Lecture: 10:30 - 11:20 am, MWF
Lab Sections with Dr. Christian: 2:30 - 5:30 pm, W, and 1:00-4:00 pm, Th;
                       and Dr. Holcomb: 1:30 – 4:30 pm, F
Office Hours: MWF:  8:45-9:45 a.m.
                                    3:00-4:00 p.m.
                          TTh:   9:00-10:00 a.m.
                                    2:00-3:30 p.m.
Texts: PHYSICS for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics, 7th Edition, Raymond A. Serway and John W. Jewett, Jr.
           Physlet Physics, Wolfgang Christian and Mario Belloni

Course Objectives: This course is the first half of a two-semester introduction to physics. We will cover chapters 1 through 22 this semester. Topics will include mechanics, fluids, waves and sound, and heat and thermodynamics. The text is encyclopedic in coverage, so we will choose to omit a number of sections. We may use the results of those sections, but we will not do the detailed analyses involved. We will also not cover every assigned section in class. Many of the more straightforward sections will be left to your own reading, while class time will be used to discuss concepts, develop understanding, do demonstrations, look at computer simulations, and work problems. Class will meet as scheduled below. The chapter assignment for each day indicates where we will probably be at that time. Reading of the text material for the first time before the lecture is a requirement. There will be brief quizzes, unannounced, at the beginning of many classes to focus you on this task. This class requires your active participation, and reading the text material a number of times is part of that participation.

Course Requirements:

Attendance: Attendance in class follows the College's 25% rule. Attendance is required at reviews and for lab. Each student is responsible for the material presented in class each day and for any announcements that are made. Please mark the roll each day you are present. Learning in this class is for active learners, those who participate actively in their learning and don’t just expect to be fed all the answers.

Homework: Questions and problems for each chapter, along with Physlet problems, will be assigned at the start of each chapter. They are to be worked and handed in at the beginning of the period on the due date assigned in class. Other problems may be assigned from time to time; these will be announced in class. Discussion among class members (which always includes me) regarding homework strategies and solutions is strongly encouraged; however, copying another student’s work from this class or previous classes is an honor code violation. Using published solutions is also an honor code violation. The work that you write down on your paper must ultimately be your own. Problems are to be pledged as having been done according to the above requirements. The word PLEDGED with your name, the date and your signature on the outside of your folded homework paper signifies your compliance with these requirements. Homework will not be accepted late or unpledged. Unsupported answers will not receive full credit.

Reviews: Reviews will be comprised of questions and problems similar to the homework and those from class, as well as definitions, explanations of phenomena and interpretations of physical principles.

Laboratory: Laboratory sessions will meet on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Note the time for your lab section; each day is different. The lab schedule is attached as the last page of this syllabus. Specifics concerning lab will be given in the first several class periods and in the individual lab meetings.

Final Exam: The final exam will be self scheduled and closed book and will be held during the regular exam period. The exam is comprehensive and will include material covered between the final review and the last day of class.

GRADING:  Homework/Quizzes   20%
                      Lab                           15%
                      Reviews                     40%
                      Exam                         25%

Week            Experiment

Aug. 25         General Introduction

Sep. 1           Statistical Treatment of Data

Sep. 8           Measurement of g and Graphical Analysis of Data

Sep. 15         Newton’s Laws

Sep. 22         Centripetal Force

Sep. 29         Trajectories

Oct. 6           Conservation of Linear Momentum and Energy

Oct. 13         NO LAB (Fall Break)

Oct. 20        Angular Acceleration and Moment of Inertia

Oct. 27        NO LAB (SESAPS/NCSAAPT)

Nov. 3         Simple Harmonic Motion I

Nov. 10       Simple Harmonic Motion II

Nov. 17       Properties of Waves and Sound

Nov. 24      NO LAB (Thanksgiving Break)

Dec. 1        Latent Heat of Vaporization

Dec. 8        NO LAB (Last week of class)