PHYS1161 — Physics 1: Reviews & Ratings

PHYS1161 (Physics 1) course reviews and ratings at Northeastern (NEU). Average rating 3.2/5. Compare professors with RateMyProfessor reviews.

Covers calculus-based physics. Offers the first semester of a two-semester integrated lecture and laboratory sequence intended primarily for science students. Covers Newtonian mechanics and fluids. Emphasizes the underlying concepts and principles. Takes applications from a wide variety of fields, such as life sciences and medicine, astro- and planetary physics, and so on. Includes topics such as forces, torque and static equilibrium, one-dimensional and three-dimensional motion, Newton’s laws, dynamics friction, drag, work, energy and power, momentum and collisions, rotational dynamics, oscillations, pressure, fluids, and gravity.

Average rating

3.2/5

Difficulty

3.4/5

Ratings

17

Last taught

Fall 2026

Credits

4 Hours

Prerequisites

MATH 1241 with a minimum grade of D- or MATH 1251 with a minimum grade of D- or MATH 1341 (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of D- or MATH 21EM (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of D- or MATH 1342 (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of D- or MATH 211M (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of D- or MATH 2321 (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of D- or MATH 316M (may be taken concurrently) with a minimum grade of D-

Corequisites

PHYS 1162, PHYS 1163

NUpath

Natural/Designed World

Professors

• Louise Skinnari
• Camille Gomez-Laberge
• Toyoko Orimoto
• Armen Stepanyants
• Dmitri Krioukov

Data updated October 2026.

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