PHYSICS B4BCOURSE SYLLABUS

& CALENDAR

FALL SEMESTER2016

BAKERSFIELD COLLEGEPhysical Science Department

Instructor: Rick Darke

CONTENTS

COURSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1PREREQUISITES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2WEEKLY SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3OBJECTIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5TEXTBOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6IMPORTANT DATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7CONTACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8COURSE WEBSITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9READING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10PROBLEM SETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11WEBASSIGN: ENROLL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

CONTENTS

WEBASSIGN: DUE DATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13WEBASSIGN: LOGIN & USE. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14WEBASSIGN: PRESETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-16WEBASSIGN: SUPPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17LABORATORY: GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18LABORATORY: SAFETY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-24UNIT EXAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25FINAL EXAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26GRADING: SOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27GRADING: PERCENTAGE SCALE . . . . . . . . 28POLICY: ATTENDANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29POLICY: ACADEMIC HONESTY. . . . . . . . . . . 30

CONTENTS

POLICY: CALCULATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31POLICY: DISABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32POLICY: CHANGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33FALL 2016 CALENDAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34-37LEARNING OUTCOMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38-44

COURSE

NAME: PHYS B4B: Heat, Electricity, and Magne-tism (4 units).

C-ID DESCRIPTOR: The Course Identification Num-bering System (C-ID) is a supranumbering systemdeveloped to facilitate transfer and articulation inCalifornia's higher educational institutions. The C-IDdescriptor for PHYS B4B is PHYS 210 (Calculus-Based Physics for Scientists and Engineers: B). Visitwww.c-id.net for a description of PHYS 210 coursecontent.

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PREREQUISITES

The prerequisites for PHYS B4B are: PHYS B4A(mechanics and wave motion) and MATH B6B (ana-lytic geometry / calculus II). MATH B6C (calculus III)is a recommended course.

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WEEKLY SCHEDULE

LECTURE: R. Darke MW 8:00-9:25 SE 53LAB (71423): R. Darke T 7:45-10:55 SE 4LAB (71424): R. Darke T 1:00-4:10 SE 4LAB (71425): R. Darke R 7:45-10:55 SE 4LAB (71426): R. Darke R 1:00-4:10 SE 4

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OBJECTIVES

This course is designed for physics, engineering,and other science-based majors to meet in part therequirement of an introductory sequence in calcu-lus-based physics by four-year colleges and univer-sities.

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SCOPE

This course covers all major topics within thermalphysics, electric charge, electric field, electric poten-tial, capacitance, dielectrics, direct and alternatingcurrent circuits, magnetic fields, magnetic forces,electromagnetic induction, magnetic properties ofmatter, Maxwell's equations, and electromagnetic os-cillations and waves. Physical laws, principles, theo-ries, and problem-solving methodology are empha-sized.

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TEXTBOOK

The required course text isPhysics for Scientists and En-gineers with Modern Physics(Chapters 1-46), by R. Serway& J. Jewett, Brooks Cole, 9/ew/ WebAssign access, 2014,ISBN-9781133953982 (hybridversion). Students who tookPhysics B4A last spring orsummer should already havethis text (or an acceptable variation of it).

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IMPORTANT DATES

Monday 08-22-16 Instruction beginsFriday 09-02-16 Last day for refundsSunday 09-04-16 Last day to drop classMonday 09-05-16 Labor Day holidayFriday 10-21-16 Last day to withdrawFriday 11-11-16 Veterans Day holiday11-24 and 11-25-16 Thanksgiving holidaysFriday 12-02-16 Last day of instructionWednesday 12-07-16 Final exam (7:30-9:50)Friday 12-09-16 End of fall semester

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CONTACT

I will hold regular office hours in SE 4 on days andat times that will be determined sometime after thefirst class meeting and student schedules have beenconsidered. If you need to contact me for any rea-son, you can leave me a voice-mail message at395-4245 or e-mail me at physicsatbc@aol.com. Insituations of some urgency, you can contact JanetThomas (395-4231) in the Learning Support Ser-vices Office (SE 57).

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COURSE WEBSITE

The course website www.rdarke.weebly.com is asource of donwloadable files (mostly pdf and xlsx)relevant to the course and to which access is nec-essary or advisable. These files include the coursesyllabus, formula lists for exams / general use, lec-ture notes and images, practice problems for se-lected course material, and excel files to be used inconjunction with a few lab exercises. To access thesefiles (download or view only), go to the site home-page and click on Physics B4B in the upper rightportion of the screen. That will take you to a singlelist of all of the currently available downloads.

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READING

The assigned reading in the textbook, as is speci-fied on the accompanying course CALENDAR,should be done prior to the class meeting for whichthe corresponding lecture is slated. It is extremelyimportant that you are exposed to material in thetext before it is presented in lecture. This will makea significant difference in your level of understand-ing the subject. The page listings for the readingassignments are specific to the hybrid version of thetext. If you don't have the hybrid version, you willhave to correlate page numbers for the assignedreading.

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PROBLEM SETS

For each chapter covered in the text, a problem setconsisting of 10 problems (5 for chapters not fullycovered) is assigned. These problems are to beworked and submitted online for grading throughthe service WebAssign. If you do not already havea WebAssign account, you will need to set one uponline (see next page). To activate your account forthe Physics B4B course, go to www.webassign.netand follow the directions shown (next page) to enterthe class key. Chapter problem submission dead-lines are shown in a following table (and also on thecourse CALENDAR).

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WEBASSIGN: ENROLL

Go to www.webassign.net

Under STUDENTS select I Have a Class Key

Enter bakersfield 2506 6350

Click SUBMIT

Click Yes, this is my class.

Select: I already have a WebAssign account.

or I need to create a WebAssign account.

Click CONTINUE

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WEBASSIGN: DUE DATES

CH19 10 WED 8-31-16 6:00 AMCH20 10 WED 9-14-16 6:00 AMCH21 5 MON 9-19-16 6:00 AMCH22 5 WED 9-21-16 6:00 AMCH23 10 MON 10-03-16 6:00 AMCH25 10 MON 10-10-16 6:00 AMCH26 10 MON 10-17-16 6:00 AMCH27 10 MON 10-24-16 6:00 AMCH28 5 WED 10-26-16 6:00 AMCH29 10 MON 11-07-16 6:00 AMCH30 10 MON 11-14-16 6:00 AMCH31 10 MON 11-21-16 6:00 AMCH32 5 WED 11-23-16 6:00 AM

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WEBASSIGN: LOGIN & USE

Go to www.webassign.net/login.html Enter: username, institution code, password Click Log In Select class from My Classes menu Click on assignment name Answer and submit assignment questions Review your marks and feedback Resubmit your corrected answers When you are done, always click Log Out

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WEBASSIGN: PRESETS

You are allowed 5 submissions for each part ofa problem. Answers for parts of problems may be submittedindividually. Scoring of problems is done using last answerssubmitted. Students may save their progress without it count-ing as a submission. Each student is given randomized values in prob-lems: no two problems are alike. Hints are shown for some problems after the firstsubmission. Tutorials & e-book are available for all problems.

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WEBASSIGN: PRESETS

Practice another version is available for randomproblems. Answer keys are available for all problems afterthe submission deadline. Solution steps are shown for some problemsafter the submission deadline. Previous reponses on problems are viewable atall times. Correction marks for answers are viewable afterthe first submission. Note that all problem set submission deadlinesare at 6:00 AM.

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WEBASSIGN: SUPPORT

If you need help, WebAssign Customer Support isfast and free: webassign.com/support-request or1-800-955-8275. WebAssign support staff cannot:

change your username or password give assignment extensions change your score give you extra submissions help you with assignment content resolve PayPal payment problems

If you have payment problems, contact PayPal atpaypal.com or call 1-402-935-2050.

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LABORATORY: GENERAL

The course laboratory session is a 3-hour meetingheld in SE 4 on a day and time specific to yoursection of the course. The topics covered in each ofthe labs are specified on the accompanying courseCALENDAR. There is no required laboratory manualfor this course. Handouts for lab exercises will bepassed out in the pre-lab portion of lab. There willbe eleven 5-point laboratory assignments to beturned in for grading during the term (no makeups),the lowest scored of which will be thrown out at theend of the semester.

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LABORATORY: SAFETY

Laboratory safety is a primary concern in any labo-ratory-based physical science course. All studentstaking Physics B4B will be introduced to basic safetyconcerns as would be specific to this course andthe lab work done in it. At the first lab meeting yourlab instructor will discuss the safety items listed asfollows. At the conclusion of this briefing, you willsign and date two copies of this safety form. Oneyou will keep, and the other is to be kept in thedepartment's records. Any student who has notsigned a laboratory safety form will not be allowedto participate in any lab work in the course.

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LABORATORY: SAFETY

Absolutely no food or drinks are allowed in labs,classrooms, or hall areas of this building - andsmoking is prohibited everywhere. If you bring anyfood or drink with you into the lab, it must be in asealed container and stowed. If you leave on breakfor food or drink, please do so outside the building.

Do not enter the physics stockroom (SE 6) orthe chemistry stockroom (SE 18) if the technician isnot present. Do not enter the physics or chemistrystockrooms unless requested to do so by the in-structor or the technician.

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LABORATORY: SAFETY

Know where the following items and locationsare in and around your physics lab: [1] fire exitsfrom the lab and the building; [2] fire extinguisherand first aid kit; [3] telephones (emergency use only);and [4] Learning Support Services office (SE 57).

Report all injuries to the instructor, no matterhow seemingly insignificant. You should also reportall near-accidents or mishaps, as this informationcan allow us to take steps to minimize any possibledanger to students or equipment in the future.

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LABORATORY: SAFETY

Report any known or suspected equipment dam-age to the instructor or the stockroom technician. Ifyou are not certain that a piece of equipment hasbeen compromised in any way, notify the instructoror technician so that they can assess the situation.

Laboratory experiments may not be performed ifthe instructor is not in attendance. Do not performany experiments that are unauthorized or deviatefrom written instructions.

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LABORATORY: SAFETY

When performing experiments, all book-packs,purses, clothing, and other such personal belong-ings (other than what is necessary to complete theexperiment) should be placed out of the way in thealcove area of the lab. This will eliminate the addedhazard of having to work around such obstacles.

Some experiments will involve the use of elec-tronic circuits that you will set up (some may utilizehigh voltage power supplies). Have your instructorcheck and okay your circuit before you power it upin order to avoid damage due to improper wiring.

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LABORATORY: SAFETY

Make sure that you do not arrive late to lab. Thefirst portion of each lab session includes a discus-sion of the operation of and safety considerationsfor the equipment you will be using. You need to bepresent during this discussion so that you are awareof and can follow all safety directives.Keep this signedcopy as your record.

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UNIT EXAMS

Three (3) unit exams will be given during the term,the dates of which are specified on the accompany-ing course CALENDAR. Each of these exams willbe worth either 50 or 75 points, depending on thenumber of chapters covered. There will be no make-up exams given in this course unless the justifica-tion is sufficient and the instructor is notified beforethe exam. The difficulty level of make-up exams willbe slightly higher than the regular exams. Materialincluded on unit exams will span topics covered inlectures, in the text, in assigned problems, and inexercises done in class.

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FINAL EXAM

A 140-point comprehensive final exam, which willcontribute 28.0 percent to your course grade, willbe given from 7:30 to 9:50 AM on Wednesday, De-cember 7. All students must take the final exam topass the course. A high standing in the class at theend of the course does not exempt a student fromtaking the final exam.

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GRADING: SOURCES

An overall course point total between 0 and 500 willbe computed from the sources shown in the tablebelow.

SOURCES OF POINTS

Unit exams (3) 200 pts 40.0%Problem sets (13) 115 pts 22.0%Lab exercises (11/12) 55 pts 10.0%Final exam (1) 140 pts 28.0%

Total points 500 pts 100.0%

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GRADING: PERCENTAGE SCALE

Your course grade will be determined by the per-centage scale shown in the table below.

88-100% (440-500 pts) A76-88% (380-439 pts) B58-75% (290-379 pts) C45-58% (225-289 pts) D00-45% (000-224 pts) F

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POLICY: ATTENDANCE

Although attendance is not figured directly into yourgrade, a few absences could seriously affect yourperformance in this course. Roll is normally taken atthe start of each class meeting, with you initialingan attendance sheet. If you come in late to a class,please inform the instructor at the end of the periodthat you were present. Students are officially respon-sible for withdrawing from this or any other class inwhich they no longer wish to be enrolled. Non-at-tendance does not release the student from thisresponsibility.

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POLICY: ACADEMIC HONESTY

Students are entitled to the finest education thatBakersfield College can make available to them.However, student proficiency and achievement inany course must include the realization that thereare standards of academic honesty which shouldprevail in all endeavors. Any form of academic dis-honesty in this course will not be tolerated and willbe treated as student misconduct. Please refer tothe Bakersfield College 2016-2017 Catalog regard-ing academic honesty definitions and policy, andrefer to the the Bakersfield College Student Hand-book about possible disciplinary consequences ofstudent misconduct.

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POLICY: CALCULATOR

A calculator is a necessary instructional support itemfor this course. To be effective in handling all of thecomputational tasks encountered in this course, yourcalculator should have all of the capabilities of ascientific calculator, plus multi-function regressionanalysis capability. Routine regression analysis willbe done in the laboratory portion of the course, anda calculator that can perform linear, exponential, andquadratic regression analyses is necessary. If youdo not own such a calculator, you can always usea loaner from our lab. Bring your calculator to classwith you every day.

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POLICY: DISABILITY

Supportive Services assists the college in providingaccess to educational opportunities for students withdisabilities and provides reasonable accommoda-tions to students with documented physical, com-munication, psychological, developmental, and learn-ing disabilities who are enrolled in classes throughBakersfield College. Students with disabilities whobelieve they may need accommodations in thiscourse are encouraged to contact Supportive Ser-vices in FACE 16 (395-4334) as soon as possible toensure that timely accommodations can be made(see the Bakersfield College 2016-2017 Catalog).

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POLICY: CHANGES

The instructor reserves the right to make anychanges in the course or calendar that are deemedappropriate. Such changes might involve minor re-alignments in covered topics, assignment content,assignment point values, or assignment due dates.Any changes would be made only if they are felt tobe necessary in maintaining an effective level ofinstruction, learning, or evaluation.

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9-05

LABOR DAYHOLIDAY

8-29

LECTUREBehavior ofIdeal Gases

CH19: 454-456

9-02

9-06

LAB 2Gas Proper-ties & Ideal

Gas Law

9-07

LECTUREFirst Law &

Gas ProcessesCH20: 471-478

9-08

LAB 2Gas Proper-ties & Ideal

Gas Law

9-09

9-12

LECTUREEnergy Trans-

fer MechanismsCH20: 478-484

9-16

8-31 P19

LECTUREHeat Energy& CalorimetryCH20: 460-471

9-14 P20

LECTUREGas Processes& PV DiagramsCH21: 488-501

9-13 L2/3

LAB 3Specific

Heat & Cal-orimetry

9-15 L2/3

LAB 3Specific

Heat & Cal-orimetry

8-30 L1

LAB 1RegressionAnalysis &Estimation

9-01 L1

LAB 1RegressionAnalysis &Estimation

8-22

LECTURETemperature &ThermometersCH19: 444-449

8-23

LAB 0Syllabus,

Surveys, &Safety

8-24

LECTUREThermal

ExpansionCH19: 449-454

8-25

LAB 0Syllabus,

Surveys, &Safety

8-26

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LECTURECharge &

Electric FieldsCH23: 540-549

9-30

10-05

LECTUREElectric Poten-tials & FieldsCH25: 594-604

10-07

9-28

LECTURECharge &

Electric FieldsCH23: 549-563

9-19 P21

LECTUREHeat Transfer-ring MachinesCH22: 509-523

9-21 P22

EXAM 1Chapters

19-22(75 points)

10-03 P23

LECTUREElectric Po-

tential EnergyCH25: 584-594

9-20 L4

LAB 4Entropy

Change inProcesses

9-22 L4

LAB 4Entropy

Change inProcesses

9-27 L5

LAB 5Entropy asa Measureof Disorder

9-29 L5

LAB 5Entropy asa Measureof Disorder

10-04 L6

LAB 6Charge Dis-tributions &

Gauss's Law

10-06 L6

LAB 6Charge Dis-tributions &

Gauss's Law

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10-12

LECTUREDielectrics

& CapacitanceCH26: 622-630

10-10 P25

LECTURECapacitors

& CapacitanceCH26: 609-622

10-11

LAB 7Electric

Potentials& Fields

10-13

LAB 7Electric

Potentials& Fields

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11-02

LECTURETorque on aCurrent Loop

CH29: 694-704

11-04

11-09

LECTUREAmpere's Law& ApplicationsCH30: 715-TBD

11-11

10-26 P28

EXAM 2Chapters

23-28(75 points)

10-31

LECTUREMagnetic

Fields & ForcesCH29: 680-694

11-07 P29

LECTUREBiot-Savart Law& ApplicationsCH30: 708-715

11-

VETERANSDAY HOLIDAY

10-24 P27

LECTUREResistor Net-

works, CircuitsCH28: 653-666

10-25 L8/9

LAB 9Resistance,Resistors &Ohm's Law

10-27 L8/9

LAB 9Resistance,Resistors &Ohm's Law

11-01 L10

LAB 10Kirchhoff's

Laws & Resis-tive Circuits

11-03 L10

LAB 10Kirchhoff's

Laws & Resis-tive Circuits

11-08 L11

LAB 11Character-

istics of RCCircuits

11-10 L11

LAB 11Character-

istics of RCCircuits

10-2110-19

LECTUREElectri-

cal PowerCH27: 646-649

10-17 P26

LECTURECurrent

& ResistanceCH27: 634-646

10-20 L7

LAB 8Capacitors

& CapacitorCombinations

10-18 L7

LAB 8Capacitors

& CapacitorCombinations

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11-24

THANKS-GIVING

HOLIDAY

11-25

THANKS-GIVING

HOLIDAY

11-29

REVIEWFOR FINAL

EXAM

12-01

REVIEWFOR FINAL

EXAM

12-02

11-14 P30

LECTUREFaraday's Law& ApplicationsCH31: 731-745

11-23 P32

EXAM 3Chapters

29-32(50 points)

11-28

LECTUREAlternating

Current CircuitsCH33: 776-785

11-16

LECTUREGenerators& Motors

CH31: 745-751

11-21 P31

LECTUREInductance& Inductors

CH32: 756-764

11-22

NOLAB

MEETING

11-30 P33

LECTUREElectromag-

netic RadiationCH34: 802-814

11-15 L12

LAB 12Introductionto AC Cir-

cuits

11-17 L12

LAB 12Introductionto AC Cir-

cuits

12-07 P34

FINALEXAM

7:30-9:50(140 points)W

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

The following are the student learning outcomesadopted for the PHYS B4B course and on record inthe course outline. At the conclusion of this coursethe student should be able to:

SLO-1: demonstrate the ability to employ the prin-ciples and conservation laws encountered in thisphysics course to solve conceptual problems in ther-modynamics, electricity and magnetism. The stu-dent will demonstrate the ability to build on theprinciples and conservation laws encountered in theprevious physics course in the sequence (Newtonianmechanics) to solve conceptual problems.

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

SLO-2: continue to perfect the critical reading skillsthat are necessary in assimilating the type of tech-nical material encountered in a physics course inthermodynamics, electricity and magnetism. Thesereading skills are crucial in learning to apply physicsprinciples to conceptual and quantitative problemsolving and also to understand problem-solvingmethodology as is guided by sample problems withinthe textbook.

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

SLO-3: develop an effective methodological approachto quantitative problem solving in thermodynamics,electricity and magnetism. The student will showevidence of seeking and using “conceptual keys”(principles and conservation laws) to build upon inquantitative problem solving. The student will be-come skilled in the organization and documentationof work done in quantitative problem-solving exer-cises.

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

SLO-4: perform a multifunction regression analysison paired data and (1) fit the data with a regressionequation, and (2) use the regression equation as atool in making estimations, and (3) employing inte-gral and differential calculus techniques in obtainingquantities related to regression equations. The stu-dent will be able to use the coefficient of determina-tion from a regression analysis to evaluate the good-ness-of-fit of the regression equation.

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

SLO-5: become proficient in the type of problemsolving typical in an introductory physics course inthermodynamics, electricity and magnetism. In thissense, “problem solving” is meant to include (1) thecritical reading of the problem, (2) the recognition ofprinciples involved in the problem, (3) the identifica-tion of the information given and the quantity re-quested, (4) the feasibility of a solution, (5) the iden-tification of a group of relevant formulae essential toobtain a solution, and (6) the successful employ-ment of mathematical operations used to obtain thesolution.

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

SLO-6: effectively employ the math skills and inter-pretive tools of some useful statistical methods aswould be used in analyzing experimental data. Thiswould include finding various “measures of centraltendency” and other relevant parameters associatedwith data, and to be able to work with both discreteand continuous distributions. The student will beable to correctly use/interpret such experimentalquantities as uncertainties, units, measurement pre-cision, and measurement accuracy.

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

SLO-7: continue to perfect the laboratory skills of(1) being able to use laboratory apparatus properly,(2) following safe laboratory practices, (3) followingwritten and verbal directions, (4) making measure-ments with appropriate precision, and (5) evaluatingthe accuracy of measurements. The student will alsobe able to configure laboratory apparatus given aschematic diagram to work with.

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