High School Name High School Course Name/ PNC PHYS 220: General Physics I Instructor Name Room number Class Meeting Times: please indicate block scheduling, traditional, minutes per class, etc. Additional Time (before/ after school/ study hour, etc.) Email address: email address Blackboard Learn: https://mycourses.pnc.edu/ Students will have access to Blackboard once they are registered into the course. Prerequisites: Please indicate Prerequisites for the course Required Class Texts, Supplements and Graphing Calculator: Textbook (name, author and ISBN) Other supplements (calculator, text website, etc. Grading Scale: 90-100% A 80-89% B 70-79% C 60-69% D <59% F Assessment/Grades: Category Percentage Final Exam Exams Lab Homework In-Class Activities 20% 20% 20% 30% 10% ATTENDANCE POLICY: Please state your attendance policy HOMEWORK POLICY: Please state your homework policy GRADING POLICY: A straight grade will be used, there are no plus or minus grades in this course for the PNC grade. 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LABORATORY POLICY: Please indicate the laboratory policy: approximate quantity of labs, points per lab, quantity of formal lab reports Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of this course students will be expected to High School Purdue North Central Please indicate the learning outcomes 1. modeling motion in one and two dimensions, including both kinematical and dynamical aspects. 2. modeling motion using conservation principles of energy and momentum. 3. modeling systems by using force diagrams and invoking appropriate equations such as Newtons Laws. 4. modeling the static and dynamic properties of fluids. 5. modeling thermodynamic processes and properties of systems. 6. modeling mechanical disturbances such as oscillations and waves within media. 7. identifying & assessing both random and systematic errors in lab experiments. 8. assessing the statistical validity of claims based on experimental data. This includes the validity of patterns claimed to exist within some data, and also the degree of confidence one may have when a particular pattern is used to test a hypothesis. 9. assessing the consistency of a prediction with intuition and/or physical models. Disability Accommodations Statement: As a CEP student, you are required to follow the PNC policy for disabilities. Purdue University North Central is committed to providing all students equal access to learning opportunities. Students with a documented disability that either prevents them from fully participating in any aspect of this course, or that require an accommodation should contact the instructor within the first two weeks of this course. Students who have self-identified and who have appropriate documentation (from a medical professional) that has been verified through the PNC Disability Services Coordinator, (located in LSF 103 or by phone at 219-785-5374), will be given accommodations for this course . 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