Instructor contact information
Instructor:
Dr. Cyril Anoka
Office Phone:
713-718-5638/832-660-8142
Office:
Houston Community College Spring
Branch Campus
Office Hours:
Available upon request
cyril.anoka@hccs.edu
Website:
E-mail:
(or hours of availability)
http://learning.hccs.edu/faculty/
cyril.anoka
Welcome to
Course Title:
University Physics 1
Semester and Year:
SPRING 2015
Jan 20 – May 17
Course Prefix:
PHYS.
Course Number:
2325 – 6 (44366)
Class Days
TTh
Credit Hours:
3
Lecture Location/Time:
Alief – Hayes
Rm:
B221
12:00PM – 2:00PM
Contact Hours:
64
Course Overview
This is a calculus-based physics course designed specifically for chemistry, physics and engineering
majors.
Topics include principles of mechanics, sound, wave phenomena and fluid flow.
Prerequisites. Must have completed MATH 2413 or higher
Course Text: Fundamentals of physics, 10th edition, by Halliday, Resnick, and Walker
GRADE DETERMINATION:
Your grade will be determined
by the following
Quizzes/Classwork
Exams
Homework
Final
Details
Percent of
Final
Average
Pop quizzes/Working problems from end of
the chapters exercise
There will be three exams for the semester.
All exams and the final exam will be closed
book and closed notes .
Homework grades will be based on a scale
from 0 to 10, 10 being equivalent to 100%.
Final
exam
is
mandatory
and
comprehensive
Total:
5%
60%
15%
20%
100%
LETTER GRADE ASSIGNMENT:
Final Average in Percent
Letter Grade
90-100
A
80-89.9
B
70-79.9
C
60-69.9
D
0-59.9
F
ASSIGNMENTS:
Homework assignments are due at the beginning of the next class after each chapter is
completed. Some assignments are collected and graded (to be specified by the professor).
Late homework assignments are not accepted. Homework and other problems will be
addressed during lecture as time permits.
MAKE-UP EXAMS:
No make-up exams. If an exam is missed, the final automatically counts as two exams.
Should you miss more than one exam, you will be administratively dropped from the
course. No make-up quiz.
Last Day For Administrative & Student Withdrawal
MARCH 30, 2014 (@ 4:30pm) is the last day for student to withdraw from
the course and receive a grade of “W” in the course. It is the responsibility
of any student contemplating on dropping the course to do so by or before
that day. I recommend that any student planning to drop the course should
discuss his/her performance in the course with me first before dropping.
Sometimes it may not be as bad as it looks. "NOTICE: Students who repeat
a course three or more times may soon face significant tuition/fee
increases at HCC and other Texas public colleges and universities. If you
are considering course withdrawal because you are not earning passing
grades, confer with your instructor/counselor as early as possible about
your study habits, reading and writing homework, test-taking skills,
attendance, course participation, and opportunities for tutoring or other
assistance that might be available."
. A STUDENT CAN NO LONGER ASK THE INSTRUCTOR TO WITHDRAW
HIM/HER FROM A CLASS AFTER THE LAST DAY FOR ADMINISITRATIVE &
STUDENT WITHDRWAL. ANY STUDENT WISHING TO WITHDRAW FROM A
CLASS MUST DO SO BEFORE OR BY THE LAST DAY FOR WITHDRWAL.
THIS IS A NEW RULE FROM THE COLLEGE AND THERE WILL BE NO
EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE. A student who fails to withdraw by due date will
automatically receive the grade of F since the instructor cannot with him/her after
that date. Please take note of this new requirement.
Besides, there is a new law in Texas which stipulates that beginning fall 2007, an
undergraduate student attending any Public College/universities in Texas is
allowed to have a maximum of six (6) withdrawals in his/her records prior to
getting his/her first degree.
Important Dates
March 16-22
March 30
April 3-5
May 10
May 11-17
exam day)
Spring Break
Last Day to Drop with a grade of W
Spring Holiday
Instructions Ends
Final Examinations(check school website for specifics
Attendance – Students are expected to attend all classes. Texas state
guidelines and HCCS policies require that student with more than 12.5%
absences be withdrawn from the class. Effectively, students are subject to
withdrawal when 3 classes are missed in the summer sessions and 4 classes in
the regular semester. Three late arrivals or three early leavings will count as one
absence. Attending class and paying attention is the key to a good grade. Stay
current in your studies – be prepared for lectures. Class participation will be
monitored and often adds to the course. Please do not hesitate to contact me if
you are struggling with the class.
Academic Responsibility:
Please refer to the Student Handbook concerning grievances, complaints,
discipline (including student conduct), scholastic dishonesty and student rights.
.
Students with Disabilities – Any student with a documented disability who
needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the Disability
Service Office (713 -718 – 5422) at the beginning of each semester.
EGLS3 -- Evaluation for Greater Learning Student Survey System
At Houston Community College, professors believe that thoughtful student feedback is
necessary to improve teaching and learning. During a designated time, you will be asked
to answer a short online survey of research-based questions related to instruction. The
anonymous results of the survey will be made available to your professors and division
chairs for continual improvement of instruction. Look for the survey as part of the
Houston Community College Student System online near the end of the term.
Student Discipline – “Adult behavior is expected. Disruptive behavior/activities
which interfere with teaching and/or learning will not be tolerated, and may result
in an administrative withdrawal without refund”
Electronics in the Classroom – All cellphones and other electronic devices
must be turned off .
Note: The instructor reserves the right to change/modify the
syllabus, should there be any conflict with the schedule or
policy of the college
Tentative Instructional Outline:
PHYS 2325
CALENDAR
University Physics 1
TTh : 12:00P.M – 2:00 P.M
WK
CHAPTER
EXAM
1
CHAPTER 1
1
CHAPTER 2
2
CHAPTER 2,3
.
3
CHAPTER 4
4
CHAPTER 5
5
CHAPTER 6
EXAM 1
6
7
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
8
CHAPTER 9.
9
CHAPTER 10
10
CHAPTER 11
11
CHAPTER 12
EXAM. 2
12
CHAPTER 13
13
CHAPTER 14,15
14/15
.
CHAPTER 13-17
16
EXAM 3
FINAL EXAM
Comprehensive
PROBLEM SOLVING IN PHYSICS
Physics is a lot like driving or swimming - you have to learn by doing it. You could
read a book on driving and memorize every word in it, but when you are behind
the wheel the first time you are going to have hard time to coordinate what you
memorize in practice. After some training you will find that driving is the easiest
thing to do. Similarly, you can read your text book and/or your note book
carefully, memorize every equation and formula in it but when you finish you still
has not learnt physics.
To learn physics you have to go beyond passive reading; you have to interact
with physics and experience it by doing (solving) problems.
Below we present a brief summary of problem solving in physics. The
suggestions should help to develop a systematic approach in problem solving.
It should be underlined that at the outset that there is no recipe for solving
problems in physics --- it is a creative activity. In fact the opportunity to be
creative is one of the attractions in physics. The following suggestions then are
not intended as a rigid set of steps that must be followed like steps in computer
programming. Rather, they provide a general guideline that experienced problem
solvers find to be effective.
Read the problem carefully Before you can solve a problem you need to
know exactly what information it gives and what it asks you to determine. This is
essential first step in problem solving.
Sketch the system
You may say that this is not that important. It is
important and worth doing it. A sketch helps you to acquire a physical feeling for
the system. It also provides an opportunity to label those quantities that are
known and those that are not determined.
Visualize the physical process.
Plan This may be the most difficult, but at the same time the most creative, part
of the problem -solving process. From your sketch and visualization, try to
identify the physical process at work in the system. Then develop a strategy -a
game plan - for solving the problem.
Identify appropriate equations Once a plan/strategy has been developed,
find the appropriate equations to carry it out.
Solve the equations Use basic algebra to solve the equations identified in
the previous step. Work with symbols like x and y for the most part, substituting
numerical values near the end of the calculations.
Check your answers Once you have an answer, check to see if it make
sense: (i) Does it have the right dimension? If you determine force the dimension
should not be in seconds! (ii) Is the numerical value reasonable? 10/100 should
not give a 1000!!!
Explore limits/special cases
Finally, it is tempting to look for shortcuts when doing a problem -- to look for a
formula that seems to fit and some numbers to plug into it. It may seem harder to
think ahead, to be systematic as you solve the problem, and then to think back
over what you have done at the end of the problem. The extra effort is worth it,
however, because by doing these things you will develop powerful problem solving skills that can be applied to unexpected problems you may encounter on
exams --- in life in general!!
Assignments:
Practice problems are assigned from the text after every chapter is covered.
Students are strongly advised to attempt all these selected problems and other
problems from the text. In general, student who fail to do these assigned
problems do not do well in the course.