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1 Santa Monica College Department of Physical Sciences Physics 14 (Introductory Physics with Labs) Dr. Armen Kocharian - Tel.: (818) armen.kocharian@calstatela.edu Text book or electronic version (ebook) of Conceptual PHYSICS (Physical Sciences) by Paul G. Hewitt (11-th edition Addison Wesley: ISBN 10-digit and ISBN 13-digit ). This course is exploring the basic physics that we encounter in every day of life in the modern world often without realizing that important physics concepts are at work. You will learn about key concepts of physics. There is no math prerequisite, and we cover topics in a way that makes relevant connections to your life. If you DON'T see the connections you will be immediately (and often) encouraged to help me make those connections. Specific emphasis will be given to those applications one encounters or hears about in everyday life, such as home appliances, natural phenomena, and space technology. This survey course covers topics from motion, forces, energy, light, electricity, heat and temperature, atoms and modern physics. COURSE SEC.: 4441 Physics 12 (4 Units) Lecture/ Activities Meeting Room: SCI 101 Meeting Time: 7:00pm-10:05 pm Tuesday and Thursday 1. This course is designed for the student who is interested in a more conceptual and less mathematical approach to physics. It is a survey course introducing the topics of mechanics, heat, sound, electricity and magnetism, light, modern physics and relativity. The emphasis will be on developing conceptual understanding of the laws of nature. There will be given an historic perspective and applications in today. 2. There will be 10 quizzes (no make-ups) worth 20% of the total grade; you can drop one quiz. There will be three midterm exams (no make-ups) worth 15% each of the total grade and one final comprehensive exam worth 25% of the total grade. Mark your calendar with the exam date, when you are responsible for being there on time. If you have a religious holiday type conflict, let me know during the first week of classes. The midterm exams will consist of problems and conceptual questions based on material from the homework, class examples, text examples, tutorial problems, and laboratory. Warning: the midterms will not be just a compilation of the quizzes they will have greater scope and will require you to think and put ideas together. Failure to take the final will result in an F grade for the course. 3. The final exam comprehensive includes material covered during the entire semester. You are allowed to bring to the exams and final (not the quizzes) one 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper, one side only, with equations and facts that you hand write. Cheating is prohibited. And you are requested to avoid even the appearance of cheating. You will receive F grade if you do not take the final. Also no make up exams and experiments Page 1 of 5

2 are scheduled. 4. Homework problems will be assigned and collected weekly. Normally, you will be assigned roughly 10 problems per week. Students can seek free tutoring assistance from RLC when available and use any other means. Each assignment will be graded on a three-point system: S, S, S+ based on completeness, clarity, and organization. Late homework automatically receives an S grade. To receive a grade on an assignment it must be stapled and clearly labeled. 5. The grade distribution will be as follows: A 90% and higher B 80% or greater C 70% or greater D 60% or greater F less 50%. 6. Along with letter grades I will use the +/ system, so in each range the low values will be minus and the high end plus. The total score 100% is accumulated as follows: 10% Assignments and Homework 5% Class Participation 20% Quizzes 10% Midterm #1 10% Midterm #2 10% Midterm #3 35% Final Exam 7. Plan on spending at least 6 hours each week studying on your own. The course builds on previous materials. Though, each quiz/exam is based on a few sections, previous knowledge is always helpful if not necessary. It is difficult to catch-up if you do not keep up with the course schedule. Please reduce your outside school activities to a minimum to receive the most from your education experience at Pierce college. 8. Participation in class is the component of your grade based upon: answering and asking questions in lecture, active participation in lab discussions with your peers, regular punctual attendance in class. Lecture attendance is not mandatory, however, missing class or laboratory will quite likely affect your grade. Under no circumstances is there to be a food or drink in either the lecture hall or laboratory. EXAMS/QUIZZES: There will be short quizzes during the semester that will be announced in class. The dates for exams are: Midterm #1: March 24 th, Thursday. Midterm #2: May 3 rd, Tuesday. Midterm #3: June 2 nd, Thursday. Final Exam: June 9, Thursday Page 2 of 5

3 Classroom Conduct: Under no circumstances is there to be any food or drink in either the lecture hall or laboratory. Please make a point of coming to class on time; doing otherwise creates a distraction to both your classmates and me. Attendance is not mandatory, however, missing class or laboratory will quite likely adversely affect your grade. Student Learning Outcome (SLO): Student must demonstrate an understanding of the scientific method in Fundamentals in Physics and apply it to the description and explanation of natural processes and their effects on the environment in the following ways: 1. Draw connections between observations and fundamental laws of nature. 2. Use logic and reasoning to draw conclusions and overcome misconceptions about the basic principles on which the universe operates. Exam Policy: There are no make-up exams. If you miss an exam due to an emergency or personal hardship a note from a suitable professional will be required. All exams are closed note and closed book. The midterm exams will consist of problems and conceptual questions based on material from the homework, class examples, text examples, tutorial problems, and laboratory. Warning: the midterms will not be just a compilation of the quizzes they will have greater scope and will require you to think and put ideas together. Failure to take the final will result in an F grade for the course. Homework: There will be an assignment each week consisting of roughly 10 problems and questions. Each assignment will be graded on a three-point system: S, S, S+ based on completeness, clarity, and organization. Late homework automatically receives an S grade. To receive a grade on an assignment it must be stapled and clearly labeled. Physics 14 Schedule Spring 2011 WEE DATES ESSENTIALS OF PHYSICS COMMENTS K 1 February / About Science -/ Scientific Method Chapters 1 2 February / Newton Laws -/ Inertia, Second Law of Newton Chapter March 1-3 -/ Third Law of Newton -/ Class Presentations Chapter 5 5 March / Momentum -/ Energy -/Rotational motion Chapters 6-8 First day of class: Tuesday, February 15 Quiz 1 Quiz 2 Quiz 3 Page 3 of 5

4 6 March / Gravitation and Free fall -/ Black Holes Chapter 9 Quiz 4 7 March / Projectile and Satellite Motion -/ Kepler s Laws Midterm #1 Chapters 10 8 March /Atomic Nature of Matter Quiz 5 -/ Solids and Fluids Chapters April 5-7 -/ Temperature and Heat Quiz6 -/Phase Changes Chapter April Spring Break No classes 10 April /Electrostatics -/ Electric Currents Chapter April / Electrical Force-/ Magnetic Forces Chapter May 3-5 -/Electromagnetic interaction --- -/Faraday Law of Induction Chapter May / Properties of Light -/ Light Color Chapter May / Classical Optics -/Reflection and refraction Chapter May 28-June 2 -/ Modern Optics -/ Light Waves Chapter June 7 -/ Atomic and Nuclear Physics, and Relativity Chapters Review for Final Page 4 of 5 Quiz 7 Quiz8 Midterm #2 Quiz 9 Quiz 10 Midterm #3 Quiz 11

5 18 June 9 Final Exam 7:00PM -9:00PM 2 hours Page 5 of 5

Spring 2015 Natural Science I: Quarks to Cosmos CORE-UA 209. SYLLABUS and COURSE INFORMATION.

Spring 2015 Natural Science I: Quarks to Cosmos CORE-UA 209 Professor Peter Nemethy SYLLABUS and COURSE INFORMATION. Office: 707 Meyer Telephone: 8-7747 ( external 212 998 7747 ) e-mail: peter.nemethy@nyu.edu