UMass Boston
Prof.
1. Registration: All students are required to register
for the course, both lecture and discussion. If you need a laboratory course,
you should be enrolled in Physics 181 separately.
2. Text:
This course
covers chapters 1-15 of the textbook, with the big topics being Mechanics,
Oscillations, Waves, and Fluids
3. Discussions: Discussions will be held after
the lectures by the instructor. Problems are solved in details, and questions
are encouraged.
4. Homework problems: learning to solve problems
is the only way to learn the subject materials. This deserves the biggest part
of your time dedication to the course, and the study of physics in general.
Lectures, textbook reading, and solved examples will provide the background and
motivations for you to start and finish this important task. Getting helps in a
timely manner, and see how different problems are solved are essential and
facilitated by the discussions sections. Between 30 and 40 problems are
assigned in each of the 7 weekly problem sets, selected to represent the main
topics. From these assignments you will need to turn in approximately 15-20
problems per set (see attached list) for credit. The homework are due on
Thursdays and cover materials up to the previous day, in general. For each
chapter, some conceptual questions are assigned of which one or two are to be
turned in as part of the homework. Shown work for these questions are required
for your solutions to the problems to receive credit. Homework solutions should
show intermediate steps leading to the final solution, you will likely receive
constructive comments from the grader. Late homework will not be accepted.
5. Examinations: There are three examinations
as shown in the syllabus. Each of the exams will only cover materials in the
preceding part of the course. The examinations consist of problems and
questions similar to any of those (not just the underlined ones!) in the
assignments. You must bring a working calculator to exams. Each exam will be of
closed book. You may, however, bring a
6. Hand calculators: one is needed
for work in this course. It should have trigonometric, logarithmic, and their
inverse functions. Statistical function keys will help you with the laboratory
work.
7. Mathematical preparation: an elementary
but working knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and
calculus is needed.
8. Grades: The final grade is computed as
follows: 30% for each examination and 10% for the homework. Participation
points will decide a grade between boundaries.
9. Participation Points: These
class-works will be collected at the end of each discussion (no credit awarded
otherwise). They are designed to encourage active learning and individual
participation. These extra credits will serve to decide a grade between
boundaries.
10. Teamwork and extra exam points: you are asked
to join a team of 3 students. Set of three short problems will be distributed
in some discussion sessions, several times before each exam, each team member
will be in charge of one being team collaboration highly encouraged. Up to
three teams (in order of submission) with reasonable solutions in all three
problems will receive an extra credit of 3 points toward the next closest exam.
11. Tutoring and grader office hours: free tutoring
will be held Mondays through Thursdays 11:00am-5:30pm in room S-4-073. Course
grader is Krishna Aryal (Krishna.Aryal001@umb.edu),
his office hours will be held in S-4-073 11:00am-2:30pm.
12. Code of Student Conduct: Students are
required to adhere to the University Policy on Academic Standards and Cheating,
to the University Statement on Plagiarism and the Documentation of Written
Work, and to the Code of Student Conduct as delineated in
the catalog of Undergraduate Programs, pp. 44-45, and 48-52.
13. Accommodations: Section 504 of the Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990 offers guidelines for curriculum modifications
and adaptations for students with documented disabilities. If applicable,
students may obtain adaptation recommendations from the
Physics 113 -Morning
Summer 2014
|
Lect. |
Month |
Date |
Day |
Chapter |
Topics |
|
1 |
May |
27 |
Tu |
1 |
Doing Physics |
|
2 |
|
28 |
W |
2 |
Motion in a Straight Line |
|
3 |
|
29 |
Th |
3 |
Motion in Two and Three Dimensions |
|
4 |
June |
2 |
M |
3 (cont.) |
Motion in Two and Three Dimensions |
|
5 |
|
3 |
Tu |
4 |
Force and Motion |
|
6 |
|
4 |
W |
4 (cont.) |
Force and Motion |
|
7 |
|
5 |
Th |
5 |
Using Newton’s Law |
|
8 |
|
9 |
M |
Exam 1 |
Chapters 1-4 |
|
9 |
|
10 |
Tu |
5 (cont.) |
Using Newton’s Law |
|
10 |
|
11 |
W |
6 |
Work, Energy, and Power |
|
11 |
|
12 |
Th |
7 |
Conservation of Energy |
|
12 |
|
16 |
M |
8 |
Gravitation |
|
13 |
|
17 |
Tu |
9 |
Systems of Particles (Collisions) |
|
14 |
|
18 |
W |
9 (cont.) |
Systems of Particles |
|
15 |
|
19 |
Th |
9 (cont.) |
Systems of Particles |
|
16 |
|
23 |
M |
Exam 2 |
Chapters 5-9 |
|
17 |
|
24 |
Tu |
10 |
Rotational Motion |
|
18 |
|
25 |
W |
11 |
Rotational
Vectors and Angular Momentum |
|
19 |
|
26 |
Th |
12 |
Static Equilibrium |
|
20 |
30 |
M |
13 |
Oscillatory Motion |
|
|
21 |
July |
1 |
Tu |
14 |
Wave Motion |
|
22 |
|
2 |
W |
14 (cont.) |
Wave Motion (Sound) |
|
23 |
|
3 |
Th |
14/15 |
Wave Motion/Fluid Motion |
|
24 |
|
7 |
M |
15 |
Fluid Motion |
|
25 |
|
8 |
Tu |
Review |
|
|
26 |
|
9 |
W |
Exam 3 |
Chapters 10-15 |
-Holidays:
none
-No makeup exams will be arranged unless emergency/conflict situations are justified with official documents.