BROOME COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Engineering Physics I                                                                                 FALL 2004

PHY 181-01          10:00 AM       M W, F Rm: B-110 PHY 181 L11 Tues 8:00-10:50 Rm AT 116 (Mr McGrew)                                PHY 181 L12 Mon 2:00- 4:50 Rm AT 115 (Mr McGrew)

                                PHY 181 L14 Thur 11:00-1:50 Rm AT 116 (Mr Modrak)

Corequisite:             MAT 181 or equivalent

Prerequisite:PHY 161 or equivalent, or placement by an advisor.

Instructor:John Gerty

Office:                      AT-101B

Phone:            778-5331

Office Hours:         posted on office door

Textbook:Halliday, Resnick, Walker; Fundamentals of Physics 7^th ed.

                                Lab Manual for Physics 181 (2001 revision)

Calculator:               Graphing calculator (HP or TI)

ATTENDANCE:       Attendance at all scheduled course activities is expected of each student. Absent students are responsible for any work missed, regardless of the reason for absence. Attendance will be taken as required by the College. Tobacco use, private conversations, and other disturbing behavior will not be permitted in class, Students should have a scientific calculator with them in class and laboratory.

CHEATING,:           Cheating includes the unauthorized receiving or giving of information resulting in an unfair advantage. Students suspected of cheating on a quiz or exam will receive a grade of zero on that quiz or exam. A second offense will result in automatic failure of the course and possible disciplinary action by the College.

GRADES:

HOMEWORK: Homework will be assigned on a weekly basis. Students are to read sections and attempt all homework problems. Homework may be collected and graded at the discretion of the instructor. Any student absent when homework is collected or any student with an incomplete assignment will have no opportunity to turn in the assignment late,

LABORATORY:      Physics lab procedures will be explained in detail by your lab instructor. The student should be aware that failure to submit more than three Physics lab reports on time will result in a grade of "F" for the entire Physics course.

QUIZZES:     Short unannounced quizzes will be given often during the semester. A missed quiz will be graded as zero regardless of the reason for absence. One quiz grade will be dropped at the end of the semester.

EXAMS: Four (4) one hour exams will be given (approximately one every three weeks) during the semester. If an exam is to be missed, the instructors must be notified prior to the exam, and a valid (as determined by the instructors) reason stated. A make-up exam will be considered only for instructor-approved absences.

FINAL EXAMS: A mandatory comprehensive final exam will be given during final exam week. The exact time and place will be schedule by the registrar. Students must take the final exam at the scheduled time. Failure to take the final exam in any course will result in a grade of zero (0) for that exam.

FINAL GRADES: The following table will be used for grading.

The final grade for the course will be produced as follows:

                     Homework and quizzes     20%

                     exams                                40%

                     lab                                      20%

                     final exam                 20%

                                                              100% 

ADVICE:       If you begin to have difficulties in this or any other course, deal with the problem immediately. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE. In most courses, success is a direct result of understanding the preliminary material and attempting the homework problems. You should, therefore, make every attempt to keep up with the class and do your assignments in a timely manner.

ASSISTANCE: Try any or all of the following:

1)See the instructor with questions and for extra help. Remember! All your instructors are here to help you. We all want you to do as well as possible. We want you to succeed! The material is difficult, but we want to help you through it all.

Do your homework. As you do your homework, if you spend more than 20 to 30 minutes on a particular problem, without any real success-get someone to help you with that problem.

2)Form a study group with some people in class and meet regularly. Two heads are better than one.

3)Go to the math lab or atrium help area on a regular basis. Bring the homework problems you have worked on but had trouble with.

4)Get a tutor at the Learning Center.

5)Check the Physics homework solutions which are on file in the library.

6)       Check out the Internet. a concurrent course is being taught on the Net PHY- 171.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Course objectives and outlines are on file in the Engineering Science department office (AT-101)

Broome Community College

PHY 181-01 

Course outline for Fall 2004