PHYSICS-100
SYLLABUS V5
FALL-2015
Course Director: Prof. R. Steinberg (steinberg@drexel.edu) Office: Disque-707
Text: Basic Mathematics with Applications to Science and Technology by Kruglak,
Moore & Mata-Toledo, Schaum’s Outlines Series, McGraw-Hill, 2nd ed.
Other required reading material (Unit-Intros 02-07) is on the course website:
http://www.physics.drexel.edu/~steinberg/phys100/
The course week consists of Monday and Wednesday lectures (1300-1350, Disque 108)
together with recitations on Wednesday and Friday (various locations and times).
WEEK
TOPICS
01(9/21/15)α
Measurement and scientific
notation. Conversion of
units.
Plane geometry: Similar
triangles, areas of plane
figures. Trigonometric
functions
Solution of triangles, circle,
the radian, etc.
02(9/28/15)β
03(10/5/15)
LECTURE
Chapter(s)
2,11
PROBLEMS (Lecture and/or
Recitation)
CH-2: 6,12,16,23,34,43,48,50,
56-58,61-65,68,70
11,13
UNIT-02
Intro*
CH-11:13,17,21,25,28,31,39,4853, 57,59,64, 69,71,80-83
+ UNIT-02 Sample problems**
13,14,16,17
UNIT-03
Intro*
12
UNIT-04
Intro*
CH-13: 2,6,16,19,22,28-30,36,
37
+ UNIT-03 Sample problems**
CH-14: 5,7,13,24,26,27,30,31,
36,41
CH-16: 7,18-28 CH-17: 16-18,
30
CH-12: 6,12,18,23-25,29,31,33,
40-42,46 + UNIT-04 Sample
problems**
CH-15: 1-5,7,8,11,12,13,16,17,
18,22 + UNIT-05 Solved
Examples 1-5
04(10/12/15)γ
Solid geometry
05(10/19/15)
Solid geometry (cont’d)
WED 10/21: midterm #1
06(10/26/15)
Vectors: Addition- triangle
and parallelogram methods
07(11/2/15)
UNIT-05
Intro*
09(11/18/15)
Vector addition-analytical
method, unit vector
notation, dot and cross
products
Kinematics-concepts of
average and instantaneous
velocity, acceleration, etc
WED 11/18: midterm #2
10(11/23/15)δ
Newton’s laws of motion
UNIT-07
Intro*
11(11/30/15)
Newton’s laws of motion
12(12/07/15)
REVIEW
08(11/11/15)
12 (cont’d)
UNIT-04
(cont’d)
UNIT-05
Intro*
UNIT-06
Intro*
CH-15: 24-31,35-39,42-46,
+ UNIT-05 Problems 1-6 +
Add’l Solved Problems 1-5
Tipler Problems 37-42
UNIT-06 1D-Kinematics
Sample problems + Add’l
Solved Problems 1-5
UNIT-07 Newton’s Laws
Tyagi Problems 1-7;
Serway Odd Problems 1-23
FINAL EXAM
FRI 12/11
1300-1500
Stratton 113
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α Wednesday 9/23/15 lecture is canceled. Recitations on 9/23/15 will be held.
Recitations on 9/25 are canceled due to University closure.
β Monday 9/28/15 lecture is canceled due to University closure.
γ Monday 10/12/15 is a University holiday.
δ Wed-Fri 11/25-27 are University holidays.
* The Introduction to various UNITS is in the UNIT- INTROS folder on the course
website.
** See SAMPLE PROBLEMS folder on the course website.
1. PROBLEMS: The problems will be discussed either in lecture or during the weekly
recitation periods.
2. HOMEWORK: Homework Assignments with the due dates are posted on the course
website (HOMEWORK Folder). The completed assignments must be submitted to your
TA on the due date at the beginning of your recitation. The solutions to a HOMEWORK
assignment are posted on the course website a day after the due date. Therefore, no late
submissions will be accepted.
3. MIDTERM EXAM SCHEDULE: Two midterm exams will be given during the
regularly scheduled lecture periods on the dates shown below:
Midterm #1: Wed. 10/21/15
Measurement & Plane Geometry: Topics in Chs.2 and 11 of the text and UNIT-02
Trigonometry: Topics in Chs.13,14,16 and 17 of the text and UNIT-03
Midterm #2: Wed. 11/18/15
Solid Geometry: Topics covered in Ch.12 of the text and UNIT-04
Vectors: Topics covered in Ch.15 of the text and UNITS-05 and -06
There are no make-up exams. A single midterm exam missed for a valid documented
reason will be compensated by assigning extra weight to the final exam score.
Please bring an arithmetic/trigonometric calculator and a single 2-sided formula sheet
(8.5 x 11 inches) of your own creation.
FINAL GRADE
Your Final grade will be determined as follows:
1. Two midterms
40%
2. Homework
10%
3. Attendance, in-class participation
10%
4. Final Exam
40%
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TOTAL
100%
Letter grades will be assigned as follows:
A: 90 -100
B: 80 - 89
C: 70 - 79
D: 60 - 69
F: < 60
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Plus and minus grade ranges (A+, A, A-, etc.) will be assigned at the discretion of the instructor.
Exams are not ‘curved’, but the grade boundaries may be adjusted.
LECTURE SCHEDULE
§ (# students )
Day/Time
Building/Room
Instructor
A (42)
M,W: 1300-1350
Disque 108
Prof. Richard Steinberg
steinberg@drexel.edu
RECITATION SCHEDULE
§ (# students )
001 (12)
Day/Time
W,F: 1000-1050
Building/Room
PISB 107
TA
002 (17)
W,F: 1100-1150
Curtis 352
Adwait Murudkar
003 (13)
W,F: 1500-1550
CAT 75
Adwait Murudkar
Adwait Murudkar
aam382@drexel.edu
Syllabus: Version 5 of 11/22/2015
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