Due to Covid19 pandemic, this course will go online during the period 09/22-10/20

We will have class in the A108 lecture hall starting 10/21. Due to the limited in seats, we open 83 seats. All lectures will be classroom/online mixed format. You can also take the lectures online if you can't get into the classroom. Lectures will be recorded.

Class hours: Tue 11:10-12:00 am, Thu 10:10-12:00 am 
Classroom:  Sci. II, Lecture room 1 (A108)
Office Hours: Mondays, 10-12 am

TA: Wrenit Gem Pearl B417, wrenit3@gmail.com ;
You can come to B417 anytime you have a question, there will be someone there to help you. Tel:03-8903698

Note:

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Due to Covid19 pandemic, this course will go online during the period 09/22-10/07.
We will use Google Meet as our platform if we go online. If you have registered in this course, you will receive an invitation to participate this course via Google Meet at the regular class hour. The invitation will be sent to you via your university email account. Some people have different email account they prefer to receive emails, in this case, please let our TA know. So we send notice to the account you will read.

For each class, the online lectures will be online at 11:00 am (Tu), and 10:00 (TH) for you to log in to test the system. The lectures will start at 11:10 am (Tu), and 10:10 (TH). Aside from the online formats, all the rules are the same as a real class.

For questions, please contact Prof Cheng or Ms Wrenit Pearl

About this course:

        This course is designed to be taught for freshman of Science and Engineering majors; and the whole course will be conducted in English
        There will not be a fixed text book. You are suggested to buy one of the above and study through out the text.
        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 and Engineering 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!

         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 (09-22-2021 ~ 01-31-2022)

上學期:
Midterm: 20% (One exam)
Final: 20%
Quizzes: 20%
Class Interaction: 50% (+1% each positive feedback in class)
Homework: 20% (+2% each homework handed in)

General Notes:

Second Semester (02-22-2021~ 07-31-2021)
下學期
Midterm: 30% (Two one-hour exams)
Final: 20%
Quizzes: 20%
Class Interaction: 50% (+1% each positive feedback in class)
Homework: 20% (+2% each homework handed in)

Class interaction (A, 50%) and Examines (B, 50%; Midterm + Final), Maximum A=5B; Maximum B=7A
Total: 140 points

HOME WORK