PHYS 1010 - Introductory Physics

Academic Division:

Business, Industry and Technology

Academic Discipline:

Physics

Assistant Dean: Vincent Palombo PhD

3 Credit(s)
This course will provide students with a general understanding, knowledge, and awareness of the physical world around them. Topics will introduce the concepts of mechanical, electrical and atomic physics with discussions, lectures, and laboratory experiences related to the principles of mechanics, heat, light, sound, electricity, magnetism, and atomic structure. This course meets the requirements for OTM in Natural Sciences TMNS. UG

3 Lab Hour(s)

2 Lecture Hour(s);

Required Prerequisite Course(s): Take MATH 0084 or higher with a minimum grade of C-

College Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Learning Outcomes	Assessments - - How it is met & When it is met
Communication – Written
Communication – Speech
Intercultural Knowledge and Competence
Critical Thinking
Information Literacy
Quantitative Literacy

Student Learning Outcomes for Course

Outcomes	Assessments – How it is met & When it is met
1. Calculate one or two missing variables, given a problem in one dimension (involving time, position, velocity, and acceleration) of a single object.	Class discussions, homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 1-16.
2. Use Newton’s laws of motion to identify the reaction force, to solve a given problem involving the force interaction of two objects.	Class discussions, homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 1-16.
3. Use Newton’s laws of motion to calculate the missing variables, including force, given a problem involving one mass, with a constant acceleration.	Class discussions, homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 3-16.
4. Use conservation of energy to solve a problem involving one object with kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy for one unknown variable.	Class discussions, homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 4-16.
5. Use the law rotational equilibrium to solve a problem involving one rigid body and up to three forces for one unknown variable.	Class discussions, homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 5-16.
6. Be able to describe the proton, neutron, and electron including where they are located in the atom, and use the definitions of isotope, atomic number, and atomic mass to calculate the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons in an atom.	Class discussions, homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 6-16.
7. Solve for the indicated variable in problems involving Archimedes’ principle.	Class discussions, homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 7-16.
8. Solve for the pressure, volume, temperature, mass of gas, or amount of gas in ideal gas law problems.	Class discussions, homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 8-16.
9. Calculate the final temperature of a mixture of two equal size samples of one substance at two temperatures.	Class discussions, homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 9-16.
10. Solve for one of the variables in a specific heat problem for a single substance.	Class discussions, homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 9-16.
11. Solve for one of the variables in a thermal expansion problem for a single substance.	Class discussions, homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 9-16.
12. Solve for the heat necessary to produce one to two phase changes for a single substance.	Class discussions, homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 10-16.
13. Calculate the period or frequency given the other for a vibrating object or wave.	Class discussions, homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 11-16.
14. Calculate the frequency, wavelength, or velocity given the others for a wave.	Class discussions, homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 11-16.
15. Calculate the frequency of the beats produced by two given frequencies of sound.	Class discussions, homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 12-16.
16. Solve an electrostatics problem using Coulomb’s Law.	Class discussions, homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 13-16.
17. Solve for the equivalent resistance for up to three resistors in a series or parallel electric current.	Class discussions, homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 14-16.
18. Determine the direction of the magnetic field around a current carrying wire.	Class discussions, homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 15-16.
19. Solve for the direction of the force on a moving charge in a magnetic field.	Class discussions, homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 15-16.

Evaluation of the above will be determined by:

1. The appropriate solution formula.

2. Correct substitution into said formula.

3. The logical consistency of the methods and mathematical steps.

4. Correctness of the final numerical result, including proper units.

Standard Grading Scale
93-100 A

90 - 92 A-

87- 89 B+

83 - 86 B

80 -82 B-

77- 79 C+

73 - 76 C

70 -72 C-

67- 69 D+

63 - 66 D

60 -62 D-

00- 59 F

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