Comment by nutjob123

I don't like the subject selection for their first course. I think that the benefit of freshman physics isn't necessarily learning classical mechanics (F=MA, FBD's, kinematics, ect.) but teaching students to connect analytical thinking with mathematics and giving them a strong start for a science or engineering curriculum. I am not against learning for the sake of learning but I don't see how this would be useful to anyone who wasn't going to take more science or engineering classes, in which case they would have to re-take a physics course for real credit. I guess that I am less thrilled by their subject selection because the free cs courses already available online are useful and teach easily applied concepts but introductory physics just warms students up to begin working on a full B.S. degree.