Students will be introduced to fundamental concepts in Physics through a selection of topics in the following three areas. General Physics and Mechanics: dimensions and dimensional analysis; coordinate systems; kinematics and dynamics; Newton's laws of motion, momentum, friction; energy, work and power; rotational dynamics, moments of inertia, angular momentum. Wave Motion and Optics: classification of waves, wave equation, harmonic waves, superposition, standing waves, Doppler effect; Huygens' principle, reflection, refraction, lenses and mirrors, interference, diffraction, resolving power of instruments. Properties of Matter and Heat: elastisity; hydroststic pressure and buoyancy; surface tension; ideal fluids, Bernoulli’s equation, real fluids; temperature, thermometry, thermal expansion, equations of state; kinetic theory of gases, first law of thermodynamics, heat capacity, latent heat; heat transfer processes, conduction, convection, radiation. Lectures and tutorials are supported by four three-hour laboratory sessions.