Welcome to Phys 001
Your professor: Dr Silvina Gatica
Office: Thirkield 205
email: sgatica@howard.edu
Office Hours: MW 11:10 to 12:10 pm or by appointment
Recitations:
Dr. Kayode Ogungbemi:
Office: Thirkield 215
email: ogungbemikay@gmail.com
Office Hours: TBA
Lab:
Dr. A. Thorpe and TAs
Office: Thirkield
email: athorpe@howard.edu
Office Hours: TBA
be sure you have the contact information of your LAB TA!
Course Description: Algebra-based Lecturelaboratory-recitation course that deals with
mechanics, waves and thermodynamics.
Pre-Requisites: Knowledge of algebra,
geometry and trigonometry.
you have class every day!
Lectures: MWF 10:10 AM to 11 AM, room 300 TKH
Recitations: Tuesdays or Thursdays
Sec. 03 (CRN# 82751) T 10:10 AM to 12, room 300
Sec. 04 (CRN# 84894) R: 10:10 AM to 12, room 300
Sec. 05 (CRN# 82752) T: 3:10 to 5PM, room 300
Sec. 06 (CRN# 80700) R: 3:10 to 5PM, room 300
Lab: Tuesdays or Thursdays
Sec. 03 (CRN# 82751) R 10:10 AM to 12, room 305
Sec. 04 (CRN# 84894) T: 10:10 AM to 12, room 305
Sec. 05 (CRN# 82752) R: 3:10 to 5PM, room 305
Sec. 06 (CRN# 80700) T: 3:10 to 5PM, room 305
Don’t be late for class!
•All students are expected to attend classes regularly
and promptly.
•Students who are absent from class or lab are
responsible for the entire work of the course.
•It is the responsibility of students to find out about
announcements given in class.
BOOK
Requirements:
Text: Physics, by Cutnell & Johnson 8th edition vol. 1, Ed.
John Wiley
Supplemental material may be added later. (WileyPlus is
NOT required)
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-EHEP000204.html
How to learn physics
Read, listen
Practice
Practice
Practice
Do the homework!
how to get an A
90-100: A
80-90-: B
70-80-: C
60-70-: D
less than 60: F
LAB:15
QUIZZES:10
FINAL:20
HOMEWORK:12
WRITING ASSIGNMENTS:3
MIDTERMS: 20 EACH
HOMEWORK
Every week. The first homework: August 27.
Homework will be assigned and graded through WebAssign. All students are
required to register with WebAssign*.
Homework problems must be worked out on paper and then answers entered
through WebAssign. The work done must be kept in a notebook and brought to
Recitations where it may be requested by the instructor.
Each homework assignment will have its own due date posted on WebAssign. In
general, a week or so will be given for each assignment, with perhaps only short
assignments given 5 days.
No late homework is accepted and no extensions will be granted. Missing
homework counts as zero points.
QUIZZES
There will be short quizzes given in the recitations based on the
topics and examples discussed in class, the reading assignments and
the homework problems.
NO MAKE UP QUIZZES WILL BE GIVEN.
A student that is absent in recitation gets zero points in the Quiz.
Writing assignments
At the end of the lectures students may be
asked to write a short paragraph related to the
material discussed in class.
Exams
There will be three Midterm exams (the best two scores will
count) and a Final exam.
Each midterm exam will consist of 3 or 4 problems
(homework style).
The Final exam will consist of a set of 20-25 questions.
Tentative dates (to be confirmed):
Sep. 13 10:10-11AM (Midterm 1)
Oct. 18 10:10-11AM (Midterm 2)
Nov. 22 10:10-11AM (Midterm 3)
Dec. 6 (Final).
Make-up for exams will NOT be given.
website
http://web.me.com/silvinagatica/home/class.html.
web
Internet: Part of the material of the course will be webbased. All students are required to have access to the
internet and register in Blackboard and WebAssign
All students have access to computers in the iLAB
(http://www.howard.edu/technology/info/computer_la
bs.htm).
blackboard: http://howard.blackboard.com/
WebAssign: http://www.webassign.net/