General Physics I, II
普通物理 I, II

PHYS10000AA, Scholl Year 101
06-26-2015 Updated
Chia-Liang Cheng 鄭嘉良                                      
Dean, Committee for General Education

Professor,
Department of Physics, 
National Dong Hwa University  
1, Sec 2, Da-Hsueh Rd., Shou-Feng, Hualien, 974 Taiwan  
Adm A106
(O), B417(Lab)
+886-3-8632021(O), +886-3-8633698 (Lab) 
+886-3-8632020 (Fax)
E-mail: clcheng@mail.ndhu.edu.tw

Class hours: Tue 11:10-12:00 am, Thu 10:10-12:00 am 
Classroom:  Sci. I (A108) 
Office Hours: Mondays, 10-12 am

TA: Ashek-I-Ahmed B417, ashekiahmed@gmail.com;

You can come to B417 anytime you have a question, there will be someone there to help you. Tel:8633698
   



Textbook: Physics for Scientists and Engineers with modern Physcis,
Serway, Jewett, Ninth edition, Thomson Brooks/Cole, international edition
Reference:
1. Fundamentals of Physics, Halliday, Resnick, Walker
six or seventh edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc..
  2. "Lectures on Physics I, II, III", Richard P. Feyman, 
Adisson-Wesley Pub. Co. Inc. (1963).
3. "Physics for Scientists and Engineers", Serway, Beichner
Fifth edition, Saunder College Publishing, 2000
Exams: Mid term: One in each semester
To be determined in class
Final: One in each semester
To be determined in class
Quizzes 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: 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: 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: -10% each no show without reason (starting 02/26/2015)

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
(08-01-2014 ~ 01-31-2015)
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

 09/18 0 Introduction
Note: everyone should get text book ready by Thursday
Class designs; how to study

2

09/23, 09/25 Chap.1-6 09/23, No class
Introduction, continued
Review, Chapters 1-6
You should have read these materials last week. Only concepts will be discussed in class.
How to study

3

09/30, 10/02 Quiz 1
Chap. 7,8
There is a homework today, due 10/02

Chap. 7, Energy of a system
Chap. 8, Conservation of Energy

Online Material CH. 1-8: (Please click here)

4

10/07, 10/09 Chap. 8, 9 Quiz 1, on Chap 1-6 (10/07)
Quiz 1, solution

The quiz will be on the materials of Chap 1-6, and the problems at the end of each chapter.

Chap 8, Conservation of Energy
Chap 9 Linear momentum and collisions

5

10/14, 10/16 Chap. 10, 11 10/14, class starts at 10:10 am
Rotation of a rigid Object about a fixed axis
Angular momentum
Online Material CH. 9-11: (Please click here)

6

10/21, 10/23 Chap. 12 10/21, No class
Static equilibrium and elasticity

7

10/28, 10/30 Chap. 13, 14 10/28, class starts at 10:10 am
Quiz 2, on Chap 7-9 (10/28)
Quiz 2, solution

Midterm Exam 1, 10/30/2014 (two hours)
Midterm Exam 1 solution Ch 1-10

Universal gravitation
Fluid mechanics

8

11/04, 11/06 Chap. 15 Oscillatory motion

9

11/11, 11/13 Chap. 15 11/11, class starts at 10:10 am

Oscillatory motion
Online Material CH.12-15:(Please click here)

10

11/18, 11/20 Chap. 15
Chap. 16
Chap. 17
11/18, class starts at 10:10 am
Quiz 3, on Chap 11-13 (11/20)
Quiz 3, solution

Oscillatory motion
Wave motion
Sound wave

11

11/25 11/27 Chap. 16
Chap. 17
11/25, class starts at 10:10 am

Wave motion
Sound wave

12

12/02, 12/04 Chap 18 No class on 12/04
Quiz 4, on Chap 14-16 (11:10-12:00, 12/02)
Quiz 4, solution

Superposition and standing wave

13

12/09, 12/11 Chap. 19 12/09 class starts at 10:10 am

Wave motion
Sound wave

Online Material CH.16-17:(Please click here)

14

12/16, 12/18 Chap. 19, 20 Quiz 5, on Chap 17-18 (11:10-12:00, 12/16)
Quiz 5, solution

Temperature
The first law of thermodynamics

15

12/23, 12/25 Chap.20 12/23 class starts at 10:10 am
The first law of thermodynamics

Online Material CH.18-19:(Please click here)

16

12/30, 01/01
Chap. 21
Chap. 22
 
12/30 class starts at 10:10 am
The kinetic theory of gases
Heat engines, entropy, and the second law of thermodynamics

Online Material CH.20-21:(Please click here)

17

01/06, 01/08
Chap. 21
Chap. 22
 
Quiz 6, on Chap 19-20 (11:10-12:00, 01/06)
Quiz 6, solution

Heat engines, entropy, and the second law of thermodynamics

18

01/13, 01/15   Final Exam, 01/15/2015
Chap 10-22
Final exam 1
Final Exam 1 solution
       

Class Contents and Schedules:
Second Semester
(02-24-2015~ 07-31-2015)

Grading policy:

103-2, 2015
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: -10% each no show without reason (starting 02/26/2015)

Week

Date

Chapter

Contents

1

02/24, 02/26 22 Decide grading policy(2/24)
Heat engines, entropy, and the second law of thermodynamics

2

03/03, 03/05 23 Electric fields

Online Material CH.22-23:(Please click here)

3

03/10, 03/12 24, 25 Gauss's Law
Electric potential
Quiz 7, (3/12) Chap 22-23
Quiz 7 solution

Online Material CH.24-25:(Please click here)

4

03/17, 03/19 26 Capacitance and Dielectrics

5

03/24, 03/26 27, 28 Current and Resistance
Direct Current Circuit
 

6

03/31, 04/02 28 No Class on 04/02, Spring Break
Direct Current Circuit

Online Material CH.26-28:(Please click here)

7

04/07, 04/09 29 Magnetic fields
Quiz 8, (04/09) Chap 24-27
Quiz 8 solution

8

04/14, 04/16 30 Source of the Magnetic fields

9

04/21, 04/23 31 Faraday's law

10

04/28, 04/30 32
Midterm Exam 2, 04-30-2015, close-book examine
Midterm Exam 2 Solution

Inductance

11

05/05, 05/07 33 Alternating Current Circuits
Quiz 9 moved to 05/19

12

05/12, 05/14 33 Alternating Current Circuits

13

05/19, 05/21 34 Electromagnetic Waves
Quiz 9, (05/19) Chap 28-32
Quiz 9 Solution

14

05/26, 05/28 0 Electromagnetic Waves

15

06/02, 06/04 37 Quiz 10, (06/04) Chapter 33-34
Quiz 10 solution

Interference of Light

16

06/09, 06/11 37 Interference of Light Waves
 17 06/16, 06/18 38 Diffraction Patterns and Polarizations

18

06/23, 06/25 Final Week Final Exam 2, Chapter 22-38
10:10 am-12:00, 06-25-2015,

Final Exam 2 solution 

 

 
 

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