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Syllabus

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Last Updated: July 23, 2008

Instructor :

 Dr. Douglas E. Fields

Office Location :

 Room 1148, Physics and Astronomy Building (Northwest Wing)

Office Phone :

 277-1466

Office Hours :

 Monday, Tuesday  3:00 - 5:00pm

Email :

 fields@unm.edu

Class Web Page :

 http://panda.unm.edu/courses/fields/phys160/Phys160_FA06.html

Class Times :

 Tuesday, Thursday  5:30 – 6:45pm

Class Location :

 Regener Hall, Room 103

Grader :

 Godwin Amo-Kwao (amokwao@unm.edu)

Special Instructor :

 Marc Bankole (kogibankole@yahoo.com)

SI Office Hours :

 ?

Problems Class Times :

 Thur.  7:00 – 7:50pm (Fields); ?, ?, ? (?)

Problems Class Location :

 Regener Hall, Room 114

Text Book :

 Young and Friedman University Physics 12th Edition, Pierson, Addison, Wesley

Grading :

 CPS = 10%;     Homework = 30%;     Exams (4) = 40%,     Final = 20%

Extra Credit :

 0.2pts per Problem Session in which you participate, up to a total of 3pts (That’s the difference between a 70 and a 85 on the final!)

Schedule of Classes:

Week

Date

Chapter

Mastering Physics

Due Before Class

Written Problems

Due Before Class

Comments

1

Tue. Aug.26

Ch. 1

 

Class Policies, Introduction to CPS, Units and Uncertainties 

1

Thur. Aug. 28

Ch. 1

#1

 

Addition and Subtraction of Vectors, Scalar and Vector Multiplication of Vectors

2

Tue. Sep. 2

Ch. 2

#2

#1

Speed and Velocity, Acceleration and Motion in 1D

2

Thur. Sep. 4

Ch. 2

#3

Motion with Constant Acceleration, Free Fall

3

Tue. Sep. 9

Ch. 3

#4

#2

2-D Motion and Relative Motion

3

Thur. Sep. 11

Ch. 3

#5

 

Projectile and Circular Motion

4

Tue. Sep. 16

Ch. 4

#6

#3

Newton’s 1st and 2nd Laws

4

Thur. Sep. 18

Ch. 4

#7

Mass and Weight, Newton’s 3rd Law

5

Tue. Sep. 23

Ch. 5

#8

#4

Equilibrium,

Dynamics

5

Thur. Sep. 25

Ch. 5

#9

Friction,

Circular Motion

6

Tue. Sep. 30

Ch. 1 - 5

#10

#5

Test Review &

Exam 1 

6

Thur. Oct. 2

Ch. 6

#11

 

Kinetic Energy

7

Tue. Oct. 7

Ch. 6

#12

#6

Work, Energy and Power  

7

Thur. Oct. 9

Ch. 7

#13

 

Gravitational & Elastic Potential Energy

8

Tue. Oct. 14

Ch. 7

#14

#7

Conservation of Energy

8

Thur. Oct. 16

Fall Break

9

Tue. Oct. 21

Ch. 8

#15

 

Momentum and Impulse

9

Thur. Oct. 23

Ch. 8

#16

 

Conservation of Momentum, Center of Mass, and Rocket Equation

10

Tue. Oct. 28

Ch. 9

#17

#8

Angular Velocity and Acceleration, Equations of Angular Motion, Energy in Rotational Motion

10

Thur. Oct. 30

Ch. 9, 10

#18

 

 Moments of Inertia, Torque,

Newton’s Second Law Redux

11

Tue. Nov. 4

Ch. 10

#19

#9

Angular Momentum

11

Thur. Nov. 6

Ch. 11

#20

Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies  

12

Tue. Nov. 11

Ch. 6 - 11

#21

#10

Test Review &

Exam 2 

12

Thur. Nov. 13

Ch. 12

#22

 

Gravitation, Potential Energy and Gauss’s Law,

 Kepler’s Law and Black Holes

13

Tue. Nov. 18

Ch. 13

#23

#11

Simple Harmonic Motion

13

Thur. Nov. 20

Ch. 13

#24

 

Damped and Forced Oscillations

14

Tue. Nov. 25

Ch. 14

#25

#12

Fluid Mechanics

14

Thur. Nov. 27

Thanksgiving Break

 

15

Tue. Dec. 2

Ch. 15

#26

#13

Waves,  Interference and Standing Waves

15

Thur. Dec. 4

Ch. 15, 16

#27

 

Normal Modes, Sound Waves

16

Tue. Dec. 9

Ch. 16

#28

#14

Doppler Effect and Shock Waves

16

Thur. Dec. 11

Ch. 12 - 16

#29

 

 Test Review &

 Exam 3

Thur. Dec. 18

Ch. 1 – Ch. 16 Final Exam 5:30 - 7:30pm, Regener Hall, Rm 103

For comments or changes contact Douglas Fields.