PHYS 1P97 - Essential Skills for the Modern Scientist
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Welcome to the home page of PHYS 1P97. Watch this space for important announcements.
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Be sure to review this statement on academic integrity
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To help you plan, the important dates of the current academic year are listed here.
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Lectures: Mo Tu We Th 13:00-14:00, in XXXX, starting Sept.XXX, 2024.
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This course uses Brightspace.
What Brock calendar entry says:
- Kinematics, Newton's laws and forces; momentum and collisions; torque and circular motion; work and energy; oscillations, waves and sound.
What do I need to bring into the course?
- This is a calculus-based course designed for students in the physical and engineering sciences and or future teachers at the I/S levels. Students may not concurrently register in PHYS 1P21 or PHYS 1P91. This course requires two grade 12 mathematics credits including MCV4U as prerequisites.
Course Goals
- to develop ...;
- to discover ...;
- to gain experience in ...;
- to enhance scientific writing skills.
Textbook
- Book Title, by Author Author. Publisher, year.
Component |
% of the final mark |
Notes |
Homework |
20% |
Problem sets, every week. Late submissions have a sinking cap of 15% per day, Sat+Sun count as one day. |
Midterm test |
10% |
An in-class test, date TBA. Only a calculator and one letter-size (one-sided) self-prepared formula sheet allowed; no complete solutions. |
Final exam |
35% |
Minimum passing grade 50%, marks given for correct answers. Only a calculator and one letter-size (one-sided) self-prepared formula sheet allowed; no complete solutions. |
Labs |
35% |
Completion of all labs and submission of all lab reports is required to obtain a grade in the course. Late submissions will not be accepted. |
This is an approximate list, based on previous experience. As the course progresses, some of topics
may be removed and some others may get added.
- Topic One
- Topic Two
- Topic Three
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