosity through discovery laboratories that are entirely related to the warfighter's space-based assets. This core physics course is designed to demonstrate the relevance of physics to military space-based technology and to help prepare future Army leaders to anticipate and adapt to technological change. **This is a pilot course and must be reviewed by the Curriculum Committee NLT 24-2 to continue.** |