Physics150

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Homework Ch2: Exercises: 1 4 5 7 8 10 11 12 13 15 16 18 All SP problems Ch3: Exercises: 1 2 5 7-13 15 16 All SP problems Ch4: Exercises: 6 8 13 17 19 All SP problems Ch6: Exercises: 5 11 12 14 17-19 All SP problems

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 * Dept: Department of Chemistry and Physics**
 * Course Title: The Physical Universe**
 * Course Number: CPP 150**
 * Prerequisites: MAT 111 or MAT 261**
 * Credit Hours: 4**
 * Name of Instructor: Leon Kaganovskiy (leonkag@gmail.com)**
 * Office Hours:** **by appointment**

Date Prepared: September, 2016

 * __Course Description:__** The purpose of this course is to provide non-science majors with a conceptual understanding of physics. The students will learn the basic principles of Newtonian Physics and how they are applied to real world phenomena. The course includes both lectures and laboratory assignments.


 * __Course/Departmental Objectives:__**

The student will:
 * Gain an understanding of English and metric measurement systems
 * Learn how to apply abstract mathematical concepts
 * Understand Newton’s Laws of Motion and how they are applied
 * Gain an introduction to circular motion, the planets, and gravity
 * See how energy is conserved and yet can change forms
 * Gain an introduction to oscillatory processes including sound and light


 * __Course Content:__**

For each of the subject areas listed below students are required to read the indicated chapter of the text and to complete all of the exercises at the end of each chapter.

2//. __Describing Motion__// – Average and instantaneous speed, velocity, and acceleration. (Chapter 2)

3//__. Falling Objects and Projectile Motion__// – Acceleration due to gravity, tracking a falling object, throwing an object upward, projectile motion, hitting a target. (Chapter 3)

4. //__Newton's Laws: Explaining Motion__// – departure from the classical view of the universe according to Aristotle. Newton’s three laws of motion and how they are applied to describe the motion of objects. Mathematically describing forces and resulting motion. .(Chapter 4)

6. //__Energy and Oscillations__// **-** Simple machines, work, and power, kinetic and potential energy, conservation of energy, springs and simple harmonic motion. (Chapter 6)


 * __Course Requirements:__**

A Mid-Term Exam A cumulative Final Exam Regular homework assignments (not collected, but essential for good performance on exams) Laboratory exercises Students should bring a scientific calculator to each class and laboratory

Note that programmable calculators of any kind as well as cell-phone type calculators are not permissible for use during examinations. Students are advised to bring their textbook to each class.


 * __Grading Guidelines:__**

Midterm (40%) Final (50%) Labs, and In-Class Participation, and Comportment (10%) Missing or significantly incomplete homework assignments or Lab Reports, and/or irregular attendance, frequent tardiness, or excessive exits from class while in session, may result in a reduction in the final grade for the course.


 * __Course Text:__**


 * __Physics of Everyday Phenomena,__ W. Thomas Griffith, 2009, McGraw-Hill,**
 * ISBN- 978-0-07-351220-4, 7th Edition, Price $141.00.**


 * __Course Institutional Objectives:__**

In this course students will be introduced to the skills required for applying mathematical reasoning to real world problems. The scientific method will be illustrated in simple applications of physical reasoning to everyday phenomena. As a result students will be taught how and when to apply mathematical analysis to specific situations. Students should be able to gain a working knowledge of physics despite a weak science and/or math background


 * __Course Methodology:__**

Each class (except for the first one) will start with selected homework exercises as a review. This will be followed by lectures and discussions covering the new material. Emphasis in each lecture will be on the practical applications of physical theory.

From time to time lectures will be partially devoted to topics outside of the textbook on the physics of concepts directly related to student career objectives, e.g. the theory of wave motion as it relates to sound and light and to the processes of speech, hearing, and vision.

**__Academic Integrity:__** Academic integrity is essential to maintaining the highest quality of academic achievement as well as in having a meaningful learning experience. Students must take full responsibility for ensuring that all course reports, lab reports, and homework assignments are a result only of their own efforts. A copy of the full Touro policy on academic integrity is posted on campus bulletin boards and is available in the Office of the Dean.