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PHY 191. General Physics with Laboratory I. (5) (MPF)
This is a quantitative introduction to the basic physical laws of nature. Classical mechanics and quantum physics are emphasized. Concepts are developed through lectures, demonstrations, computer simulations, laboratory activities, and problem solving. Qualitative reasoning is emphasized and quantitative problem-solving skills are developed. Concepts from differential and integral calculus are developed and used. No previous physics course is required.
IVB. CAS-D. 4 Lec. 1 Lab. Co-requisite: MTH 151 or equivalent. -
PHY 192. General Physics with Laboratory II. (5)
This is a quantitative introduction to the basic physical laws of nature. Thermal physics, electromagnetism, and relativity are emphasized. Concepts are developed through lectures, demonstrations, computer simulations, laboratory activities, and problem solving. Qualitative reasoning is emphasized and quantitative problem-solving skills are developed. Concepts from differential and integral calculus are developed and used.
CAS-D. 4 Lec. 1 Lab. Prerequisite: MTH 151 or equivalent, PHY 191 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 quizzes on MasteringPhysics (MP),
short lectures, labs, and White Board Problems (WB) where you earn points using Learning Catalytics (LC).
- PHY191 and PHY192 are each 5 credit hour courses that meet three times per week for 1 hour and 50 minutes. Of the 5 credit hours, roughly
4 are for the lecture component and 1 for the lab component.
- PHY191 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.
- PHY192 has prerequisites of MTH151 (Calculus I) and PHY191 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. 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 our main Canvas page and get the MP Course ID (it's in red) for your section of PHY191. 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 $69.99 or 24 months for $119.99. Note, if you plan to go on to PHY192, you'll likely want the 24 month option since we use the same text. So next semester, you won't have to buy anything.
- 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 take an exam, always sign in using the link on our Canvas page.
Pearson Virtual Help Desk: For Fall 2021, Cory Schafer, 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 it, we strongly urge you to attend one of Cory's Sessions - he'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's not yet 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 PHY191 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 | Chapter | Aproximate Number |
| Concepts of Motion | Chapter 1 | 1 |
| Kinematics in 1D | Chapter 2 | 2 |
| Vectors and Coordinates | Chapter 3 | 1 |
| Kinematics in 2D (incl Rel. Motion & UCM) | Chapter 4 | 4 |
| EXAM 1 | ||
| Force and Motion | Chapter 5 | 1 |
| Dynamics I: Motion Along a Line | Chapter 6 | 3 |
| Newton's Third Law | Chapter 7 | 2 |
| Dynamics II: Motion in a Plane | Chapter 8 | 2 |
| EXAM 2 | ||
| Work and Energy, Conservation of Energy | Chapters 9/10 | 4 |
| Impulse and Momentum | Chapter 11 | 2 |
| Rotation of a Rigid Body | Chapter 12 | 4 |
| Newton's Theory of Gravity | Chapter 13 | 2 |
| EXAM 3 | ||
| Oscillations | Chapter 15 | 2 |
| Travelling Waves | Chapter 16 | 2 |
| Superposition of Waves | Chapter 17 | 2 |
| 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 | 4 |
| COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM
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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 reading; lectures with whiteboard problems (WB) and labs; 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.
- Quiz:
At the beginning of most classes, you will be given a 10 minute quiz on MasteringPhysics that is to
be taken individually.
It will begin promptly at the beginning of class, and will timeout in 15 minutes.
The first part of the quiz will consist of one of the homework problems assigned the previous class - of course, with different numbers.
The second part of the quiz will be questions that come from the assigned text reading for that day.
Each quiz is worth 8 MasteringPhysics points.
- 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.
Occasionally, we'll do a lab exercise that will also count for 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.
- LABS:
The laboratory part of PHY191/192 is embedded directly in the course. In that way, we'll never be faced with the situation where the
lab is two weeks ahead of the lecture or vice versa; they'll always be in synch. This means that we don't operate with a fixed lab
schedule - when we get to a particular topic for which we have a lab, that's when we'll do it. Some of the labs you'll be working with
and taking measurements on actual equipment, some will be on the computer, and some you will design the experiment yourself. In addition,
sometimes you'll do a discovery lab where you do the experiment before we cover the material, and other times you'll do a confirmation lab where
you do the lab after we cover the material. For each lab, you will turn in a group report that will be graded and will count in the
laboratory portion of your Masteringphysics grade.
- Homework:
Every class will have a homework assignment on MP that will consist of a set of problems 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.