PHYS 2425:
This course is based on the fundamental principles of physics, using calculus, for science, computer science, and engineering majors; the principles and applications of classical mechanics, including linear mechanics, energy, rotational mechanics, oscillation/harmonic motion, physical systems, thermodynamics; and emphasis on problem solving.
Prerequisites
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Fall or spring semesters:
3 or more class meeting times per week - 5 absences
2 class meeting times per week - 3 absences
1 class meeting per week - 2 absences
The student is responsible for seeing that he or she has been officially withdrawn from a class. A student who stops attendance in a class without officially withdrawing from that class will be given a failing grade; consequently, the student must follow official withdrawal procedures in the Admissions/Records Office.
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No use of Generative AI permitted.
This option assumes that all work submitted by students will be generated by the students themselves, whether they are working individually or in groups. Students should not have another person or entity do the writing of any portion of an assignment, which includes hiring a person or a company to write assignments and/or using artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT. Use of any AI-generated content in this course qualifies as academic dishonesty and violates Panola College’s standards of academic integrity.
The purpose of this course is to provide students with a foundational understanding of the principles of classical physics, including mechanics, motion, forces, energy, momentum, and the laws of Newton. Emphasis is placed on both conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills. Through this course, students will engage with key scientific practices and develop critical thinking abilities aligned with core college student learning outcomes and the specific course learning objectives.
Lecture:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will:
- Determine the components of linear motion (displacement, velocity, and acceleration), and especially motion under conditions of constant acceleration.
- Solve problems involving forces and work.
- Apply Newton’s Laws to physical problems.
- Identify the different types of energy.
- Solve problems using principles of conservation of energy.
- Define the principles of impulse, momentum, and collisions.
- Use principles of impulse and momentum to solve problems.
- Determine the location of the center of mass and center of rotation for rigid bodies in motion.
- Discuss rotational kinematics and dynamics and the relationship between linear and rotational motion.
- Solve problems involving rotational and linear motion.
- Define equilibrium, including the different types of equilibrium.
- Discuss simple harmonic motion and its application to real-world problems.
Lab:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will:
- Prepare laboratory reports that clearly communicate experimental information in a logical and scientific manner.
- Conduct basic laboratory experiments involving classical mechanics.
- Relate physical observations and measurements involving classical mechanics to theoretical principles.
- Evaluate the accuracy of physical measurements and the potential sources of error in the measurements.
- Design and simulate fundamental experiments involving principles of classical mechanics.
- Identify appropriate sources of information for conducting laboratory experiments involving classical mechanics.
- Development of skills like critical thinking, appropriate communication, team work, empirical and quantitative skills will be the focus of this course.
This course will encompass the following material to be divided into three sections. The outcomes of both the section of lecture and laboratory will be covered. SLOs are covered throughout the entire semester.
Lecture | Laboratory |
| Chapter 1: Introduction, Measurement and estimation | Scientific Method, measurement, Length, mass, time |
| Chapter 2: Kinematics, motion in 1-D | Measurement of displacement, velocity, and acceleration due to gravity |
Chapter 3: Kinematics, motion in 2-D and 3-D, vectors Chapter 4: Newton’s Laws of Motion | Projectile motion, and vectors addition with force table, graphically, and analytically |
| Chapter 5: Friction, Circular Motion, Drag Forces | Co-efficient of static friction, co-efficient of kinetic friction, and simulation of these. |
| Chapter 6: Gravitation | Acceleration due to gravity and its dependence on various factors. |
| Chapter 7: Work and Energy | Work energy theorem |
Chapter 8: Conservation of Energy Chapter 10: Rotational motion | Law of conservation of energy with pendulum, and object rolling from certain height |
| Chapter 9: Linear momentum | Collision, conservation of linear momentum, and energy |
Chapter 11: Angular momentum Chapter 12: Static Equilibrium | Equilibrium, center of mass, and torque |
| Chapter 13: Fluids: | Behavior of fluids, and Archimedes Principle |
| Chapter 14: Oscillations | Simple pendulum, and mass attached to a spring |
Chapter 17: Temperature, Thermal Expansion, and the Ideal Gas Law Chapter 18: Kinetic Theory of Gases Chapter 19: Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics Chapter 20 – Second Law of Thermodynamics | TM thermal expansion, heat transfer, and molar specific heat of solids |
Students will learn through lecture and reading, as well as through work on homework, labs, and exams. Additional methods may be used as opportunities present themselves.
Homework assignments + Class assignments: There will be two types of assignment the homework assignments which will be numerical problems and conceptual questions related to each section to challenge you to gain a deeper understanding of the course material. Homework will be turned in and graded utilizing Mastering Physics. Also, there will classwork assignments which will be consider students response in class and the instructor will ask assess various activity such as asking for concept, discussion and solving of numerical problems.
Lab: The “lab” material will consist of problems completed in class and lab reports to be written outside of class. The lab rubrics will be discussed in the first lab session.
Quiz: There will be a quiz after three chapters, the chapters that make up each unit exam will be posted in your Canvas course. Unit exams will be given throughout the semester.
Exams: There will be three exams in the whole semester which will allow only answer sheets, pen, and scientific calculator.
The grading scale for this course is as follows:
- A=90-100%
- B=80-89%
- C=70-79%
- D=60-69%
- F=< 60%
Course Grading Information:
- Lab 25%
- Quizzes 20%
- Homework assignments + Class work assignments 30%
- Exams 25%
- Young and Freedman. 2019. Modified Mastering Physics with Pearson eText - Standalone Access Card for University Physics with Modern Physics in SI Units 15th Edition. Pearson Education, New York, NY.
- A “scientific” calculator: This means something that can handle exponents, trig functions, hyperbolic trig functions, and logarithms.
Young and Freedman. 2019. Modified Mastering Physics with Pearson eText - Standalone Access Card for University Physics with Modern Physics in SI Units 15th Edition. Pearson Education, New York, NY.
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