Overview: This course is intended for engineering majors who need preparation for Physics 303K. Enrollment is restricted to engineering students who have not taken high school physics, who have a weak mathematics background, or who score less that 600 on the College Board Achievement Test in Mathematics Level I. No prior physics is required. The emphasis of the course will be on problem solving: there will be weekly homework assignments, three in-class (1 hour) tests and a comprehensive final exam. My intention is to cover the following Chapters of the text: 1-10, 13, 15. See below for a syllabus.
Tests and Exams: The three in-class tests will be given:
The compulsory, comprehensive final exam will be held on
Friday, December 15, 1995 --- 7:00-10:00 PMFor both the tests and the finals you will be allowed to bring into the exam one 8.5 x 11.0 sheet of paper with anything written on it, as well as a calculator. No other reference materials may be used in tests or the final exam. Grades for the tests are final after 5:00 PM of the day on which the next test or exam is scheduled. Grades on the final exam are final after January 31, 1996.
Homework: This course will use computer-generated and graded homework similar to that used in Physics 303K and 303L. Details regarding the use of the computerized Homework Service can be found here. A hard copy of the instructions for using the Homework Service will also be provided to you. For each homework assigment, you must pick up an assignment printout from one of the Lab Supply room checkout windows on the 8th floor of RLM (RLM 8.306). I will generally tell you when each assignment is ready to be picked up. Homework will usually be due within a week of when it is assigned, and late work will not be accepted under any circumstance.
Calculators: The work in this course requires the use of a calculator. The calculator must be able to do the usual addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; and it must have the capability of taking square roots, finding y to the power x, and of computing the following functions: exponential, logarithm (to bases e and 10), sine, cosine, tangent, arcsine, arccosine, arctangent, factorial. You should be able to use the calculator rapidly and accurately. It should have at least 7 digit accuracy. You may use a more elaborate calculator if you like, or a computer, but computers (even laptops) won't be allowed in the exams.
Monday Wednesday Friday Homework Due 30 Aug: Chap 1 1 Sep: Chap 1 Introduction Introduction 4 Sep: 6 Sep: Chap 2 8 Sep: Chap 2 --- H1 LABOR DAY One-Dim Motion One-Dim Motion 11 Sep: Chap 2 13 Sep: Chap 3 15 Sep: Chap 3 --- H2 One-Dim Motion Vectors Vectors 18 Sep: Chap 3 20 Sep: Chap 3 22 Sep: Chap 4 --- H3 Vectors Two-Dim Motion Laws of Motion 25 Sep: Chap 4 27 Sep: Chap 4 29 Sep: Chap 5 --- H4 Laws of Motion Laws of Motion Work/Energy 2 Oct: HOUR TEST 1 4 Oct: Chap 5 6 Oct: Chap 5 --- H5 Chaps 1,2,3,4 Work/Energy Work/Energy 9 Oct: Chap 6 11 Oct: Chap 6 13 Oct: Chap 6 --- H6 Momentum Collisions Collisions 16 Oct: Chap 7 18 Oct: Chap 7 20 Oct: Chap 7 --- H7 Circular Motion Circular Motion Circular Motion 23 Oct: Chap 7 25 Oct: Chap 8 27 Oct: Chap 8 --- H8 Circular Motion Rotations Rotations 30 Oct: Chap 8 1 Nov: HOUR TEST 2 3 Nov: Chap 9 Rotations Chaps 5,6,7,8 Solids/Fluids 6 Nov: Chap 9 8 Nov: Chap 9 10 Apr: Chap 10 --- H9 Solids/Fluids Solids/Fluids Thermal Physics 13 Nov: Chap 10 15 Nov: Chap 10 17 Nov: Chap 13 --- H10 Thermal Physics Thermal Physics Vibrations/Waves 20 Nov: Chap 13 22 Nov: Chap 13 24 Nov: --- H11 (due Nov 27) Vibrations/Waves Vibrations/Waves THANKSGIVING 27 Nov: Chap 15 29 Nov: Chap 15 1 Dec: HOUR TEST 3 Electric Fields Electric Fields Chaps 9,10,13,15 4 Dec: Chap 15 6 Dec: Review 8 Dec: Review Electric Fields Class Evaluation 15 DEC: COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM 7:00-10:00 PM (Chaps 1-10, 13, 15)