General Physics 1
Instructor: Dr. Jeff Saul
Schedule

Email: jsaul@unm.edu
Phone: (505) 277-0015
Msg: (505) 277-2616
Office: PandA Room 12B
(PandA at the NE corner of Yale and Lomas)

TA & SI

TA:  Chenyong Feng
SI-1:  Kaylee Tejeda (moebius@unm.edu)
SI-2:  Julian Camarena(jantolin@unm.edu)

SI Sessions: TBA
M 3-5 PM, F 5-7 PM (RH 114 or Lobby)
M 11 AM-1 PM, Tu 3- 4:45 PM (RH 111)

Physics 151-001      Fall 2009
Location: Regener Hall 103
MWF 9:00 - 9:50 AM

Dr. Saul's Office hours:
MF 10:00 - 11:50 AM (RH 109)
TuTh 12:25-12:55 PM (RH 109)
Th 2:30 - 3:45 PM (RH 111)
W 10:00 - 10:50 AM (RH 109)

Appointments can be set up with SI's & Dr. Saul by an emails including 4 good times

Important Dates

Registration Dates:

• Last day to add/change
  Friday, Sept 4
  
  
• Last day to drop
  without a grade
  Friday, Sept 11
  
  
• Last day to change
  grading options
  Friday, Sept 18
  
  
• Last day to withdraw
  without dean's approval
  Friday, Nov 13
  
  
• Last day to withdraw
  with dean's Approval

Exams Dates:

• Midterm Exam 1
  Wednesday, Sept 30
  
  
• Midterm Exam 2
  Wednesday, Nov 4
  
  
• Midterm Exam 3
  Wednesday, Dec 2
  
  
• Final Exam
  Wednesday, Dec 16
  7:30-9:30 AM

Physics 151: General Physics 1 Lecture

This is the first of a two-part introductory general physics course intended for non-physics majors. The main topics of the course are mechanics, thermodynamics, waves, and fluids.

Note that most course material can be found online in WebCT
Web-based homework assignments can be found in Mastering Physics or WebCT
Please check the course calendar in WebCT regularly

The goals of the course are to:

• Develop critical and analytical thinking abilities
• Learn fundamental physics concepts
• Enable quantitative and qualitative analyses of these physics concepts
• Develop an appreciation of physics in everyday life

The course is uses the text book: College Physics, 1st edition by Knight, Jones, and Field shown at right.

Learning Resouces/Materials:

• Textbook: Knight, Jones, and Field, College Physics, 1st edition
• Mastering Physics Licence
• Student Workbook
• Tutorials in Introductory Physics
• Tutorials in Introductory Physics homework
  (all of the above are in the textbook bundle available at the bookstore by August 29)
  
  
• an iClicker (available at the bookstore)
• a basic scientific cacluator (graphing calculators may be used during exams but must have their memories cleared before the exam starts)
• a ruler
• and a 3 ring binder.

Textbook notes: To keep costs low and because the 2nd edition of our textbook will be released in October (having an adverse effect on book buy-back), a looseleaf version of the textbook was selected, which you can put into the 3-ring binder. We will use the Mastering Physics homework system, the Tutorials in Introductory Physics Homework book, and assorted handouts as homework during the semester. The Tutorials in Introductory Physics will be used in the Problem Solving Sessions.

The Mastering Physics License and the Tutorials in Introductory Physics can be purchased separately. The Mastering Physics License can be purchased online and includes an electronic copy of the textbook.