Length of Course: One semester (14 weeks)

 

Classroom Hours Per Week: 4 hours lecture, 2 hours lab

 

Number of Credits: 3 credits

 

Prerequisite: Physics 12

 

Corequisites: Mathematics 113 and English 098

 

An introductory course in Newtonian mechanics using the basic concepts of differential and integral calculus to study rectilinear motion and vector calculus to study motion in the plane. Topics include reference, collisions, work-energy principles, harmonic motion, rotation, and simple problems in relative dynamics.

 

Week 1: Measurements and Vectors. Motion in One Dimension
Week 2: Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
Week 3: Newton’s Laws
Week 4: Additional Applications of Newton’s Laws
Week 5: Work and Energy
Week 6: Conservation of Energy
Week 7: Systems of Particles and Conservation of Momentum
Week 8: Rotation
Week 9: Conservation of Angular Momentum
Week 10: Gravity
Week 11: Static Equilibrium and Elasticity
Week 12: Oscillations
Week 13: Selected Topics: Modern Physics, Wave Motion

 

Quizzes 5%
Midterm exams 30%
Laboratory 20%
Final Exam 45%

 

Paul A. Tipler, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 6 th Edition, Worth Publishers, 2008.

Chapters relevant to the above topics are 1-12 and 14.

 

SFU: with COLU PHYS120 = SFU PHYS 120(3) + PHYS 121(3) = PHYS 131(0)
UBC: PHYS 101(3)
UVic: PHIL 120 (1.5 units)