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WELCOME TO PHYSICS102 SPRING SEMESTER 2023-2024 (TERM232)
Be aware of: Code of Academic Honesty ميثاق النزاهة الأكاديمية
Phys 101 Course Description & Grading Policy (Term 232)
Course Description:
The topics covered include particle kinematics and dynamics; conservation of energy and linear momentum; rotational kinematics; rigid body dynamics; conservation of angular momentum; Gravitation; simple harmonic motion; the statics and dynamics of fluids.
Textbook:
"Principles of Physics", by Halliday, Resnick and Walker, 10th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2014).
Teaching Method:
The course material will be presented in lectures (3 hrs. per week). Problem solving techniques will be shown in recitations (1 hr. per week). The understanding of concepts learned in the lectures will be strengthened by laboratory work (3 hrs. per week). All classes (lectures and recitation) will start from the first week. Labs will start from week #2.
Course Learning Outcomes: On successfully completing the course the students can:
1. Solve kinematic problems involving motion of a point particle in one, two, and three dimensions including vector operations with an overall average of 50% in exams.
2. Formulate and apply Newton’s laws that govern the mechanics of a point particle and score an average of 55% in exams.
3. Understand the concepts of mechanical energy and linear momentum and apply their conservation laws to analyze simple mechanical systems with an average of 50% in exams.
4. Solve kinematic and dynamic problems involving rotation of a rigid body about a fixed axis and smooth rolling motion and score an average of 50% in exams.
5. Extend the rules of basic mechanics of translational motion to circular and orbital motions and score an average of 55% in exams.
6. Solve problems related to static equilibrium of extended bodies under the action of forces and/or torques and score an average of 55% in exams.
7. Analyze and solve basic static and dynamic fluid problems and score an average of 55% in exams.
8. Explain the oscillatory motion in one and two dimensions and solve problems for simple mechanical systems and score an average of 50% in exams.
9. Operate basic Laboratory equipment, collect and plot data, write results and draw conclusions in a concise report and score an average of 70% in lab grade.
Attendance Policy:
1. A DN grade shall be given to the student who has 3 or more unexcused absences in the LAB.
2. A DN grade shall be given to the student who has more than 12 unexcused absences in lecture + recitations,
3. A Student who has a valid excuse (from KFUPM clinic or Students Affairs) for his/her absence must present it to the instructor no later than one week after resuming classes.
Assessment:
| Grading Policy | % |
|---|---|
| Class Work | 10 |
| Lab Work | 20 |
| First Major Exam (Chapters 1-6): exam time: 120 minutes, consists of 20 MCQ | 20 |
| Second Major Exam (Chapters 7-11): exam time: 120 minutes, consists of 20 MCQ | 20 |
| Final Exam (Comprehensive covering Chapters 1 – 15): exam time: 180 minutes, consists of 30 MCQ | 30 |
| Total | 100 |
a) Classwork (with an average score of 7.0/10):
The class work score shall be derived from the student’s performance in the quizzes. At least 6 quizzes shall be given over the semester period.
b) Lab work (with an average score of 14/20):
The lab score shall be derived from a combination of lab reports and quizzes.
c) Exams:
All exams will be in-person in Dhahran and of multiple-choice type (MCQ). A sheet of important formulae (not definitions) will be provided in all exams. Specific dates and locations of the exams will be announced 1-2 weeks earlier.
d) Final Letter grade: based on a curve model.
Make-up Exam Policy:
A student who misses an exam with a valid excuse must present an officially authorized document to the course coordinator within 3 days after the date of the exam in order to take a make-up exam. However, if he/she misses the Final Exam with a valid excuse, he/she will get an “IC” grade in the course and will take a make-up exam in the following semester. If he/she does not have a valid excuse, the score for that exam will be zero. Personal excuses are not accepted.
Phys 101 Lecture Schedule (Term 232)
| Week | Day | Date | Topics | Chapter | Sec | Useful Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun Tue Thu | 14 Jan 16 18 | Measuring things, including lengths Time and Mass Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration | 01 01 02 | 1 2,3 1-3 | Significant fig, Motion in 1D |
| 2 | Sun Tue Thu | 21 23 25 | Constant acceleration, Free fall, Graphical Integration Vectors and unit vectors, adding vectors by their components. Multiplying Vectors | 02 03 03 | 4-6 1-2 3 | Calculus, More Vectors River & boat |
| Thursday Jan.25, 2024 – Last day for dropping courses without a permanent record | ||||||
| 3 | Sun Tue Thu | 28 30 01 Feb | Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration. Projectile motion, Uniform Circular Motion Relative Motion in 1D and 2D | 04 04 04 | 1-3 4,5 6,7 | Motion in 2D Projectiles |
| 4 | Sun Tue Thu | 04 06 08 | Newton's first and second laws Some particular forces Applying Newton’s Laws | 05 05 05 | 1 2 3 | Forces Gravity Force Atwood Machine |
| 5 | Sun Tue Thu | 11 13 15 | Friction, Uniform Circular Motion Review | 06 06 | 1 3 | Friction1, 2 Circular 1 |
| 6 | Sun Tue Thu | 18 20 22 | Kinetic Energy and Work Work done by Weight, Spring, Power Saudi Founding Day | 07 07 | 1,2 3,4,7 --- | Spring 1 Hook's Law1, 2 |
| First Major Exam (Chapters 1 – 6): (27 Feb. 2024) | ||||||
| 7 | Sun Tue Thu | 25 27 29 | Potential energy, Conservation of Mechanical Energy Work by an External Force, Conservation of energy Center of mass, Newton’s second law for a system of particles | 08 08 09 | 1,2 4,5 1,2 | Energy Conservation COM |
| 8 | Sun Tue Thu | 03 Mar 05 07 | Linear momentum, collision, and impulse Conservation of linear momentum, kinetic energy in a collision Collisions in 1-D and 2-D | 09 09 09 | 3,4 5,6 7,8 | Impulse Collision 1D,2D |
| 9 | Sun Tue Thu | 10 12 14 | Rotational Variables, Const. angul. acceleration, Linear to rotation Kinetic Energy and Rotational Inertia Torque, Newton’s 2nd Law and Work in Rotational Motion | 10 10 10 | 1-3 4-5 6-8 | Inertia Torque Rolling 1, 2 |
| Thursday Mar.21, 2024: Last day of dropping course(s) with grade “W” thru KFUPM portal | ||||||
| 10 | Sun Tue Thu | 17 19 21 | Rolling, Forces and Kinetic Energy of Rolling, Yo-Yo Torque and Angular moment., Newton’s 2nd Law in Angul. form Rigid Body and Conservation of Angular Momentum | 11 11 11 | 1-3 4-6 7-8 | Ang. Momentum Cons. Ang. Mom. |
| 11 | Sun Tue Thu | 24 26 28 | Review Equilibrium, Examples of Static Elasticity | --- 12 12 | --- 1,2 3 | Young, Shear Modulus |
| Eid Al-Fitr Holidays Mar.29, 2024-Apr.18, 2024 | ||||||
| Second Major Exam (Chapters 7 – 11): (23 April 2024) | ||||||
| 12 | Sun Tue Thu | 21 Apr 23 25 | Review Review Newton’s law, Principle of superposition, Gravitation near Earth | --- 13 13 | --- 1-3 4,5 | Gravity |
| 13 | Sun Tue Thu | 28 30 1 May | Gravitation Inside Earth, Gravitational potential energy Kepler's laws, Satellites Fluids, Density, and Pressure. Fluids at Rest, Measuring Pressure | 13 14 | 6,7 1-3 | Orbital Kepler 1 |
| 14 | Sun Tue Thu | 05 07 09 | Pascal’s Principles, Archimedes Principle. The Continuity Equation, Bernoulli's equation Review | 14 14 | 4,5 6,7 | Buoyancy Bernoulli |
| 15 | Sun Tue Thu | 12 14 16 | Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM), Energy in SHM Pendulums, Circular Motion Review | 15 15 --- | 1,2 4 --- | Pendulum 1 |
| 16 | Sun | 19 | Review | --- | --- | |
| Final Exam (Chapters 1 – 15): TBA | ||||||
I wish you a successful semester. PHYS101 Coordinator: Prof. Khalil Harrabi
Phys 101 Lab Policy (Term 223)
Grading Policy: The lab grade constitutes 20% of the Phys101 course. The grade is distributed as follows:
Reports (points) | Quizzes (points) | Total (points) |
| 10 | 10 | 20 |
- It is up to the instructor to give pre-lab or post lab quizzes.
- All students' works (reports and quizzes) should be graded and returned to students one week after the submission.
- The final lab grade will be normalized to 14/20.
Lab Attendance Policy
- A DN grade shall be given to the student who has 3 or more unexcused absences in the LAB. In case of 5 excused and/or unexcused absences, a DN grade shall be also given.
General Lab Policy
- Using mobile phone is not allowed in the labs. Student should keep their mobiles in their pockets or their bags, any student showing his mobile should be considered as a cheating case.
- Students must bring the supplies they need such as, Lab notebook (graph notebook), pencil, ruler, calculator, eraser … etc.
- Students will download the write-up of each experiment from Phys website (Phys 101 Lab Schedule).
- Students will read the write-up, do the experiment then write the report in their notebooks.
- Students are expected to work in groups during the collection of data. Then, each student must write his/her own report and answer the questions individually and not shar it with others. Any cheating, copying, or sharing attempts of the lab reports will be dealt with severe consequences according to the university policy.
- Students should finish their lab work during the lab session and the instructor must collect all the reports before leaving the lab.
- The role of the lab instructor is not to give a lecture. The instructor will spend the lab period interacting with students, monitoring their performance and answering their questions.
- According to the Labs safety guidelines, food and beverages are not allowed in the labs.
- The student must leave the lab space in a clean and tidy manner, return the tolls to their boxes, and disconnect any electrical wires.
Phys 101 Lab Schedule (Term 232)
| Week | Date | Write-Up | Data Studio File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 Jan. - 18 Jan. | NO LAB | |
| 2 | 21 Jan. - 25 Jan. | Significant Figures Significant F Report | |
| Thursday Jan.25, 2024 – Last day for dropping courses without a permanent record | |||
| 3 | 28 Jan. - 01 Feb. | Graphing | |
| 4 | 04 Feb. - 08 Feb. | Vectors | |
| 5 | 11 Feb. - 15 Feb. | Constant Acceleration | |
| 6 | 18 Feb. - 22 Feb. | Newton's Laws | NewtonEx1 NewtonEx2 NewtonEx3 |
| 7 | 25 Feb. - 29 Feb. | NO LAB | Saudi Founding Day/ First Major Exam |
| 8 | 03 Mar. - 07 Mar. | Spring | Spring |
| 9 | 10 Mar. - 14 Mar. | Inelastic Collision | Ballistic.ds |
| Thursday Mar.21, 2024: Last day of dropping course(s) with grade “W” | |||
| 10 | 17 Mar. – 21 Mar. | Rotational Inertia | Rotation1.ds Rotation2.ds Rotation3.ds |
| 11 | 24 Mar. - 28 Mar. | Maxwell's Wheel | Maxwell Wheel.ds |
| Eid Al-Fitr Holidays Mar.29, 2024-Apr.18, 2024 | |||
| 12 | 21 Apr. - 25 Apr. | NO LAB | Second Major Exam |
| 13 | 28 Apr. - 01 May. | Density | |
| 14 | 05 May - 09 Ma | Simple Pendulum | |
| 15 | 12 May - 16 May | NO LAB | |
| 16 | 16 May | ||
| Final Exam | |||
Office Hours - Term 232
Need Help in PHYS 101?
You are encouraged to seek help from any instructor teaching phys101 even if he is not your instructor.
| SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07:00– 07:50 | |||||
| 08:00– 08:50 | |||||
| 09:00- 09:50 | Rao (6-147) | Mogtaba (6-134) | Mogtaba (6-134) | Rao (6-147) | |
| 10:00- 10:50 | Bahlouli (6-221) | Mogtaba (6-134) Ghannam (6-141) | Bahlouli (6-221) Mogtaba (6-134) | Ghannam (6-141) | Bahlouli (6-221) Ghannam (6-141) |
| 11:00- 11:50 | Harrabi (6-151) Tariq (6-259E) | Burhan (6-139) | Harrabi (6-151) Tariq (6-259E) | Burhan (6-139) | Harrabi (6-151) Tariq (6-259E) |
| 12 :00- 12 :50 | Rao (6-147) | ||||
| 01:00- 01:50 | Raditya (6-145) | Burhan (6-139) (1:30-2:30) Tariq (6-259E) | Raditya (6-145) | Burhan (6-139) (1:30-2:30) | |
| 02:00- 02:50 | El-Said (6-218) Raditya (6-145) | El-Said (6-218) Raditya (6-145) | El-Said (6-218) | ||
| 03:00– 03:50 | Raditya (6-145) | Raditya (6-145) | |||
| 04 :00-04 :50 |
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