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Syllabus - General Physics A

PHY 2048C, 2048 & 2048L Summer 2003

Catalog Description: General Physics A (5). Prerequisite: MAC 2311 with a grade of C or better or consent of instructor; Co-requisite (recommended): MAC 2312. An introduction to mechanics, waves, and thermodynamics for physical science majors, designed to be taken as a sequence with General Physics B (PHY 2049C) and Intermediate Modern Physics (PHY 3101). (Remember this entitles you to a Minor in Physics!) Calculus is used. PHY 2048C consists of lectures, recitations, laboratory and, of course, some fun! A student who has received laboratory credit via PHY 2053C or some other avenue may take PHY 2048 rather than 2048C.

You will need a copy of the text: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, by Paul A. Tipler, 4^th Edition, Worth Publishers and a copy of the laboratory manual which is available for downloading from the class web page. (NOTE: In PHY 2048 we will use Volume 1, but you will need Volume 2 for PHY 2049 and Volume 3 may be used in PHY 3101.)

Professors associated with the course:

Faculty	Room	Phone	Office Hours	Email Address
Dr. Shahid Shaheen	417 Keen	644-2712	T,Th 10:45 - 11:45	shaheen@phy.fsu.edu
Dr. Hans Plendl	701 Keen	894-1842	T,Th 10:45 - 11:45	plendl@phy.fsu.edu
Dr.Georges Weatherly	429 OSB	644-2875	MW 1:00-2:00	weatherly@ocean.fsu.edu

Course enrollment:

General Physics includes laboratory! The laboratory is an integral part of the course. To pass you must pass the lab. Thus you should sign up for PHY 2048C (five (5) credits) which includes a Tuesday - Thursday lecture, a Monday - Wednesday tutorial section and a laboratory.
The 3 credit version of General Physics (PHY 2048) is offered only for those people who have credit on their transcript indicating they have passed (C- or better) an introductory lab. Students enrolling in Physics 2048 must show a copy of their transcript to Dr. Shaheen. If you have previously attempted PHY 2048C at FSU and passed the laboratory part, you may opt not to repeat the lab, but you still need to sign up for PHY 2048C. Confusing isn't it? Just come and see Dr. Shaheen and he will try to make it clear.

Class meetings:

Tuesday and Thursday classes meet in 101 Richards (UPL) from 9:30 to 10:45. These classes involve discussion, great demonstrations, exercises, and lectures designed to allow you to understand physical phenomena. Read the designated text sections before class. All exams will be given in these Tuesday or Thursday classes (see schedule below). In addition, your individual problem assignment sheets will be first available on Tuesday/Thursday.

Monday and Wednesday tutorial or recitation classes meet as scheduled below. Your homework score is based on your solutions of your individualized problems. These classes are where you will hone your problem solving skills in physics and thus they act as a excellent preparation for the opportunity mini-exams. Attendance is strongly recommended. Homework is completed by inputting answers via the internet using the Computer Assisted Personalized Approach (CAPA) system. All CAPA homework is due in by mid-night of the assigned day, the computer deadline system allows no exceptions!

Examinations: During the semester, there will be 12 mini-exams (approx. 20 minutes long). The subject of the exams may be any previously assigned material. If you miss a mini-exam, then your ten exams will all be counted (see below). The weekly opportunities or mini-exams, because they account for such a large fraction of the final grade, represent a very significant part of the course. Below are a few rules and answers to common questions about these.

Twelve mini-exams will be given during the semester.
All mini-exams will be given at the beginning of the lecture.
The material covered will be related to recent or previous CAPA assignments. (Do not expect to see exact copies of CAPA questions).
No make-ups will be given.
The mini-exams will last 20-25 minutes and must be handed-in by the required deadline (this will be strictly enforced).
Students arriving late will be required to submit their opportunity mini-exam by the same deadline as the rest of the class.
You will be allowed to drop one opportunity.
Each student is responsible for bringing a working calculator plus a pen or pencil.
Don't try and cheat. The first cheat on an exam results in a grade of "F" (0) for that test, the second results in a "F" for the course. Remember the FSU Honor Code.
Any grading questions you have must be resolved with the Professor who set the mini-exam within 2 weeks of the hand back date.

Laboratory classes: The purpose of the laboratory sessions, is to gain hands-on experience with laboratory apparatus, to develop skills in performing experiments, and to learn methods for analyzing scientific data. Each student must complete a lab report following the format prescribed by the lab instructor, before leaving the lab session. Attendance at each lab session is a requirement of the course. Each laboratory which is not attended will result in a subtraction of 5 percentage points from your course total. In addition, if you do not complete the lab missed, you do not get credit for that lab in your laboratory score (see below).

Tutorial and Laboratory Section Schedules

Monday - Wednesday Tutorial Sections

Section	Time	Instructor	Room
1 / 3	09:30-10:30	Dr. Shaheen/Dr. Plendl	107 / 109 UPL
2 / 4	11:00-12:00	Dr. Weatherly	109 / 107 UPL

Laboratory Classes

Section	Day	Time	Room
1	Tuesday	1:00 - 4:00	107 UPL
2	Tuesday	4:30 - 7:30	107 UPL
3	Tuesday	1:00 - 4:00	105 UPL
4	Tuesday	4:30 - 7:30	105 UPL

Completion of Course and Grading:

The course grade will be calculated using the grades from the CAPA problem sets, the weekly mini-exams the laboratory reports. These components will be weighted in the following way. Your final grade will be based on your total score in the three areas. The total course score will be converted into a letter grade. We will use the table shown below as our guide for determining grades:

Areas	Distribution	Grade	Score	Grade	Score
		A	100 - 88	C+	72.9 - 69
Mini-Exams	60 %	A-	87.9 - 85	C	68.9 - 65
Laboratory	20 %	B+	84.9 - 81	C-	64.9 - 60
Homework/CAPA	20 %	B	80.9 - 77	D	59.9 - 55
Total	100 %	B-	76.9 - 73	F	54.9 - 0

In addition to not receiving credit for missed labs, 5 percentage points will be deducted from your total for each lab not completed up to a maximum of two. If you miss more than two labs you will automatically receive a grade “F” for the course. (It pays to complete all the labs!) You should keep a record of your point totals on CAPA, laboratories and exams, in order to verify and check our record keeping.

Students are expected to uphold the Academic Honor Code published in The Florida State University Bulletin and the Student Handbook. The first paragraph is:

The Academic Honor System of Florida State University is based on the premise that each student has the responsibility (1) to uphold the highest standards of academic integrity in the student's own work, (2) to refuse to tolerate violations of academic integrity in the University community, and (3) to foster a high sense of integrity and social responsibility on the part of the University community.

Resources for Students

We want you all to do well in this course. There are resources available to help you towards this goal. Please take advantage of them.

Classes. Attend lectures and recitation. You may not realize it at the time but what you learn and retain from these classes may surprise and save you.
Professor's office hours. Each of the faculty members instructing this course have scheduled office hours to help students with homework problems and other matters that arise during the course. These times are given below. Other times may be arranged. Please don't hesitate to call or email us.
Physics Department consultation sessions. After the first week a graduate student is available to assist you in keeping up that average score of 20 in the quizzes! These times are given below.

Tutors

If you need to hire a tutor, check with Ms. Janet Seibert. She can be reached either by e-mail or by calling the number given below.

email : seibert@phy.fsu.edu Office : 307 Keen Building Phone : 644-4473 or 644-3245

She has a list of physics graduate students who are happy to work as tutors.

Department Tutor

The Physics Department provides a free consultation tutor to all students taking courses over the Summer.

Consultation Tutor	Day	Time	Location
TBA

ADA Statement

Students with disabilities needing academic accommodations should: a) register with and provide documentation to the Student Disability Resource Center SDRC; b) bring a letter to the instructor from SDRC indicating you need academic accommodations. Please do this in the first week of class.

Course Information on the WWW

You will need a copy of the text: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, by Paul A. Tipler, 4^th Edition, Worth Publishers and a copy of the

This syllabus, the laboratory manual and other information (past mini-exams) related to this course can be found on the WWW via the Physics Department's homepage at http://www.physics.fsu.edu/ and clicking on the "Courses" icon. Then choose "Summer 2003" and then "PHY2048C" from the menu of courses. It is a good idea to "bookmark" the latter address for future direct access. In order to attempt the Computer-Assisted Personalized Approach or CAPA assignments you must have access to the world wide web. There are numerous computer labs on campus and in the libraries. The Physics Department also has a number of computers that may be used for CAPA. If you have any difficulties locating a computer please contact, Dr. Plendl or Dr. Petrovich There is a CAPA web page at http://galileo.physics.fsu.edu/ which contains useful information. If you lose your personal Student Number or CAPA ID you can, if you have an earlier ID number, obtain your ID number for the current week from the CAPA web page.

Some Sensible Advice

We want everyone to pass this course. Unfortunately many people find doing physics rather difficult. Below are a few tips to help make your adventures in physics fun.

This course is no pushover, physics is based on understanding not remembering. We will do all we can to help you, but only you know whether you really understand something or not! Test yourself on additional problems. If, after reading additional problems, you have no idea how to solve them, then you have not understood the concepts. Do not just regurgitate the answers.
To gain confidence on physics concepts, practice on level one problems first.
Physics and math are intimately related. Refresh and apply your math skills to solve the problems.
In order to prepare for the exams make sure you understand and can do all the homework problems. You are strongly encouraged to do extra problems. Do not just memorize the solutions.
In answering a question, always ask yourself ``Is this answer sensible?" Always check through your solution and don't forget to put the units in!
Attend all lecture and tutorial classes.
Use the textbook, you paid good money for it! Try to find time to look over a chapter before it is covered in class. The Study Guide can also be quite useful.
Use the Professor's office hours.
Find a study partner. We strongly encourage students to study and learn together.
Finally, don't give up or sit for hours trying to do the homework. Come and discuss your solution with us. Often you will be much closer than you think to being able to solve a problem.
If you are seriously thinking of dropping the course at any point please come and talk to Dr. Plendl or Dr. Petrovich first.
Good luck and we hope you enjoy the course!

Daily schedule for the course

Date

Schedule and Assignments

Laboratory

M 12 May

T 13 May

W 14 May

T 15 May

Introduction / Math Quiz Capa Set #1 avaialable

Discuss Ch. 2 1D Motion, CAPA set #2 available

CAPA set #1 DUE; first "normal" recitation

Discuss Ch. 3, 2D Motion. CAPA set #3 available,

No laboratory classes this week.

M 19 May

T 20 May

M 21 May

Th 22 May

CAPA set #2 DUE

Mini-Exam 1. Discuss Ch 4, Newton's Laws. CAPA set #4 av.

CAPA set #3 DUE

Discuss Ch. 5, Forces/Newton's Laws. CAPA set #5 av.

Vectors

M 26 May

T 27May

W 28 May

Th 29 May

No Classes, Memorial day

Ch 5 Forces/Newton’s Laws

CAPA set #4 DUE

Mini-Exam 2, Disc. Ch. 5, Forces/Newton's Laws, CAPA set #6 av.

Experimental determination of density

And intro to Excel

M 02 Jun

T 03 Jun

W 04 Jun

Th 05 Jun

CAPA set #5 DUE

Discuss Ch.6, Work and Energy. CAPA set #7 av.

CAPA set #6 DUE

Mini-Exam 3. Discuss Ch. 7, Energy Cons'n. CAPA set #8 av.

Acceleration due to gravity

Week 1 (take data)

M 09 Jun

T 10 Jun

W 11 Jun

Th 12 Jun

CAPA set #7 DUE

Discuss Ch. 8, Momentum. CAPA set #9 av.

CAPA set #8 DUE

Mini-Exam 4. Discuss Ch. 8 Momentum Cons'n, CAPA set #10 av.

Acceleration Due to Gravity

Week 2 (analyze data)

M 16 Jun

T 17 Jun

W 18 Jun

Th 19 Jun

CAPA set # 9 DUE

Discuss Ch. 9 Rotation. CAPA Set #11

CAPA set #10 DUE

Mini-Exam 5. Discuss Ch. 9, Rotation. CAPA Set #12 av.

Collisions of elastic spheres and Momentum

M 23 Jun

T 24 Jun

W 25 Jun

Th 26 Jun

CAPA set #11 DUE

Discuss Ch. 10, Angular Momentum. CAPA set #13 av.

CAPA set #12 DUE

Mini-Exam 6, Discuss Ch. 12, Static Equilibrium, CAPA set #14 av.

Centripetal Force, part 1 and 2

M 30 Jun

T 01 Jul

W 02 Jul

Th 03 Jul

CAPA set #13 DUE

Discuss Ch. 13 Fluids. CAPA set #15 av.

CAPA set #14 DUE

Mini-exam 7. Discuss Ch. 14, Oscillations. CAPA set #16 av.

Torques

M 07 July

T 08 July

W 09 July

Th 10 July

CAPA set #15 DUE

Discuss Ch. 15, Waves. CAPA set #17 av.

CAPA set #16 DUE,

Mini-exam 8. Discuss Ch 16 Waves, CAPA set #18 av.

Hooke's Law and Simple Harmonic Motion

M 14 July

T 15 July

W 16 July

Th 17 July

CAPA set #17 DUE

Discuss Ch. 16, Waves, CAPA set #19 av.

CAPA set #18 DUE

Mini-Exam 9. Discuss Ch. 18, Heat, CAPA set #20 av.

Speed of Sound

M 21 July

T 22 July

W 23 July

Th 24 July

CAPA set #19 DUE

Discuss Ch. 21, Heat and Thermodynamics. CAPA set #21 av.

CAPA set #20 DUE

Mini-Exam 10. Discuss Ch. 19, First Law of Thermodynamics. CAPA set #22 av.

Ideal Gas Law

M 28 July

T 29 July

W 30 July

Th 31 July

CAPA set #21 DUE

Discuss Ch.19, 1st Law of Thermodynamics. CAPA set #23 av.

CAPA set #22 DUE

Mini-Exam 11. Discuss Ch. 20, 2nd Law of Thermo. CAPA set #24 av.

Specific Heat

M 29 July

T 30 July

W 31 July

Th 01 Aug

CAPA set #23 DUE

Discuss Ch. 20, 2nd Law of Thermodynamics.

CAPA set #24 DUE

Mini-exam 12. Wrap-up!

NO LABS THIS WEEK!