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PHY 181. General Physics I. (4)
The course is a quantitative introduction to the basic physical laws of nature. Kinematics, Newtonian dynamics, energy and momentum, gravity, oscillations, waves, and quantum physics are emphasized. Concepts are developed through lectures, demonstrations, computer simulations, and problem solving. Qualitative reasoning is emphasized, and quantitative problem-solving skills are developed. Concepts from differential and integral calculus are developed and used.
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PHY 182. General Physics II. (4)
The course is a quantitative introduction to the basic physical laws of nature. Thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, circuits, Maxwell’s Equations, and special relativity are emphasized. Concepts are developed through lectures, demonstrations, computer simulations, and problem solving. Qualitative reasoning is emphasized, and quantitative problem-solving skills are developed. Concepts from differential and integral calculus are developed and used.
IVB. PA-2B. CAS-D.
Prerequisite: MTH 151 or equivalent, PHY 181 or equivalent.
Co-requisite: MTH 249, MTH 251 or equivalent.
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You are expected to attend and participate in every class.
Classes will consist of short lectures to reinforce textbook readings and will focus on problem solving techniques.
Between the short lectures, students will work in groups to actively learn how to apply the material to solve problems.
Students will earn in-class points on Learning Catalytics (LC) solving these "Whiteboard Problems" (WB).
- PHY181 and PHY182 are each 4 credit hour courses that meet two times per week for 1 hour and 50 minutes.
- PHY181 has a co-requisite of MTH151 (Calculus I) which means that you must have already passed Calc I or be taking it at the same time.
- PHY182 has prerequisites of MTH151 (Calculus I) and PHY181 and a co-requisite of MTH249 or MTH251 (Calculus II)
Textbook: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Fifth Edition, 2022, by Randall Knight.
You do not need to purchase a physical paper copy of the text - all of your readings can be done on the ebook on the MasteringPhysics (MP) site. The etext has a versaltile reader that can adjust text size, zoom into figures, and has a built audio reader. The Study Area in MP contains many valuable study tools like review quizzes and videos explaining important items from the text. In addition, most of your inclass work, quizzes, and all of your homework will be done on the MP site. There are a few ways you can purchase these materials. By far, the easiest and most economical way is to buy everything directly from Pearson, the publisher (item #1 below).
- Buy the etext + MP (this includes everything you need) from Pearson:
- Follow this link to MasteringPhysics.
- Sign in if you have an account with Pearson or register as a student if you don't.
- Look on your section instructor's info above or on your main Canvas page and get the MP Course ID for your section of PHY181. Use this course ID to register for the course.
- Select a package that includes the etext and MasteringPhysics. You have the choice of an 18 week subscription for $79.99 or 24 months for $129.99. Note, if you plan to go on to PHY182, you'll likely want the 24 month option since we use the same text. So next semester, you won't have to buy anything for PHY182.
- Pay for your registration with a credit card or paypal - if you can't pay immediately, Pearson allows a two week grace period.
- When using MP to read the text, do your homework, or accessing Learning Catalytics, always sign in using the link on our Canvas page.
Pearson Virtual Help Desk: For Fall 2023, Sarah Thomas, a learning consultant from Pearson, is holding Zoom Help Sessions to help students get properly registered for MasteringPhysics. Here's a schedule of the sessions. If you're having any problems getting registered for MP or any issues accessing any parts of it, we strongly urge you to attend one of Sarah's Sessions - she's the real expert at Mastering.
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Remember, you do not need a physical copy of the text; you'll have complete access to the ebook on MP; however, if you want a physical copy, the bookstores won't have them.
We suggest that you purchase it online.
Since the fifth edition of Knight is so new, it may not be available on Amazon or Chegg to buy or rent. You can order a paper copy directly from Pearson.
Here's a video on how to get a loose leaf paper copy of the text on MP.
Below is an outline of the topics covered in PHY181 with an estimate of the number of classes for each topic. The detailed reading assignments are on the Calendar page, and the homework assignments are on MP.
Topic(Exam dates are tentative) | Chapter | Aproximate Number | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Concepts of Motion | Chapter 1 | | Kinematics in 1D
| Chapter 2
| | Vectors and Coordinates
| Chapter 3
| | Kinematics in 2D | (incl Rel. Motion & UCM) Chapter 4
| | EXAM 1 (In Class Wed Sept 20)
| Force and Motion
| Chapter 5
| | Dynamics I: Motion Along a Line
| Chapter 6
| | Newton's Third Law
| Chapter 7
| | Dynamics II: Motion in a Plane
| Chapter 8
| | EXAM 2 (In Class Mon Oct 9)
| Work and Energy, | Conservation of Energy Chapters 9/10
| | Impulse and Momentum
| Chapter 11
| | Rotation of a Rigid Body
| Chapter 12
| | Newton's Theory of Gravity
| Chapter 13
| | EXAM 3 (In Class Wed Nov 8)
| Oscillations
| Chapter 15
| | Travelling Waves
| Chapter 16
| | Superposition of Waves
| Chapter 17
| | Quantum Mechanics | (History, Bohr Atom, Debroglie, Wave Functions, Schrodinger Equation, 1D Infinite and Finite Square Well, Tunnelling) Parts of Chapters 37, 38, 39, 40, & 41
| | COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM
| (given during final exams week) |
You should have read the Classroom Philosophy on the main Canvas page. Our procedures in moving through the material will try to follow those three steps: textbook readings; lectures with whiteboard problems (WB); and homework(HW).
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Here's how we expect you to proceed for each class:
- Readings: the reading assignments are posted on the Course Calendar on Canvas. For a given class, you should start by reading the assigned sections from
your text before coming to class.
- Lecture and Whiteboard Problems:
Remember the lectures do not replace the text reading;
instead, they are to emphasize and
show you how to use the material from the text in solving problems. If you haven't read the text, you will have trouble
following the lectures. Lectures will be interspersed with WB problems where you learn to apply the material. These will count for LC points.
The solutions of the whiteboard problems and the lecture powerpoint will be posted on Canvas after class so you can use them
in doing your homework assignment.
Important Note about WB Problems: For classes, you will be assigned to a group, and each group will have an actual White Board with markers that are to be used for problem solving. It is intended that you work as a group and solve the problem together on the white board. Many students want to work alone in their notebooks instead - we strongly discourage this! Students working alone in their notebooks instead of working with the group on the white board miss out on a lot of learning that takes place amongst the group. In addition, instructors can see the work that you're doing on the white board and can offer guidance; whereas, we can't see what you're doing in your notebook. Many students say that they need a copy of the solutions in their notebooks for study purposes. If you do, then just take a photo or scan of the solution on the white board for future reference. Also, written solutions for all of the WB problems will be posted on the Calendar page after each class for your study purposes.
- Homework:
Every class will have a homework assignment on MP that will consist of a set of problems, questions, and tutorials that build on the WB problems.
The HW assignment will be due at the beginning of the next class - e.g. if your section meets at 8am, the HW is due at 8am.
Solutions for the HW problems will be posted on Canvas after the due date so you can use them to study for the exams.
Important Points about HW assignments on MP:
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Although each student is to learn how to do all of the WB and HW problems, we encourage students
to collaborate in solving the problems.
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Late HW Assignment Policy: Any question or problem completed before the due time
will be graded out of 1 point; any problem completed within 24 hours past the due time will receive a
25% reduction; and any problem completed at any time later (including up to the beginning of the final exam),
will receive a 50% reduction.
Because of this generous late policy,
NO ASSIGNMENT EXTENSIONS WILL BE GRANTED!
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We have found that MasteringPhysics works best with the Firefox and Chrome browsers. If you use another browser, you may want to try Firefox or Chrome.
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Really Important:
Our experience with MasteringPhysics is that you still
have to do the physics the old-fashioned way - i.e. paper, pencil, eraser, and calculator!
In light of this, it is very important that you maintain a paper record of your WB and HW solutions.
This will be very useful in studying for quizzes and exams.
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Also, note that many of the exam problems will have a strong resemblance to the HW and WB problems.
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Although each student is to learn how to do all of the WB and HW problems, we encourage students
to collaborate in solving the problems.
- Readings: the reading assignments are posted on the Course Calendar on Canvas. For a given class, you should start by reading the assigned sections from
your text before coming to class.
