PH-201
Section 101
Instructor:
Text:
Calculus-Based Physics I
Summer Semester 2015
version5/22/2015
Tentative Schedule
C. M. Jenkins
“Fundamentals of Physics”, Jearl Walker 10th Edition
University of South Alabama Laboratory Manual, 5th Edition
Meeting Times:
MTWRF: 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM, ILB 240
Web Address:
http://www. Southalambama.edu/physics Select : classes/lecture notes/Dr Jenkins/PH-201
Office
ILB 102
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Intro.
Intro.
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Lab 5
Lab 5
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Chapter
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Topic
Measurement / Motion Along a Straight Line
Motion in Along a Straight Line
Vectors
Vectors
Vectors / Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
Motion in Two and Three Dimensions / Force and Motion I
Force and Motion I
Force and Motion I / Force and Motion II
Force and Motion II
Force and Motion II
Week
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Kinetic Energy and Work
Kinetic Energy and Work / Potential Energy and Cons. of Energy
Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy
Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy
Center of Mass and Linear Momentum
Center of Mass and Linear Momentum
Center of Mass and Linear Momentum
Rotation
Rotation
Rolling, Torque and Angular Momentum
Rolling, Torque and Angular Momentum
Equilibrium
Equilibrium / Fluids
Fluids
Oscillations
Oscillations
Waves - I
Waves - I
Waves - II
Waves - II
Temperature, Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics
Week 4
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Week 7
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Calculus-Based Physics I
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Topic
Temperature, Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics
Kinetic Theory of Gases
Equilibrium
Week 8
Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Week 9
Final Examination:
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
8:00 AM to 10:00 PM
ILB 240
PH-201 Class Rules
Lecture and Recitation Attendance: Students are expected to attend all classes. Concepts are explained and example
problems are worked in the class sessions. Supplemental materials not found in the book may be presented in the class
sessions. Students are responsible for all materials presented in class on tests. Attendance will be taken. Students are
responsible for signing the attendance roll on the day it is passed out to receive credit for attending class that day. The
roll will be passed out at the beginning of class for students to sign. If you come in slightly late, please see the instructor
after class to sign the roll. Students entering class about halfway through the lecture or leaving early without the instructor’s
permission will be marked absent. Five points of the final grade will be assigned for attendance. Three cut days will be
allowed. One point will be subtracted from the attendance points for each additional day missed after the three cut days until
all attendance points are depleted.
Laboratory Attendance: Students are required to attend all laboratories. There are no cuts allowed for laboratories. If for any
reason you cannot attend a laboratory session, contact the departmental secretary to re-schedule taking the laboratory in a
different section during the week the laboratory is offered. Students who have previously completed this course with a
satisfactory laboratory average may apply for a laboratory waiver with the Physics department. Any laboratory that is
marked absent or with a letter grade of less than 75 must be retaken. Laboratory waivers must be filed in the beginning
week of the semester. See the Physics Department secretary for filing and approval of a laboratory waiver. All students
must earn a passing grade (i. e. numerical grade of 60 or better) in laboratory to pass this course.
Homework: Online homework will be assigned, graded and used to determine the final grade. In order for students to
complete their online homework assignments, they must register with Wiley Plus online. To register go to the URL:
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the middle of the page. More useful information about how to use Wiley Plus and its features may be found at the URL:
http://www.wiley.com/college/fdoc. Homework will be assigned with a due date. No homework will be accepted late.
Success in this course: Physics is a challenging subject, but it is not impossible to learn. Students should attend lectures and
be attentive during lectures, taking lecture notes. Success in this course requires that the student work diligently outside the
class sessions consistently from the beginning to the end of the course. The rule of thumb is a minimum of two hours of
study outside of class for every hour of scheduled class time. Preferably, the student should read the appropriate sections in
the book before they are discussed in class. Otherwise, the student should certainly read the sections in the book discussed in
class the same day they were covered. The textbook is not a novel: some sections may have to be read more than once for
complete understanding. The lecture notes should be studied on the same day of the lecture. After reading the appropriate
sections in the textbook and lecture notes, the student should work and study the worked example problems in the text and
lecture notes. Students should then start to work the online homework problems. Total proficiency of the homework
problems is required if the student expects to be prepared for the tests, quizzes and final exam.
Tests: There will be three Tests given during the semester. The tests will consist of five equally weighted problems. The
problems on the tests will be similar to (but not necessarily the same) as the problems the students encountered at the end of
the chapters in the book. The testing period is 50 minutes. Since the class meeting time is 1 hour and 15
minutes, a 20 minute lecture will be presented before the test on days that the test is scheduled.
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Final Exam: The Final Exam is comprehensive over all material covered during the semester. The Final Exam will have the
same format as a regular test. Since the testing period of the Final Exam is twice a regular test period, the length of the Final
Exam (i.e. the number of problems) is twice that of a test.
Make-up Test: Only one make-up test is given at the end of the semester after the last test and before the final exam period.
This test is comprehensive over all material covered during the semester. The make-up test may be taken only if the student
submits a valid excuse to the instructor within 48 hours, or reasonable time interval in the case of extended illness, after the
test is missed and the instructor grants permission to take the make-up test. Only one test may be made up.
Programmable calculators are not allowed on Tests and the Final Exam. Students must include relevant diagrams and
equations (in symbolic form) with the correct numerical values substituted into the corresponding variables of the equations
in subsequent steps if they expect partial credit. No PDA’s, cell phones or any other electronic devices are allowed out
during the Tests or Final Exam.
E-Mail: As the PAWS student information system brings the faculty features on-line, the instructor may use the student’s Email address as another conduit to announce tests and other important class based announcements. In order for students in
this section to be notified by E-mail, when it is sent, student must activate their University of South Alabama official E-mail
addresses. Students, however, may not use E-mail as an official communications conduit to the instructor. This
includes excuses for missing tests, chapters sections covered on test or quizzes and help for homework. Students seeking an
excuse for missing a test, help with homework must visit the instructor’s office. Students who want to send an E-mail to the
instructor should start the subject line with PH-201. Important announcements, such a chapter sections covered on the tests
or quizzes, will be made during class and posted on the class’s world wide web page.
Students with disabilities who are registered with the Office of Special Student Services should notify the instructor
immediately. Accommodations will be arranged between the Office of Special Student Services and the instructor. If you
have a specific disability that qualifies you for academic accommodations, please notify the instructor/professor and provide
certification from Special Student Services. OSSS is located in Room 270 of the Student Center (460-7212).
JagAlert is an academic program intended to help students be successful in 100 and 200 level courses. If you are not doing
well, you will receive an email instructing you to see your professor and academic advisor. Watch for the JagAlert email
around week 6 of this semester.
Dishonesty on any assignment will result in a failing grade in the course. Academic dishonesty or disruption will be handled
in accordance with the University of South Alabama policies as outlined in The Lowdown, the student handbook
(http://www.southalabama.edu/lowdown/ ). Students are expected to be cordial, courteous, and respectful of faculty
members and fellow students. The University of South Alabama’s official policies regarding Academic Disruption and
Student Academic Conduct are published annually in The Lowdown, the student handbook.
The Course Goals & Objectives are for students to learn the principles of mechanics sound and thermodynamics and
develop the analytical thinking and problem solving skills necessary to apply these principles to physical systems using
calculus.
Assessment of student outcome:
Every assignment is based on a 0% to 100% grade scale. Major components of the course used to assign a grade and their
importance are outlined in the left-hand box. The right-hand box contains the actual grade scale. Note the lower bin edges
will never slide up (i.e. anyone that has a final grade of 90 or better is guaranteed an “A”).
Final Grade Composition
5% Attendance
45% of Test Average
15% of Homework Average
15% of Laboratory Average
20% of Final Exam
Grade Scale
A
B
C
D
F
90% to 100%
80% to 89%
70% to 79%
60% to 69%
Below 60%
Using the “Final Grade Composition” the final grade is computed as:
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Section 102
Calculus-Based Physics I
Summer Semester 2014
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Final Grade =
0 ≤ [5-Cut days over three] (Attendance ) + 0.45*(Test Average)
+0.15*(Homework Average) + 0.15*(Laboratory Average)
+ 0.20*(Final Exam)
Tentative Schedule
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Since all classes do not progress at the same rate, the instructor may modify the rate and amount of material covered (i.e. the
days and number of days particular topics are planned in this syllabus may differ from the actual schedule achieved in the
class room). Only under extraordinary circumstances, and only with the unanimous consent of the entire class, a test date
may be rescheduled. Any student objecting to a potential change of test date may make his/her vote known in public (in
class) or in private (at a meeting with the instructor).
Catalog Course Description:
PH 201
Calculus-Based Physics I
4 cr
First semester of a two-semester introductory course in calculus-based physics with laboratory. This course covers: one and
two-dimensional motion, vectors, Newton’s laws of motion and their applications, work and energy, momentum and
collisions, circular motion, rotational motion, properties of materials, simple harmonic motion, wave motion and topics in
thermodynamics. Fee. Prerequisite: MA 125.
General Education Competencies
This course will help the student to achieve the Critical Thinking and Quantitative Reasoning General Education
competencies.
Critical Thinking: Critical Thinking is the formulation, rational scrutinizing, and/or considered assessment of information
and diverse reasons for belief or action.
Quantitative Reasoning: Quantitative Reasoning is the ability to systematically analyze quantitative concepts, evidence,
processes, and outcomes to reach a rational conclusion.