PHYS 2425

ENGINEERING PHYSICS I

SECTION #: 30789

CREDITS: (4-3-3)

INSTRUCTOR: Paul Williams, Ph.D.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Calculus-based study of motion, forces, work, energy, momentum and angular momentum, vibrations and waves, and heat. Intended for majors in engineering, physics, chemistry, and mathematics.

PREREQUISITES: 1. MATH 2413 or equivalent

2. Concurrent enrollment or credit in MATH 2414 or its equivalent

3. One year of high school physics, PHYS 1653 or both PHYS

1401 and 1402

TEXT: Tipler and Mosca, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 5th edition

OTHER: Scientific calculator

METHODOLGY: Lecture/Lab.

LECTURE: TH: 2:50-4:05 pm at NRG 2213

LAB: TH: 4:15-5:30 pm at NRG 2228

OFFICE LOCATION: 2153

PHONE NUMBER: 223-4824

E-MAIL ADDRESS: pwill@austincc.edu

OFFICE HOURS: All office hours are held in NRG 2153

MW 10:55 AM – 11:55 AM

TTh 8:20 PM – 8:50 PM

TTh 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

By Appointment Only:

MW 2:40 PM – 3:55 PM

TTh 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM

If you cannot make any of these office hours then we can make an appointment.

COURSE RATIONALE: University calculus level physics course intended for majors in engineering, physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science and other technical and scientific majors. This course is intended to develop an overview of physics using calculus based models as well as problem solving and critical thinking. University

calculus level physics course intended for majors in engineering, physics, chemistry, mathematics, computer science and other technical and scientific majors.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

I. Lecture

1. To develop the concepts and language of physics.

2. To develop problem-solving processes involving mathematics, which includes

calculus

3. To develop symbolic language and use of graphs and charts to communicate.

4. To develop critical thinking.

II. Laboratory

1. To strengthen the concepts and ideas introduced in class and show the link

between theory and experiment.

2. To develop an awareness of and introduction to error analysis

3. To develop experimental techniques.

4. To develop the use of graphs and charts to communicate.

5. To introduce the concepts of experimental design.

6. To introduce technical writing through the process of formal lab reports.

7. To develop critical thinking.

GRADING SYSTEM:

Your grade will be determined as follows:

Tests 40%
Final 20%
Homework 10%
Class Participation/Attendance 5%

Laboratory 25%

Based on the following scale:

A 90-100

B 80-89

C 70-79

D 60-69

F 0-59

Effective the Spring, 2005 semester it is ACC Physics Department policy that a student must receive a passing grade in both the lecture and the lab portion of the course to receive a passing grade for the entire course.

EXPECTATIONS AND ROLES:

Instructor: It is the instructor’s role to create a learning environment. This includes but is not limited to presenting material in lecture and laboratory formats, providing group activities, assigning homework, lab write-ups, and giving tests. Also the instructor’s role is to provide feedback on student work and tests.

Student: Learning is the student’s responsibility — not the instructor’s. You are expected to attend and actively participate in class regularly. Complete your assignments on time. Actively participate in and complete your lab assignments on time. Be prepared for tests at the designated time. You are expected to seek any help that you need. In general, what you receive from any course and the grade you obtain will reflect the effort you put into the course.

COURSE POLICIES:

a. Attendance Policy: Attendance is required and I expect you to attend class regularly. It is my experience that a typical student will drop a letter grade for each three to four absences. Each student must complete every lab.

b. Withdrawals and incompletes: The instructor makes no commitment to withdraw a student who stops attending. If you decide to not complete the class at this time you must withdraw yourself by the drop deadline November 28, 2005. Failure to do so will result in a failing grade which will not be changed. Incompletes are only given for exceptional circumstances and only to students who have completed the preponderance of the course work. You should refer to the ACC catalog for more information regarding incompletes.

c. Scholastic Dishonesty: Scholastic Dishonesty: Acts prohibited by the college for which discipline may be administered include scholastic dishonesty, including but not limited to cheating on an exam or quiz, plagiarizing, and unauthorized collaboration with another in preparing outside work. Academic work submitted by students shall be the result of their thought, research or self-expression. Academic work is defined as, but not limited to tests, quizzes, whether taken electronically or on paper; projects, either individual or group; classroom presentations, and homework.

Adding your name to a group lab that you did not complete in its entirety nor that you contributed to in a significant way will be viewed as scholastic dishonesty and will result in a grade of 0 for that lab activity. Also using a classroom response clicker assigned to another student will viewed as scholastic dishonesty and will result in grade of 0 for the class period.

d. Academic Freedom: Students are free to disagree with instructors on matters of opinion or personal philosophy, and will incur no penalty from doing so. However, instructors will judge student work based upon its relation to the current state of mainstream scientific fact and theory. Students are allowed to voice opinions, concerns, complaints and suggestions to the instructor. However, it is up to the instructor to decide how to use the student’s comments to meet the class’s best interests.

e. Student Discipline: Matters of student disciple will be adjudicated by the instructor on a case-by-case basis, in conjunction with the Task Force Leader or Dean. Students may consult with the Office of Student Services or the Associate Dean at their campus on these matters,

f. Office with Student with Disabilities: Each ACC campus offers support services for students with documented physical or psychological disabilities. Students with disabilities must request reasonable accommodations through the Office for Students with Disabilities on the campus where they expect to take the majority of their classes. Students are encouraged to do this three weeks before the start of the semester

g. Help: If you need help, get it. I hold office hours to help students and you should view me as a primary source of aid. Also, free walk-in tutoring is provided by the learning lab, and I highly recommend this service. You are encouraged to work on homework assignments with classmates. However, regardless of the source of help you receive, you are responsible for your own work. If you copy someone else’s homework without doing it yourself, you will not understand the material and despite having a good homework grade will not do well in the course.

h. Problems: If some problem arises causing you to miss an assignment, please see me in advance if at all possible and I will try and make accommodations. Incompletes are not given except under extreme circumstances.

i. Time: You should expect to spend 2 hours outside of class for each hour in class. It is expected that you will keep up with the reading assignments and should expect to read 5- 10 pages in the text per night. You are also expected to work on your homework assignments regularly. I believe whole-heartedly in homework. Physics requires a different type of thinking than other classes and this thought-process needs to be developed through practice. Homework will be due approximately every week as shown in the class schedule.

j. Homework Grading: Homework will be spot checked with each assignment earning a grade from 0-10 depending on effort, correctness, and completeness.

k. Assignment Due Dates: Homework are due on my desk without my asking for them at the end of the class period indicated in the course calendar or as directed in class. Lab assignments are due at the end of the lab period unless otherwise directed.

l. Organization: Please keep your assignments so that any possible errors in my grading records can be rectified. It is a good idea to keep your homework in a loose leaf binder for reference.

m. Late Homework: Homework is an integral part of this course. You need to work on assignments regularly and turn them in a timely fashion. Late homework will be given 5 points for completeness but will not be graded. Also no assignments will be accepted after Tuesday of the last week of class.

n. Laboratory: A major component of this course is the laboratory. You will usually perform several laboratory exercises per week. Each will require a brief write up which will be described in the laboratory assignment. The write-ups will be due at the end of that class period unless otherwise directed,

Tentative Course Outline / Calendar:

In the calendar below the date is for Tuesday of that week. For each week, the first row gives approximately the sections of the text to be covered and the second row gives the daily lab activity. In the following TST designates curriculum from Tools for Scientific Thinking.

Week/ Date of Tuesday	Tuesday	Assignment Due	Thursday
1 8/30	Introduction to Course Ch. 1		2.1 – 2.2
	Safety Orientation TST Intro to Motion		TST Intro to Motion (cont.)
2 9/6	2.3 – 2.4	HW #1	3.1 -3.2
	TST Changing Motion		TST Changing Motion (cont.)
3 9/13	3.3 – 3.5	HW #2	4.1 – 4.5
	Projectile Motion		Free Body Diagrams
4 9/20	4.6 – 4.7, 5.1	HW #3	Test #1 Chs. 1 – 3
	Test #1 Review		TST Force
5 9/27	5.2,6.1	HW #4	6.2 – 6.4
	TST Force (cont)		Air Resistance
6 10/4	7.1 – 7.2	HW #5	8.1 – 8.4
	Energy Conservation		Test #2 Review
7 10/11	Test #2 Chs. 4 – 7	HW #6	8.5 – 8.7
	2-D Collision Project		2-D Collision Project
8 10/18	9.1 – 9.3	HW #7	9.4 – 9.6
	Introduction to Rotational Motion		Rotational Dynamics
9 10/25	10.1 – 10.3	HW #8	11.1 – 11.3
	Rotational Collisions		Centripetal Force with Pendulum

10 11/1	12.1 – 12.3	HW #9	Test #3 Chs. 8 – 11
	Test #3 Review		Static Equilibrium
11 11/8	12.8,13.1 – 13.2	HW #10	13.3 – 13.4
	Density and Uncertainty		Simple Harmonic Motion
12 11/15	14.1 – 14.4	HW #11	15.1 – 15.4
	Introduction to Waves		Standing Waves
13 11/22	16.1 – 16.2	HW #12	Thanksgiving Holiday
	Gas Laws
14 11/29	17.1 – 17.4	HW #13	Test #4 Chs. 12 - 16
	Test #4 Review		Introduction to Heat
15 12/6	18.1 – 18.3	HW #14	18.4 – 18.8, 19.1
	Calorimetry		Thermal Conductivity
16 12/13	Final Review	HW #15	Final Exam