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Course Outline
What is this course all about?
Brock calendar entry: Rotational and center-of-mass motion; work done by a variable force; electric and magnetic fields; electric potential and potential energy; magnetic induction; AC circuits and resonance; wave-particle duality; elements of modern physics. Use of computers for data acquisition; elements of computer programming; principles of scientic writing and communication
Pre-requisites: PHYS 1P21 and one of MATH 1P05, 1P01 or 1P97
Lectures
Instructor: G.Hester
Lectures: Location:TBA
Labs/Tutorials Location: TBA
Textbook
The textbook is University Physics by Moebs Ling and Sanny, published by OpenStax (Rice University). It consists of three on-line volumes:
and is available to download for free at http://cnx.org.
Academic Integrity
Sources of help
Grading Scheme
| Component |
PHYS 1P94 |
Comments |
| homework |
15% |
Weekly homework is assigned and graded through WeBWorK online testing system. Repeated attempts are possible, as the problems are randomly selected and modified. A mixture of qualitative and numerical problems. |
| weekly tests |
35% |
11-12 tests. The problems are similar to those practiced in WeBWorK, solved by hand on paper. Two lowest test grades (but not zeros for tests missed without a medical/compassionate excuse) are dropped from the average. |
| final exam |
30% |
You must pass the final exam (50% or more) in order to pass the course. |
| laboratories |
20% |
Completing all labs, and submitting all written lab reports are required to complete the lab component of the course. |
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