T.C.
ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND LETTERS
PHYSICS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
MASLAK 34469 ISTANBUL
PHYSICS 101E – 2015/2016 Spring
TEXTBOOK:
University Physics, Young & Freedman (12th Ed.) Pearson/Addison Wesley
SUPPLEMENTARY TEXT:
1.
Physics , Gettys Keller and Skove, McGraw-Hill
2.
Fundamentals of Physics, Halliday, Resnick and Walker, Wiley
3.
Temel Fizik Cilt 1, PM Fishbane, S Gasiorowitcz, ST Thornton, Arkadaş Yayıncılık
Week
Chapter
Topics
1
Chapter 1
Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors
2
Chapter 2 and Chapter 3
Motion Along a Straight Line, Motion in Two or Three Dimensions
3
Chapter 4
Newton's Laws of Motion
4
Chapter 5
Applying Newton's Laws
5
Chapter 6
Work and Kinetic Energy
6
Review
(Chapters 1 - 6)
7
Chapter 7
Potential Energy and Energy Conservation
8
Chapter 8
Momentum, Impulse, and Collisions
9
Chapter 9
Rotation of Rigid Bodies
10
Chapter 10
Dynamics of Rotational Motion
11
Review
(Chapters 7 - 10)
12
Chapter 11
Equilibrium and Elasticity
13
Chapter 12
Gravitation
14
Review
(All Chapters)
Homework: There will be online homework sets posted on the webpage of Physics Department
(www.fizikodev.itu.edu.tr).
Exams: In each exam four or five test question will be adapted from an assigned homework problem
1st Midterm : March 19, 2016 (includes from chapter 1 to chapter 6)
2nd Midterm : April 30, 2016
(includes from chapter 7 to 10)
Final Exam : May 23 –June 3, 2016. Exact date and time will be announced by the Student Administration
Office (Includes all chapters).
Letter Grade Weights:
Homework : 10 %
1st Midterm : 25 %
2nd Midterm : 25 %
Final
: 40 %
Attendance:
The minimum passing grade will be 50% of the overall grade.
A minimum of 70% attendance to the lectures is required to be able to take the final exam.