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PHY 017-01 Concepts of Physics
Course Syllabus Fall 2020
Dr. Joseph F. Alward Telephone: (209) 406-4467 (my cell phone)
Office Hours: Every day (seven days), 9:00 A.M. until 7:30 P.M.
Email: JAlward@pacific.edu
Textbook
Textbook is online. Links to the various parts are below.
Course content includes: Motion in one and two dimension, Newton's laws, work, kinetic energy, power, conservation of energy, momentum, waves and sound, electric forces, electric forces, electric circuits, magnetic forces, electromagnetic induction, electromagnetic waves, lenses, special relativity, quantum mechanics, particles and waves, atomic and nuclear physics, radioactivity. |
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Course Schedule
Course Schedule
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Aug 28 |
| Aug 31 Holiday |
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Oct 2 Holiday |
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Nov 25 Holiday |
Nov 27 Holiday |
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Dec 2 |
Dec 4 Review |
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Examinations (400 points): There are four 75-minute, open-book, online examinations. The exams will consist of 20 multiple-choice answer questions. .
The final examination (described below) score will replace the lowest of the students' four exam scores, provided the final exam score is higher than the lowest exam score. Note: For those students who otherwise would get a D+ or lower in the course based on the single-exam replacement rule, the lower two exam scores for those students will be replaced by the final exam score, providing the final exam score is higher than both scores. In such an event, C- is the highest grade that will be awarded.
There are no make-up, late, or early exams; if a student doesn't take the exam on the day, and at the time scheduled, that missed examination score will be replaced by whatever score the student receives on the comprehensive final exam.
Quizzes
The dates of the quizzes will be announced soon.
Final Examination (100 points)
The final examination is taken online, is open-book, and is three hours long; it covers all of the material covered in the semester and must be taken at the assigned time. It consists of 33 multiple-choice answer questions.
The final exam score is used not only to replace the lowest exam score--if one of the first four exam scores is lower than the final exam score, but also counts as the fifth examination. Thus, there are five exam scores with a total possible value of 500 points. Some students might end up with more than 500 points on the five exams because of the curving of the exam scores.
The final exam is worth 100 points. In rare cases, owing to curving, some students may have gotten exam scores higher than 100,and might, by the time of the final, already have more than the 92% of the course total of 620 points needed to receive an "A" in the class (571 points or more). In such a case, the student would not need to take the final exam, since he or she will be awarded an "A" whether the final is taken, or not. In other cases, students might only need a dozen or so points on the final exam to earn an "A."
Laboratory (120 points): Prof. Gerald Hyatt will email information about the laboratory portion of this course.
Grading: Your course grade will be based on following percentage scale. The number of points possible will be the sum of the four unit exams (4 x 100), the final exam (100), the laboratory (120), and however many points are possible for the various quizzes given (to be determined).
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Aug 28 |
Aug 30 |
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Sep 13 |
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Oct 4 Holiday |
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Nov 29 Holiday |
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Dec 6 Review |
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The College of the Pacific Honor Code Policy
Approved by COP Council: November, 2009
The College of the Pacific holds all of its students to a strict standard of academic integrity. In the case of a suspected violation of the University academic honor code, the faculty member and the chair of the department will evaluate the alleged infraction and report it immediately to both the chair of the department, the College Academic Affairs office and the Office of Judicial Affairs, which will begin a formal investigation. If the Office of Judicial Affairs determines that the student is responsible for the honor code violation, the standard penalty in the College is failure of the assignment and/or the course. In such cases, the student will be prevented from dropping or withdrawing from the course, even if the deadline to do so has not expired. Further disciplinary action may also be taken by the Office of Judicial Affairs.
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