PHYSICS 103-006 COURSE SYLLABUS SPRING 2008

  

PHYS 103 HOME WEB PAGE: http://web.njit.edu/~opyrchaj

 

INSTRUCTOR: Jan Opyrchal,  opyrchaj@adm.njit.edu,   

office: 410Tiernan or 403B Faculty.        Click my schedule link to see my office hours .

                                 

COURSE MATERIAL:

College Physics, by  Serway/Faughn/Vuille,  Seventh Edition  The book NJIT PHYS 103 at NJIT book store is compiled from two books:    Volume 1 ISBN 0-495-11374-3   Volume 2 ISBN 0-534-99928-X  - to save you some $.

Physics Laboratory Manual:  the laboratory schedule and the links to labs are listed in the syllabus below.

 

The associated laboratory course Phys 103 A is to be taken concurrently.  The laboratory schedule with links is included in the table below.

 

PLEASE NOTE:  YOU MUST REGISTER FOR THE LECTURE/RECITATION COURSE, AND THE LAB COURSE.  WITHDRAWAL FROM EITHER PHYSICS COURSE WILL CAUSE A SIMULTANEOUS WITHDRAWAL FROM ALL OTHER PHYSICS COURSES.

 

Your final grade in Physics 103 will be determined by your performance on the following:


1) Common Exams               Three common quizzes will be given during thesemester.  The schedule is:
Common Quiz
Schedule        
Friday, February 22                         8:30-9:45 a.m.
Friday, March 14                            8:30-9:45 a.m.
 Friday, April    11                            8:30-9:45 p.m.
2) Final Exam
A comprehensive examination of the entire semester's work will be given  during Finals Week at the end of the semester.
3) Lecture Quizzes     A short Quiz will be given during each Lecture covering the work of the preceding week.
3) Homework Homework assignments will be posted on-line by University of Texas Homework System.  Each student  has  to obtain UT EID (https://hw.utexas.edu/bur/instrGuestEID.html) to login into the UT account to access the class at https://hw.utexas.edu. After registration students will be able to download the assignments and submit answers to automated University of Texas homework system for grading. For section 002 the unique course number  is 41117 .

Here are the approximate weights to be used for calculating the final grade and the final grade scale:

                               

                                48 % for all three common exams ( 16% each)                                 80% and more    - A            

                                30 % for the final exam                                                                        68% - 79 %         - B

                                15 % for the total homework grade                                                   55% - 67%          - C

                                7 % for the total lecture quiz grade                                                   50% - 54%          - D

                                                                                                               49% and less       - F

 

HONOR CODE STATEMENT

As a student at New Jersey Institute of Technology, you are obliged to comply with the provisions of the NJIT Academic Honor Code. Any violations of NJIT Honor Code will be brought to the attention of the Dean of Students.

 

PHYSICS LEARNING CENTER: The  Physics Learning Center, located in 401T, is staffed by faculty and specially trained Teaching Assistants. All Physics students are invited. The time it is open will be announced.

 

 

Any changes to the syllabus will be consulted with students.

 

 

April 6 - Good Friday, no classes scheduled                   May 1 - Classes follow a Friday schedule

May 2  - Reading Day                                                         May 3 –May 9  - Final exam period

 

 

 

 

Topic

Text Study

Recitation Problems

 

Week 1  

January 22 – January 28

Fluids at Rest

Chapt. 9  Sect. 1-6

p.311 prob. 1, 4, 11, 14, 17, 20, 25, 30, 33, 35 37

Intro

Week 2  

January 28 – February 4

Fluids in Motion

Chapt. 9  Sect. 7-9

p. 314 prob. 40,42,  45, 48, 49, 51

101
  part 1

Week 3  

February 5 – February 11

Temperature, Thermal Expansion, Heat        The Ideal Gas Law, Elasticity

Chapt. 10  Sect. 1-4

 p.346 prob. 1, 11, 12, 18, 22, 24, 27

A

Week 4  

February 12 – February 18

Latent Heat, Calorimetry,

Chapt. 11 Sect. 1-3

 p.378 prob. 4, 12, 15, 17, 19

D

Week 5  

February 19 – February 25

Transfer of Heat

Chapt. 11  Sect. 4-5

 p. 20, 21, 22, 23, 32, 34, 37

G

Week 6  

February 26 – March 3

Thermodynamics

Chapt. 12  Sect. 1-3

 6, 7, 19, 17, 20, 23, 30,

E

Week 7

March 4 – March 10

Simple Harmonic Motion   

Chapt. 13  Sect. 1-6

 1, 11, 16, 21, 26, 32

F

Week 8  

March 11  – March 17

Waves and Sound

Chapt.13  Sect. 7-10

Chapt.14 Sect. 1-2

p.454 prob.  45, 51, 53, 69
p.491. prob. 1, 7,

B

Week 9

March 17 - March 23                     

Spring Recess

 

 

 

Week 10  

March 24 – March 30

Sound

Chapt. 14  Sect.3-10

 p.491 prob.13, 15, 17, 24, 33, 51

W

Week 11

March 31 – April 6              

Electric Charges, Electric Field

Chapt.15  Sect.1-5

 p.525. prob. 10, 12, 15, 24, 27, 30

J

Week 12

April 7 – April 13

Electric circuits

Ch.17 S. 1-6,8  
Ch.18 S 6

Ch 21 S 1

p. 587 prob. 3, 15, 28, 42,

p. 620 prob 37, 39

p. 720 prob. 1, 3, 4

H

Week 13

April 14 – April 20

Light: Reflection and Refraction, Lenses

Chapt. 23  Sect. 1-7

 

 p.781. prob.  7, 14, 34, 46, 27, 29, 34

215
part 1&2

Week 14

April 21  - April 27

Interference, Diffraction Grating

Chapt. 24  Sect. 1- 3, 8

p. 813 prob. 2,  11, 14,

M

Week 15

April 28 – May 4

Thin  Films Interference, Resolution

Chapt. 24  Sect. 4
Chapt. 25  Sect . 6

 p. 813 prob. 17
p. 840 prob. 32, 37, 39

N

May 6-7

Reading Days

 

 

 

May 8-14

Final Exam Period

 

 

 

May 15 Spring Grades Due in Registrar's Office