syllabus of physics 101 2013-2014 - 2st-semester

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Course Title General Physics Course Code PHYS 101 Prerequisites None Year / Level 2013-2014, 1st Year level 2 (Dentistry College – Males &

Females) Course Website Course Instructors Dr. Said Azar and Ibrahem Ehmid Office Location Faculty Staff’s Office/ Second Floor Office Phone # =====

Office Hours Tue: 8:00 – 9:00 PM & Wed: 5:00 – 6:00 PM E-mail [email protected] Teaching assistant(s) =====

Course Description

This module is offered to students in the faculty of Dentistry and Nursing. The module will introduce the student to the basic language and ideas of physics that occur in all branches of bioscience and medicine.

Course objectives

The main objective of this introductory course is to provide the students with a clear and logical presentation of the basic concepts and principles of introductory physics, and to strengthen their understanding through a broad range of interesting applications in the real world.


Textbook Title Physics Author(s) Joseph W. Kane and Morton M. Sternheim Publisher John Wiley & Sons

Year 1988 (ISBN: 0-471-63845-5) Edition 3th Edition. Book Website -----

Assessment tools Assessment Expected due date Percentage

Quizzes At the end of each month 10 % Assignments After each Chapter 10 % Midterm Exam Weeks 7 th & 8 th from 9/3 – 20-/3 20 % Practical exam. Week 16 th from 11/5 -15/5 20 % Final Exam Weeks 18 th & 19 th from 25/05 – 05/06 40 %

Teaching & Learning Methods

• Theoretical and practical classes (lecture & practical). • Power point Presentations • Group work, group discussion & Self Readings • Multimedia

Useful Resources

• Library • Web sites • Interactive simulation such as Phet • Supplementary texts:

1- Raymond A. Serway, Physics for Scientists and Engineers , 4th edition, Saunders Golden Sunburst Series, 1990.

-978(ISBN: , 10th edition, 2011Fundamentals of PhysicsD. Halliday and R. Resnick -21-118-23072-5 (Extended edition)). 3- H. D. Young, R. A. Freedman, T. R. Sandin, And A. Lewis Ford, Sears and Zemansky’s University Physics , 10th edition, 2000. (ISBN: 0-201-60322-5). 4- Jerry B. Marion and William F. Hornyak, General Physics with Bioscience Essays , 2nd Edition John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1985.

Course Policies Attendance: Your attendance is mandatory. More than 10 % of unexcused absences will result in an automatic penalty of getting F. Chronic lateness will also impact your grade. Do not miss class on a day you do not have an assignment completed, because you will lose points for absence, discussion, and a late assignment. Journal assignments are still due on weeks you are absent, and should be emailed to me before the time that class starts. In order to pass this course, you must attend at least 90% of class meetings.


Late assignments: All assignments are due at the beginning of class. Late assignments will receive a penalty of one grade step if they are handed in less than one day (24 hours) late. Your assignments will receive an additional grade step deduction for each day they are late (assignments that are between 24 and 48 hours late will receive a penalty of two grade steps. This includes weekends and holidays. No assignments will be accepted after they are one week late. Hard copies of late assignments must be turned into my office. You should also email me a copy to verify the time at which it was completed. Academic honesty: College policies on academic honesty apply to this course. All work is to be done on an individual basis, and collaboration is not permitted. You may have someone who is not enrolled in this course proofread your papers for clarity, but you may not seek outside help regarding your paper’s content. You will be required to submit a signed copy of the College honor pledge with your short paper and your final paper. Discussion: Since this course is discussion-based, your active participation is required. You should come to class prepared to thoughtfully and actively discuss the day’s readings. In order to promote open and meaningful discussion, it is important to maintain an atmosphere in which everyone feels respected and comfortable sharing ideas and opinions. Remember to avoid interrupting your classmates and do not attack them personally. Be critical of arguments, not of individuals. If you ever are feeling uncomfortable in discussion, please come talk to me.


Course Lecture Timetable:

Week Date/Saturday Chapter and Subject Assignments and Notes

1st 26/01/ 2014 No Class

2nd 02/02/ 2014 Introduction and Syllabus

3rd 09/02/ 2014 Ch#1: Motion in A Straight Line Assignment I

4th 16/02/ 2014 Ch#2: Motion in Two Dimensions and Vectors

5th 23/02/ 2014 Ch#3: Newton’s Laws of Motion Quiz I

6th 02/03/ 2014 Ch#4: Statics: Torques, and Equilibrium Assignment II

7th 09/03/ 2014 Mid-term Exam

8th 16/03/ 2014 Mid-term Exam

9th 23/03/ 2014 Spring Holiday 23/03/2014 – 29/03/2014

10th 30/03/ 2014 Ch#6: Work, Energy and Power Assignment III

11th 06/04/ 2014 Ch#13: Fluid Mechanics

12th 13/04/ 2014 Ch#16: Electric Forces, Fields, and Potentials Assignment VI

13th 20/04/ 2014 Ch#17: Direct currents and Ohm’s Law Quiz II

14th 27/04/ 2014 Ch#24: Mirrors, Lenses, and Imaging Systems Assignment V

15th 04/05/ 2014 Ch#30: Nuclear Physics: Radioactivity and Half-Life Practical Lab Exams without

theoretical lecture stop 16th 11/05/ 2014 Ch#31: Ionizing Radiation: The

Interaction of Radiation with Matter 17th 18/05/ 2014 Revision

18th 25/05/ 2014 Final Exam

19th 01/06/ 2014


Practical and Tutorial Timetable:

Week Date Experiment No. Experiment title Notes

1st 26/ 01/ 2014 No Lab 2nd 02/ 02/ 2014 Introduction 3rd 09/ 02/ 2014 Exp(1) Measure ments in physics 4th 16/ 02/ 2014 Exp(2) Errors and Uncertainty

5th 23/ 02/ 2014 Exp(3) Simple Pendulum Quiz 1 6th 02/ 03/ 2014 Exp(4) Force Table 7th 09/ 03/ 2014 Mid-term Exam 8th 16/ 03/ 2014 Mid-term Exam 9th 23/ 03/ 2014 Spring Holiday 23/03/2014 – 29/03/2014 10th 30/ 03/ 2014 Exp(5) Hook’s Law 11th 06/ 04/ 2014 Exp(6) Ohm’s Law Quiz 2 12th 13/ 04/ 2014 Exp(7) Viscosity 13th 20/ 04/ 2014 Exp(8) Prism and refraction 14th 27/ 04/ 2014 Labs compensation 15th 04/ 05/ 2014

Final Lab Exam 16th 11/ 05/ 2014

17th 18/ 05/ 2014 18th 25/ 05/ 2014 19th 01/ 06/ 2014

Additional Notes There wi ll be some quizzes (1 0-15 minutes for each quiz) throughout the semester. The materials covered in the quizzes will the topic s taught before the quiz and not including the topics of the pervious quiz. There is no make-up for any quiz. If you attended to this course, I am available alon g the lecture, practical and office hours times.

Good luck

Dr. Said M. Azar & Ibrahem Ehmad Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Sciences [email protected]

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