Textbook: |
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Physics for Scientists
and Engineers with modern Physcis,
Serway,
Jewett, Ninth edition, Thomson Brooks/Cole, international edition |
Reference: |
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1. |
Fundamentals of Physics, Halliday,
Resnick, Walker
six or seventh edition, John Wiley &
Sons, Inc.. |
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2. |
"Lectures on Physics
I, II, III", Richard P. Feyman,
Adisson-Wesley Pub. Co. Inc. (1963). |
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3. |
"Physics for
Scientists and Engineers", Serway, Beichner
Fifth edition, Saunder College Publishing, 2000 |
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Exams: |
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Mid term: One in each
semester
To be determined in class |
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Final: One in each
semester
To be determined in class |
Quizzes |
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Quiz
will be given in class one week after finishing each chapter on
problems assigned for homework. Each quiz will have one or two
problems, 10 points each.
All the exam problems will be given in
English. All the quizzes will be ONLY from the homework problems
assigned but may with some variations. |
Homework: |
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Homework will be
assigned and posted in the
internet. It must be handed in during the
class at the due day and will be graded. The
solutions will be posted in the internet in this page for your reference.
(To be determined) |
Grading: |
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上學期:
Midterm: 25%
(One exam)
Final: 25%
Quizzes: 20%
Class Notes and home work: 15%
Class Interaction: 15% (+1% each positive feedback in class)
Class Attendance: -1% each no show
下學期
Midterm: 25%
(One exam)
Final: 25%
Quizzes: 20%
Class Notes and home work: 15%
Class Interaction: 15% (+1% each positive feedback in class)
Class Attendance: -1% each no show |
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About this course:
This course is designed to be taught for
freshman physics majors; and the whole course will be conducted in English
The lectures are
designed as a two-semester course for first-year college students.
General
physics is one of the most basic courses for science majors. It is
essential and absolutely important for any science courses you will take in
the future. You are strongly suggested to do home works and practice as many
problems as you can (by yourself, of course), as this is almost the ONLY way
to do your general physics right. Do not hesitate to ask questions in or out
of class. There is no stupid question in physics. Do ask!
This course is designed for freshmen physics majors. Although you have
had almost 4 years of physics in your high school days, it is NOT THE
SAME. One obvious difference is the textbook will be in English (so
will the examine problems). This is a tough obstacle to
most freshmen. There is only one way to get this over, that is, you study
harder (especially in the first six chapters when the physics is easier, you
should also concentrate on the English). However, most importantly,
you should treat the general physics from a different prospective.
More mathematics will be involved in treatment of the physics problems.
Therefore, the solution to a problem sometime is not the most important
part, it is the PHYSICS (the physics picture your will build in your mind) that is important in the learning of this course.
Due to the enormous amount of the material in the textbook, we will make
choices and skip some parts that are not critical to the subject or future
applications. However, we will try to cover all the materials if
possible to provide you with a broader view toward the General Physics.
The lectures of this year will
start from Chapter 7 of Serway and end in Chapter
38. You will have another course, Modern Physics that follows this
course as a bridge between General Physics and Quantum Physics. However, it depends on the responds of the class, we may go into
the modern physics parts (part 5, Chap. 39-45) if possible.
Class Contents and Schedules:
First Semester (08-01-2013 ~ 01-31-2014)
Midterm: 25%
(One exam)
Final: 25%
Quizzes: 20%
Class Notes and home work: 15%
Class Interaction: 15% (+1% each positive feedback in class)
Class Attendance: -1% each no show
Week |
Date |
Chapter |
Contents |
1 |
09/12 |
0 |
Introduction
Note: everyone should get text book ready by Thursday
Class designs; how to study |
2 |
09/17,
09/19 |
Chap.1-6 |
09/19 No class
Introduction,
continued
Review, Chapters
1-6
You should have read these materials last week. Only concepts will be
discussed in class. |
3 |
09/24,
09/26 |
Quiz 1
Chap. 7,8 |
Quiz 1, on Chap 1-6 (09/26)
Quiz 1, solution
The quiz will be on the materials of Chap 1-6, and the problems at the
end of each chapter.
Chap. 7, Energy of a system
Chap. 8, Conservation of Energy |
4 |
10/01, 10/03 |
Chap. 8, 9 |
Quiz 2, on Chap 1-8, 10/03
Quiz 2, solution
Chap 8,
Conservation of Energy
Chap 9
Linear momentum and collisions |
5 |
10/08,
10/10 |
Chap. 10, 11 |
10/08 no class, class will be rescheduled
10/10 No class, National holiday
Rotation of a rigid Object about a fixed axis
Angular momentum |
6 |
10/15,
10/17 |
Chap. 12 |
10/15, 10/17 no
class
Class will be rescheduled later
Static equilibrium and elasticity |
7 |
10/22,
10/24 |
Chap. 13, 14 |
10/22, Class
starts 10:10 am
Universal
gravitation
Fluid mechanics |
8 |
10/29,
10/31 |
Chap. 15 |
10/29, Class
starts 10:10 am
Oscillatory motion |
9 |
11/05,
11/07 |
Chap. 15 |
11/05, Class
starts 10:10 am
Midterm Exam 1,
11/07/2013 (two hours)
Midterm
Exam 1 solution Ch 1-13
Oscillatory motion |
10 |
11/12,
11/14 |
Chap. 15
Chap. 16
Chap. 17 |
11/12, Class
starts 10:10 am
Oscillatory motion
Wave motion
Sound wave |
11 |
11/19, 11/21 |
Chap. 16
Chap. 17 |
11/19, Class
starts 10:10 am
Quiz 3, on Chap 11-13, 11/21
Quiz 3, solution
Wave motion
Sound wave |
12 |
11/26, 11/28 |
Chap 18 |
11/26, Class
starts 10:10 am
Superposition
and standing wave |
13 |
12/03, 12/05 |
Chap. 19 |
No class this week
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14 |
12/10, 12/12 |
Chap. 19, 20 |
12/10, Class
starts 10:10 am
(Make up class for 12/03)
Quiz 4, on Chap 14-15,
on 12/12
Quiz 4, solution
Temperature
The first law of
thermodynamics |
15 |
12/17,
12/19 |
Chap.20 |
12/17, Class starts 10:10 am
(Make-up class for 12/05)
No class on 12/19
The first law of
thermodynamics |
16 |
12/24,
12/26 |
Chap. 21
Chap. 22
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12/24, Class starts 10:10 am
(Make-up class for 12/05)
Quiz 5, 12/26 on Chap 18-20
Quiz 5, solution
The kinetic theory of gases
Heat engines, entropy, and the second law of thermodynamics |
17 |
12/31,
01/02 |
Chap. 21
Chap. 22
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12/31, Class starts 10:10 am
(Make-up class for 12/19)
Heat engines, entropy, and the second law of thermodynamics |
18 |
01/07,
01/09 |
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Final Exam, 01/09/2014
Chap 10-22
Final exam 1
Final
Exam 1 solution |
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Class
Contents and Schedules:
Second Semester (02-17-2014~ 06-20-2014)
Grading policy:
102-2, 2014
Midterm: 25%
(One exam)
Final: 25%
Quizzes: 20%
Class Notes and home work: 15%
Class Interaction: 15% (+1% each positive feedback in class)
Class Attendance: -1% each no show
Week |
Date |
Chapter |
Contents |
1 |
02/18,
02/20 |
22 |
Decide grading policy(2/18)
Heat engines, entropy, and the second law of thermodynamics |
2 |
02/25, 02/27
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23 |
Electric fields |
3 |
03/04,
03/06 |
24, 25 |
Gauss's Law
Electric potential
Quiz
6, (3/06) Chap 22-23
Quiz 6
solution |
4 |
03/11,
03/13 |
26 |
Capacitance and Dielectrics |
5 |
03/18,
03/20 |
27,
28 |
Current and Resistance
Direct Current Circuit
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6 |
03/25, 03/27 |
28 |
Quiz
7, (03/27) Chap 24-25
Quiz 7
solution
Direct Current Circuit |
7 |
04/01,
04/03 |
29 |
Magnetic fields
No Class on 04/03,
Spring Break |
8 |
04/08,
04/10 |
30 |
Source of the Magnetic
fields |
9 |
04/15,
04/17 |
31 |
04/15, make up
class at 10-11 am at A318
Faraday's Law |
10 |
04/22,
04/24 |
32 |
No class on 04/22,
Will make up on 04/29, 10-11am at A318
Midterm Exam
2,
04-24-2014, close-book examine
Midterm
Exam 2 Solution
Inductance |
11 |
04/29,
05/01 |
33 |
Alternating Current Circuits
Quiz
8, (05/01) Chap 28-31
Quiz
8 Solution
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12 |
05/06,
05/08 |
33 |
Alternating Current Circuits |
13 |
05/13,
05/15 |
34 |
Electromagnetic Waves
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14 |
05/20,
05/22 |
0 |
Electromagnetic Waves |
15 |
05/27, 05/29 |
37 |
Quiz
9, (5/29) Chapter 32-37
Quiz
9 solution
Interference of
Light |
16 |
06/03,
06/05 |
37 |
Interference of Light Waves |
17 |
06/10,
06/12 |
38 |
Diffraction Patterns and
Polarizations |
18
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06/17, 06/19 |
Final Week |
Final Exam 2,
Chapter 32-38
10:10 am-12:00, 06-19-2014,
Final
Exam 2 solution
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