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This document provides the course syllabus for General Physics I taught by Jason Stevens during the fall 2014 semester. The syllabus outlines 39 class meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 12:20-1:10pm in room Has 20. It lists the topics and chapters to be covered each date from introductions to motion in one and two dimensions, forces, energy, momentum, rotational motion and more in preparation for 3 exams and a final exam.

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Course Syllabus 2

This document provides the course syllabus for General Physics I taught by Jason Stevens during the fall 2014 semester. The syllabus outlines 39 class meetings on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 12:20-1:10pm in room Has 20. It lists the topics and chapters to be covered each date from introductions to motion in one and two dimensions, forces, energy, momentum, rotational motion and more in preparation for 3 exams and a final exam.

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General Physics I (151)

Jason Stevens

Course Syllabus

Fall 2014
MWF 12:20-1:10pm Has 20

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Date
Topics
1 - 9/3 intro, motion diagrams, velocity, acceleration (Ch. 1)
2-

9/5 units, unit conversion, powers of ten (Ch. 1)

3-

9/8 displacement, uniform motion, average & instantaneous velocity, speed (Ch. 2)

4-

9/10 velocity from x(t) graphs, acceleration, eq. of motion with const. acc. (Ch. 2)

5-

9/12 eq. of motion with const. acc., disp. from v(t) graphs, free fall (Ch. 2)

6-

9/15 free fall, motion down an inclined plane (Ch. 2)

7-

9/17 introduction to vectors, vector algebra (Ch. 3)

8-

9/19 vector algebra, relative velocity, tilted axes (Ch. 3)

9-

9/22 [extra topic] special relativity (will not be on exams or homework)

10 - 9/24 equations of motion in 2D, projectile motion (Ch. 4)


11 - 9/26 projectile motion (Ch. 4)
12 - 9/29 projectile motion (Ch. 4)
13 - 10/1 Review for Exam 1
14 - 10/2 [Thursday] Exam 1 (covers chapters 1-3; lectures 1-8; HW 1-3 plus part of HW 4)
xx - 10/3 [no class, Physics Holiday]
15 - 10/6 angular motion, centripetal acceleration (Ch. 4)
16 - 10/8 force, Newtons 1st & 2nd laws, identifying forces (Ch. 5)
17 - 10/10 normal force, free-body-diagrams, tension (Ch. 5&6)
xx - 10/13 [no class, Columbus Day]
18 - 10/14 [Tuesday] friction (Ch. 6)
19 - 10/15 Newtons 3rd law (Ch. 7)
20 - 10/17 Newtons 3rd law, centripetal force (Ch. 7&8)
21 - 10/20 centripetal force (Ch. 8)
22 - 10/22 Review for Exam 2
23 - 10/22 Exam 2 (covers chapters 4-6; lectures 10-18; HW 4-6 except first part of 4)
xx - 10/24 [no class, Physics Holiday]
24 - 10/27 impulse, momentum (Ch. 9)
25 - 10/29 conservation of momentum, inelastic collisions (Ch. 9)
26 - 10/31 inelastic collisions, momentum in more than one dimension (Ch. 9)
27 - 11/3 kinetic energy, gravitational potential energy (Ch. 10

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Date
Topics
28 - 11/5 conservation of mechanical energy, elastic collisions (Ch. 10)
29 - 11/7 springs, energy diagrams (Ch. 10)
30 - 11/10 Review for Exam 3
xx - 11/12 [no class, Tuesdays Schedule]
31 - 11/12 [Wednesday] Exam 3 (covers chapters 7-9 except 8.4 & 8.7; lectures 19-26; and HW 79)
32 - 11/14 work, dot product (Ch. 11)
33 - 11/17 work, power (Ch. 11)
34 - 11/19 center of mass (Ch. 12)
35 - 11/21 rotational motion, rotational kinetic energy, moment of inertia (Ch. 12)
36 - 11/24 moment of inertia, torque (Ch. 12)
xx - 11/26 [no class, Physics Holiday]
37 - 12/1 torque, angular acceleration, cross product (Ch. 12)
38 - 12/3 conservation of angular momentum (Ch. 12)
39 - 12/5 Review for Final Exam
Final Exam (TBA; covers mostly lectures 27-38, chapters & HW 10-12; but some earlier material)

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