Physics 101 Syllabus Schedule

Physics 101 Section 1 -- General Physics 1

Fall 1997

Webster Physical Sciences, Room 16 MWF 11:10 - 12:00

Instructor: David B. Thiessen, Webster Physical Sciences 754
Office Hours: Tu 1:30-2:30 pm
Th 10:30-11:30 am
Phone: 335-4908
E-mail: thiessen@wsu.edu
Teaching Assistant: Catherine Mount, Webster Physical Sciences 647
Office Hours: to be announced
Phone: 335-1646
E-mail: cmount@wsu.edu

Textbook: Physics, 4th edition, by Douglas C. Giancoli. The textbook will be required for homework and quizzes. Textbooks may not be shared during quizzes.

Laboratory Manual: Physics 101 Lab Manual

Supplements: The following texts may be of assistance to some students. They have different styles and you should try to evaluate which would be useful to you. Nobody needs both.

Study Guide for "Giancoli's Physics", Joseph J. Boyle
This is directly correlated with the text. It has direct reference to concepts and terms used by the author. It also has many worked out solutions to sample problems and questions.
College Physics, Theory & Problems, F. J. Bueche, Pub.. -- Schaum
This text contains many solved problems and a succinct outline of Physics. Just working lots of problems is an effective way to learn Physics.

Calculators: A calculator will be needed for homework, quizzes, laboratories, and exams. If you do not own a calculator, it is recommended that you acquire one that can use scientific notation, and has trigonometric functions and logarithmic functions (about $15.00).

Examinations and Grading: The course grade will be based on the approximate weighting shown below:

Hour Exams: 40 %
Quizzes: 15%
Final Exam: 20%
Laboratory: 25%

Final Exam will be held from 3:10 pm to 6:10 pm on Thursday, Dec. 18 in accordance with university regulation. Any deviation from this schedule will require special university approval. The final exam is comprehensive.

Daily Work Evaluation (Quizzes): Homework problems for each lecture are listed in the syllabus. Also listed are periodic quiz dates. On that day at the end of class there will be a short ~10 minute quiz drawn directly from the problems listed in the syllabus. This will be an open text, open note quiz. You should have little problem with the quiz if you have previously worked out the homework problems. Participation in the quizzes is mandatory. Because these quizzes are an evaluation of your work, daily work solutions will not be posted until after the quiz. Quiz questions should also alert you to problems you may have had in understanding the homework before you have to face it on an Hour Exam. The final quiz average will be based on the best 10 out of 12 quizzes. No make-up quizzes will be given unless prior arrangements have been made.

Hour Exams: Four hour exams (50 min.) will be given during the semester. NO make-up exams will be given unless PRIOR arrangements have been made.


Posting of Solutions and Grades:

  1. The Science Learning Instructional Center (SLIC). SLIC is in Science Hall. SLIC will be the "official" posting place for solutions for exams, quizzes, and homeworks. There is access to a copying machine so that you can make copies of these materials.
  2. Study Lounge: Solutions to listed problems will be posted in the Study Lounge, Webster Physical Sciences 329 as well as at SLIC after the quiz.
  3. Concourse: The concourse outside the lecture hall will be the posting place for quiz and exam grades.
  4. World-Wide-Web: My home page on the world-wide-web is at

    http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~thiessen

    I will try to post homework and exam solutions on the web. The solutions posted to the web will be the same as those posted at SLIC.

Getting Help:

  1. Instructor's office hours: You are welcome to come talk to me in Webster 754 during my office hours. You can drop by at other times, or to make sure I'm available, call (335-4908) to make an appointment.
  2. After lecture: Room B8 is available for brief consultations with me immediately following the lecture.
  3. Teaching Assistant office hours: The lecture TA will have a regular office hour and will be familiar with the specific homework problems which you have been assigned and with the labs which you are doing.
  4. Help Sections: You may enroll in a one-credit-hour help and problem solving session which meets once a week. Two sections are available this semester:

    Phys 103-01 Tu 3:10 pm Webster B7 (line no. 71381)

    Phys 103-02 Wed 7:10 pm Webster B7 (line no. 71399)


Students with Disabilities:

Reasonable accommodations are available for students who have a documented disability. Please notify the instructor during the first week of class of any accommodations needed for the course. Late notification may cause the requested accommodations to be unavailable. All accommodations must be approved through the Disability Resource Center (DRC) in Administration Annex 206, 335-1566.


General Physics 101-1 Course Syllabus
Fall 1997
DateTopicReadingHomework Problems
Aug. 25Measurement and Units 1-1 -> 1-7Ch. 1: 2,6,8,10,14,15
27Speed and Velocity2-1 -> 2-6 Ch. 2: 3,5,8,10
29Acceleration2-7 -> 2-9 Ch. 2: 15,21,22,24
Sept. 1Labor Day Holiday
3Free Fall2-10 -> 2-11 Ch. 2: 33,37,40,45
5Vectors
Quiz 1: Chs. 1&2
3-1 -> 3-3Ch. 3: 5,9,10,13
8Relative Velocity 3-4Ch. 3: 21,22,26,29
10Projectile Motion 3-5 -> 3-7Ch. 3: 39,43,48,51
12Force and Inertia,
Quiz 2: Ch. 3
4-1 -> 4-3
Sept. 15 Exam 1: Chapters 1-3
17Newton's Laws of Motion4-4 -> 4-6Ch. 4: 3,6,8,14,17
19Free-Body Diagrams 4-7Ch. 4: 21,24,25,30
22Frictional Force4-8 -> 4-10 Ch. 4: 36,37,42,49,53
24Circular Motion,
Quiz 3: Ch. 4
5-1 -> 5-2Ch. 5: 2,8,10,12
26Gravity5-5 -> 5-6 Ch. 5: 24,28,32,34
29Orbital Mechanics5-7 -> 5-9 Ch. 5: 36,42,49,55
Oct. 1Work & Energy,
Quiz 4: Ch. 5
6-1, 6-3 & 6-4Ch. 6: 2,7,21,23,30
3Conservation of Mechanical Energy 6-5 -> 6-7Ch. 6: 33,35,38,40
6Energy Transformation 6-8 -> 6-10Ch. 6: 49,53,57,61
8Conservation of Momentum
Quiz 5: Ch. 6
7-1 -> 7-3Ch. 7: 4,8,11,16
Oct. 10 Exam 2: Chapters 4-6
13Collisions7-4 -> 7-6Ch. 7: 22,24,26,32
15Center of Mass7-7 -> 7-9Ch. 7: 39,48,53,56
17Angular Quantities,
Torque, Quiz 6: Ch. 7
8-1 -> 8-3Ch. 8: 7,12,24,28,29
20Rotational Dynamics8-4 -> 8-5Ch. 8: 32,36,40,42
22Angular Momentum8-6 -> 8-7Ch. 8: 46,48,57,63
24Statics/Stability,
Quiz 7: Ch. 8
9-1 -> 9-3 & 9-5Ch. 9: 6,7,18,22
27Stress, Strain &
Fracture
9-6 & 9-7Ch. 9: 44,49,55,61
29Fluids, Density &
Pressure
Quiz 8: Ch. 9
10-1 -> 10-5Ch. 10: 2,8,14,21
Oct. 31 Exam 3: Chapters 7-9
Nov. 3Buoyancy10-6Ch. 10: 23,24,26,32
5Fluid Dynamics10-7 -> 10-9,
& 10-13
Ch. 10: 36,38,39,44,64
7Simple Harmonic
Motion, Quiz 9: Ch. 10
11-1 -> 11-4Ch. 11: 2,6,8,12
10Resonance11-5 -> 11-8Ch. 11: 18,22,29,31,34
12Waves11-9 -> 11-12Ch. 11: 39,48,52,56,57
14Sound,
Quiz 10: Ch. 11
12-1,12-2,
& 12-4
Ch. 12: 3,5,11,14
17Sound Generation12-5 -> 12-8Ch. 12: 28,37,47,56
19Temperature,
Quiz 11: Ch. 12
13-1 -> 13-5Ch. 13: 1,2,9,12,21
21Ideal Gas Law13-6 -> 13-11Ch. 13: 25,27,33,39,46
Nov. 24-28 Thanksgiving Vacation
Dec. 1Heat/Calorimetry14-1 -> 14-6Ch. 14: 1,7,16,18,23,25
3Heat Transfer
Quiz 12: Ch. 13
14-7 -> 14-9Ch. 14: 30,33
Dec. 5 Exam 4: Chapters 10-13
8First Law of
Thermodynamics
15-1 -> 15-3Ch. 15: 5,7,9,14
10Second Law of
Thermodynamics
15-4->15-5,
& 15-7
Ch. 15: 17,23,32,38
12Review for Final
Thurs.
Dec. 18
FINAL EXAM (3:10 pm - 6:10 pm)