Physics 201: Principles of Physics I
Fall 1997
Section 1; Monday, Wednesday 1530-1645, Room 203, Physics Building.

Lecturer:
Craig Dukes, Room 117, High Energy Physics Laboratory

Telephone: 982-5364

E-mail: dukes@uvahep.phys.virginia.edu

Office Hours:
Mon.: 1700-1800, Tues.: 1400-1500, Room 206, Physics Building, (982-2086) or by appointment.

Text:
Physics, Fourth Edition, Cutnell and Johnson.

Problem Sessions:
You must enroll in one of the twelve discussion sessions, which will focus on developing good problem solving abilities. The problem assignments for each week are given on a separate sheet. A random selection of several of the problems each week, except the weeks of the reading holiday and Thanksgiving, will be graded and will count 25% of your final grade. They are due during the week indicated, and are handed in to your discussion section instructor at the start of the class. Homework concepts can be discussed with other students, but copying solutions is not allowed. The honor pledge is required for each problem set.

Attendance:
You are expected to attend all classes. If for some reason you miss a class, you are responsible for finding from a classmate any announcements that have been made in class. I will not respond to e-mail querries about any information that has been announced in class. If you miss a class you can get my class notes on the World Wide Web either directly by going to:
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/reserve/instructors/dukes.phys201.html
or by accessing VIRGO and clicking on reserves and following the appropriate instructions. (Note that I will not even consider writing letters of recommendation for students who do not participate in class.)

Tests:
There will be three tests of 75 minutes duration each and one three-hour final examination. The tests will only be given at the date and time indicated on the syllabus, without exception. The tests will be a selection of word problems, while the final exam will be multiple choice. Except in an emergency, there will be no excuse for missing a test. You will be allowed one week after your test has been returned to submit it to the grader for reconsideration.

Grading:
Each of the tests will count 15% toward your final grade, the homework will count a total of 25%, and the final exam will count 30%. For your final grade, the properly weighted numerical scores of your homework, tests and final exam will be summed, and a letter grade will be assigned which will depend on the distribution of scores for the class. Approximately 68% of the numerical grades will fall between the average minus one standard deviation and the average plus one standard deviation. In the past the class average has been approximately a B-, while the average plus one standard deviation an A-, and the average minus one standard deviation a C-.

Studying:
Most of the test and exam problems will be based on problems discussed in the text, assigned problems, problems discussed in class, and class demonstrations. The more problems you do and understand, the better you will do on the tests. Many of you will be surprised to learn that study habits that were successful in other courses will not work well for studying physics. This is because learning physics depends far more on understanding than on memorization. You will find that limiting your studying to cramming before the tests is not effective for developing the understanding needed to do well on the tests.

Physics 201: Principles of Physics, Section 1 (Dukes)
Tentative Fall 1997 Syllabus
Text: Cutnell and Johnson, Physics, 4th Ed.

Lecture Date Sections in Text Page Numbers Subject

Sept. 3 1.1-1.7 1-18 Measurement, vectors

Sept. 8 2.1-2.4 25-39 Acceleration

Sept. 10 2.5-2.7, 3.1-3.4 39-54, 59-79 Free fall, motion in two dimensions

Sept. 15 4.1-4.3 85-91 Newton's Laws

Sept. 17 Drop Deadline

Sept. 17 4.4-4.7 92-99 Newton's Laws, Gravitation

Sept. 22 4.8-4.12 100-121 Applications of Newton's Laws

Sept. 24 5.1-5.7 131-147 Uniform circular motion

Sept. 29 Test 1: 1.1-4.7

Oct. 1 6.1-6.3 153-165 Work and potential energy

Oct. 6 6.4-6.9 166-180 Conservation of energy

Oct. 8 7.1-7.5 187-206 Conservation of momentum

Oct. 13 Reading holiday!

Oct. 15 8.1-8.7 211-230 Rotational kinematics

Oct. 20 9.1-9.4 237-257 Rotational dynamics

Oct. 22 9.5-9.6 246-263 Rotational momentum and energy

Oct. 27 Test 2: 4.8-8.7

Oct. 29 Withdrawal deadline

Oct. 29 10.1-10.4 275-288 Simple harmonic motion

Nov. 3 10.5-10.8 288-298 Damped and driven oscillators

Nov. 5 11.1-11.6 307-323 Fluids

Nov. 10 11.7-11.11 323-336 Fluid flow

Nov. 12 12.1-12.8 346-369 Temperature and heat

Nov. 17 13.1-13.4 381-396 Heat transfer

Nov. 19 Test 3: 9.1-12.8

Nov. 24 14.1-14.4 401-417 Kinetic theory of gases

Nov. 27 Thanksgiving

Dec. 1 15.1-15.6 423-434 First Law of thermodynamics

Dec. 3 15.7-15.12 435-449 Engines and entropy

Dec. 8 16.1-16.11 458-486 Waves and sound

Dec. 10 17.1-17.7 494-515 Superposition and interference

Dec. 22 (Mon.) Final Exam: 1400-1700 Comprehensive

Dec. 18 (Thurs.) Alternate Final: 1400-1700 Comprehensive

Physics 201 Problem Assignments Fall 1997

Week Date Problem Assignment

1 Sept. 1 none

2 Sept. 8 1.4, 1.14, 1.42

3 Sept. 15 2.4, 2.10, 2.26, 3.16, 3.26

4 Sept. 22 4.6, 4.24, 4.32

5 Sept. 29 4.42, 5.10, 5.38

6 Oct. 6 6.2, 6.24, 6.30

7 Oct. 13 not graded 6.44, 6.54, 6.60

8 Oct. 20 7.16, 7.32, 8.14, 8.44

9 Oct. 27 9.4, 9.16, 9.23, 9.40, 9.60

10 Nov. 3 10.28, 10.44

11 Nov. 10 10.54, 10.64, 11.21, 11.27, 11.44

12 Nov. 17 11.55, 11.76, 12.4, 12.43, 12.62

13 Nov. 24 not graded 13.4, 13.26, 14.6, 14.15

14 Dec. 1 15.15, 15.2, 15.6

15 Dec. 8 15.64, 16.10, 16.36, 16.78