Tarrant County College District - Instructor's Class Requirements
PHYS-1401-41249
College Physics I (Lec/Lab)
Instructor: Shah, Rakesh
Office: SE ESEE 2342A
Phone: 817-515-3148
E-mail: rakesha.shah@my.tccd.edu
Term: Fall 2016
Last Day to Drop: 11/17/16
Office Hours
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End
04:55 PM
05:25 PM
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Comments:
Office hours for Fall 2016 will be held in the Physics Prep Room ESEE 2342A. Thanks!
District Course Requirements
Books
Student Accessibility Resources
Any student with a documented disability needing academic accommodations is required to contact the Student Accessibility
Resources (SAR) Office located on each campus to schedule an appointment with the Coordinator of SAR. All discussions are
confidential. Because SAR accommodations may require early planning and are not provided retroactively, students are encouraged to
contact SAR as early in the semester as possible. SAR is responsible for approving and coordinating all disability-related services.
TCC professors will honor requests for accommodation when they are issued by SAR.
Text(s):
TEXT / LECTURE: Physics, 10th Edition
Author: Cutnell & Johnson
Publisher: Wiley
Website: www.wiley.com/college/cutnell
You are required to purchase a WileyPLUS access code. Access includes an electronic version of the textbook. Purchase of a print textbook is
optional. WileyPLUS access code (required): You may purchase an access code for WileyPLUS when you log in to myTCC (Blackboard) and
select a WileyPLUS icon (such as the "WileyPLUS Homepage" link) for the first time. Use coupon code TCC21 to obtain access at the discounted
price of $60.
Purchase options:
Option 1: Print & Digital: The campus bookstore has Cutnell’s TCCD Edition Physics with WileyPLUS and ORION™ for Blackboard BRV Set in stock.
Or you may buy online at the publisher’s site: www.wiley.com/go/TarrantCounty
Option 2: Digital Only: You may purchase an access code for WileyPLUS at the bookstore, or purchase instant access when you log in at myTCC and
select a WileyPLUS icon. Use coupon code TCC21 to obtain access at the discounted price of $60.
Option 3: Undecided: Access the course via myTCC and select a WileyPLUS icon. Begin a 14-day trial to see how the digital-only option works for you.
At the end of the trial, you will be prompted to purchase instant access or enter a code from your Print & Digital purchase (see Option 1).
Other options may be available online and in the bookstore. However, WileyPLUS via MyTCC is critical to the course and is a required purchase. The
options shown above are the best values that instructors, authors and publishers have curated specifically for our course experience. Seeking other options
will likely frustrate you and/or cost more in the end.
This video can help: https://youtu.be/GfAwLcDK9Dg
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Special Materials:
TEXT / LAB: Physics I Laboratory Exercises, Fourth Edition
Author: R. Schailey, X. Wu and M. Haslam
Available at: Copy Center, Southeast Campus, TCCD (2nd floor)
Scientific Calculator: Your calculator must have trigonometric functions (sine, cosine, tangent, etc.). You will not be allowed to use a cell phone
calculator during exams.
Focus:
College Physics I (PHYS 1401) is the beginning of a two-semester study of physics. Topics include kinematics, Newton's laws of motion,
conservation of energy, momentum and collisions, rotational motion; simple harmonic motion, mechanical waves and sound, and heat. All
material is presented at the algebraic level.
COURSE GOALS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Course goals and learning outcomes support the Foundational Component Areas defined by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Course
goals are linked to the respective 6 Core Curriculum Competencies: Critical Thinking Skills, Communication Skills, Empirical and Quantitative Skills,
Teamwork, Social Responsibility, and Personal Responsibility. Specific competencies are identified in designated course goals and learning outcomes.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will:
1. Determine the components of linear motion (displacement, velocity, and acceleration), and especially motion under conditions of constant acceleration.
2. Apply Newton’s laws to physical problems including gravity.
3. Solve problems using principles of energy.
4. Use principles of impulse and linear momentum to solve problems.
5. Solve problems in rotational kinematics and dynamics, including the determination of the location of the center of mass and center of rotation for rigid
bodies in motion.
6. Solve problems involving rotational and linear motion.
7. Describe the components of a wave and relate those components to mechanical vibrations, sound, and decibel level.
8. Demonstrate an understanding of equilibrium, including the different types of equilibrium.
9. Discuss simple harmonic motion and its application to quantitative problems or qualitative questions.
10. Solve problems using the principles of heat and thermodynamics.
11. Solve basic fluid mechanics problems.
12. Demonstrate techniques to set up and perform experiments, collect data from those experiments, and formulate conclusions from an experiment.
13. Record experimental work completely and accurately in laboratory notebooks, and communicate experimental results clearly in written reports.
14. Demonstrate an understanding of teamwork by collaborating in problem solving sessions, or open discussion on the same, to include but not limited to
setting up the problems, data collection, data analysis, and drawing conclusions.
Lab: This laboratory based course accompanies PHYS-1401. Laboratory activities will reinforce fundamental principles of physics, using algebra and
trigonometry; the principles and applications of classical mechanics and thermodynamics, including harmonic motion, mechanical waves and sound,
physical systems, Newton’s Laws of Motion, and gravitation and other fundamental forces; emphasis will be on problem solving.
List of Labs:
1. Uncertainties: Data Analysis
2. Density: Measurement Instruments
3. Free Fall: The Measurement of the Acceleration of Gravity
4. Projectile Motion
5. Force Table: Vector Addition
6. Friction
7. Ballistic Pendulum: Conservation of Linear Momentum and Conservation of Mechanical Energy
8. Conservation of Linear Momentum
9. Torques and Equilibrium
10. Simple Pendulum: The Scientific Method
11. Simple Harmonic Motion
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Requirements:
Required Prerequisite: College Algebra (MATH-1314) and Plane Trigonometry (MATH-1316) or Pre- Calculus Math (MATH-2412)
Required Co-Requisite:Laboratory PHYS-1401L
myTCC: This course utilizes a Blackboard course manager, which can be accessed at https://my.tccd.edu. It is your responsibility to check this site on a
regular basis for posted announcements, reading assignments, homework assignments, and to check the accuracy of your posted grades.
ATTENDANCE POLICY:
Regular and punctual class attendance is expected at Tarrant County College. Student absences will be recorded from the first day the class meets. In case
of absence, it is the student's responsibility to contact the instructor. Students absent on official school business are entitled to make up coursework
missed. In all other cases, the instructor will judge whether the student will be permitted to make up work and will decide on the time and nature of the
makeup. However, the student is expressly responsible for any work missed regardless of the cause of the absence. The student must discuss such work
with the instructor and should do so immediately on returning to school. Communication between the student and instructor is most important, and it is
the student's responsibility to initiate such communication. If students do not appear at the prearranged time or meet the prescribed deadline for makeup
work, they forfeit their rights for further makeup of that work. Students who stop attending class for any reason should contact the instructor and the
Registrar's office to officially withdraw from the class. Failure to officially withdraw may result in a failing grade for the course.
Class attendance and participation are essential to student success. Effective with the Spring 2012 term, the following attendance guidelines will apply:
A student in an on-campus course missing a cumulative of 15 percent of the class meetings and not keeping up with the course assignments
may be dropped at the discretion of the instructor.
A student in an online course is required to successfully complete the online course orientation and actively participate in the course as described
in the Instructor's Course Requirements (ICRs). A student not meeting these requirements may be dropped at the discretion of the instructor
CLASSROOM ETIQUETTE:
1) Please be on time and remain in class for the entire time period in which the class is scheduled.
2) Please turn off all cell phones, iPods, headphones, etc., prior to entering the classroom.
3) Any disruptive behavior that interrupts the educational process will not be tolerated.
4) Tutoring on Campus: Tutoring is available at Physics Lab.
Grading Criteria:
CATEGORY
PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL GRADE
Attendance
3%
Three midterm tests
42 % total
Homework
20%
Lab reports
20%
Final Exam
15%
GRADE SCALE
%
A
90-100
B
80-89
C
70-79
D
60-69
F
0-59
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Class Dates:
Tentative Course Schedule*
Week Days
Date
Chapter/Lecture
Lab
1
Tuesday
30-Aug Ch1: Units and Dimension
Lab Introduction
1
Thursday
1-Sep
Ch1: Scalar, Vector, Vector Addition
Lab 1 Uncertainties: Data Analysis
2
Tuesday
6-Sep
Ch2: Kinematics in One Dimension
Lab 1 Uncertainties: Data Analysis
2
Thursday
8-Sep
Ch2: Applications of the Equations of Kinematics
Lab 2 Density: Measurement Instruments
3
Tuesday
13-Sep
Ch3: Kinematics in Two Dimensions
Lab 2 Density: Measurement Instruments
3
Thursday
15-Sep
Ch3: Projectile Motion
Lab 3 Free Fall: The Measurement of the Acceleration of Gravity
4
Tuesday
20-Sep
Ch3: Relative Velocity
Test 1 Review
4
Thursday
22-Sep Test 1
Test 1
5
Tuesday
27-Sep
Ch4: Forces & Newton's Law of Motion
Lab 4 Projectile Motion
5
Thursday
29-Sep
Ch4: Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation
Lab 5 Force Table: Vector Addition
6
Tuesday
4-Oct
Ch5: Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion
6
Thursday
6-Oct
Ch5: Satellites in Circular Orbits
7
Tuesday
11-Oct
Ch6: Work and Energy
7
Thursday
13-Oct
Ch6: Conservative and non conservative forces
Lab 6 Friction
8
Tuesday
18-Oct
Ch6: Conservation of mechanical energy
Test 2 Review
8
Thursday
20-Oct Test 2
Test 2
9
Tuesday
25-Oct
Ch7: Impulse & Momentum
Lab 7 Ballistic Pendulum
9
Thursday
27-Oct
Ch7: Collisions in one dimension
Lab 8 Conservation of linear momentum
10
Tuesday
1-Nov
Ch8: Rotational Kinetics
Lab 8 Conservation of linear momentum
10
Thursday
3-Nov
Ch8: The Equations of Rotational Kinematics
Lab 8 Conservation of linear momentum
11
Tuesday
8-Nov
Ch9: Rotational Dynamics
Lab 9 Torque and Equilibrium
11
Thursday
10-Nov Ch9: Rotational Work and Energ
Lab 9 Torque and Equilibrium
12
Tuesday
15-Nov Ch9: Angular Momentum
Test 3 review
12
Thursday
17-Nov Test 3
Test 3
Lab 5 Force Table: Vector Addition
Lab 5 Force Table: Vector Addition
Lab 6 Friction
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Tuesday
22-Nov Ch 10: Simple Harmonic Motion
Lab 10 Simple Pendulum: The Scientific Method
13
Thursday
24-Nov Thanks Giving Break-No Class
Thanks Giving Break-No Class
14
Tuesday
29-Nov Ch 10: Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion
Lab 10 Simple Pendulum: The Scientific Method
14
Thursday
1-Dec
Ch 11: Fluid Mechanics
Lab11 Simple Harmonic Motion
15
Tuesday
6-Dec
Ch 11: Archimedes’ Principle
Lab11 Simple Harmonic Motion
15
Thursday
8-Dec
Final Exam Review
Final Exam Review
16
Tuesday
13-Dec Final Exam
* Schedule of activities is subject to change
Daily Assignments:
Homework: Homework will be assigned from each chapters with specific due dates. These homework should be an integral part of your studies.
Problems will be assigned online via WileyPLUS, and you must submit your answers via WileyPLUS. Your online submissions will be due in
WileyPLUS at midnight on the day specified. All problems also appear as end-of-chapter problems in the textbook, but the values are randomized by the
WileyPLUS software. Therefore, handwritten solutions will not be accepted. The homework will be not accepted after the due dates.The lowest one
homework grades would be dropped.
Tests: There will be a test after each module (4 Tests total including final exam). Tests will be a combination of multiple choice conceptual questions and
handwritten problems. Scratch paper will be provided, but you should bring your own calculator. You may not use any other resources (other students,
textbooks, notes, notecards, unauthorized equation sheets, cell phones, computers, etc.) during the tests. An outline of material covered on each test and an
example equation sheet will be posted in myTCC. Students must follow the TCC code of student conduct at all times during the course and especially
during testing. Dishonesty will not be tolerated.
No grade (including other test grades) can replace a test grade, and no test grades will be dropped.
Final Exam: The forth test (compherensive final exam) will be given on Tuesday, Dec 10, 2016 from 7:00 pm to 8:50 pm. The final exam must be taken
at this time on this day. Final exams will not be given early due to pre-scheduled vacations, family events, etc. If you need to take the exam early, you
must contact me as soon as you become aware of the conflict. You will then have to submit a formal request to the Math and Science Division Dean. I
will not give the final exam early to any student without the dean’s approval.
Lab experiments & Reports: There will be 11 experiments during the semester, each worth 20 points. The experiments are chosen to correlate with the
lecture material as much as possible and they are designed to illustrate concepts and confirm laws. Making accurate measurements and recording and
analyzing data appropriately will be required for the lab report. The lowest one lab grade would be dropped.
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Additional Class Information:
A) There will be no make-ups or extensions given for homeworks or labs that are missed without a legitimate excuse. Rather, the lowest two quizes and
homework grades will be dropped. So if you miss two quizes/homework/labs, it will become the lowest grades that gets dropped. If you miss more than
two, it will not be dropped. There is one exception to this rule: If a grade of zero is received as a result of academic dishonesty, that grade will not
be dropped.
B) You are responsible for all material covered in your absence. Exams can be made-up for legitimate reasons. Attendance is mandatory in order to
receive credit for Lab Reports.
C) You will be allowed to bring to each exam, a writing instrument, a pocket calculator, and one original 8.5" by 11" sheet of paper containing constants,
formulas, and any other information that you might find useful. Both sides of the sheet may be used. You are not allowed to use anything else during the
exam. No computers, IPOD, IPad or cell phones. Use of these or other electronic devices during an exam is a form of academic dishonesty.
If you have to stop taking this course for any reason, you need to withdraw officially from the class. Then, you will receive a W rather than an F. The last
day to withdraw with a W is Thursday, November 17, 2016.
Any student caught cheating on a test or the final exam will earn a zero on that assignment, and he or she will not be allowed to make up the assignment.
Additionally, the students' behavior will be reported to the College.
Evaluations of this course will be completed in class near the end of the semester. Your responses will remain anonymous and will not be made available
to me or my supervisors until after final grades are submitted.
To contact the Disability Support Services (DSS) Office on the Southeast Campus, call 817-515-3593 or visit room ESED 2302.
If you have concerns about the course or any incident that occurs during the semester, you should contact the Physical Sciences Department Chair, Dr.
John Coniglio (john.coniglio@tccd.edu, 817-515-3148, ESEE 2116B) or the Math and Science Division Dean, Dr. Thomas Awtry
(thomas.awtry@tccd.edu, 817-515-3315, ESEE 2105).
If an emergency occurs on campus, you can contact the TCCD Police Dispatcher by dialing 817-515-8911 or just 58911 from any campus phone.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Physics Tutoring: Bethany Hiller will provide free physics tutoring throughout the semester to help you with homework or any other questions you may
have. Detailed information regarding her hours, location, and contact information will be provided in and additional flyer given on the first day of class.
This flyer will also be posted in myTCC.
Physics Workshops: In addition to her regular tutoring hours, Ms. Hiller will also hold several workshops on specific topics during the semester. More
information about these workshops will be announced in class and posted in myTCC.
Physics Wiki:You can access the Southeast campus physics department’s wiki at http://sephysics.wikispaces.com.This site has information about
physics tutoring, physics resources including equation sheets and other handouts, and physics-related videos.
Science Learning Center (SLC):Located in room ESCT 3205, the SLC provides students with a study space, computer access, and additional tutoring.
The SLC is open Mondays through Thursdays from 7:00 am to 9:00 pm, Fridays from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, and Saturdays from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
Taylor McIntire is the SLC physics tutor. His hours will be posted in myTCC.
TCCD Academic Calendar for important College Dates.
TCCD Student Handbook for information on attendance and withdrawal policy, dishonesty and plagiarism, and student accessibility
resources.
Access Course Evaluations for instructions on evaluating courses.
Attendance for attendance requirements.
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