SYLLABUS FOR PHY 121
APPLIED
PHYSICS
INSTRUCTOR: Robert Herring OFFICE: Building 1, Room 119
PHONE: 910.879.5535
E‑MAIL: rherring@bladencc.edu
TEXTBOOK: Physics
for Career Education, 2001 7/e by
Ewen & Schurter (Prentice Hall)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This algebra‑based course
introduces fundamental physical concepts as applied to industrial and service
technology fields. Topics include systems of units, problem‑solving
methods, graphical analyses, vectors, motion, forces, Newton’s laws of motion,
work, energy, power, momentum, and properties of matter. Upon completion,
students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the principles
studied as applied in industrial and service fields.
COURSE OUTLINE:
Chapter Topic
One Measurement and the
Metric system
Two Problem Solving
Three Vectors
Four Motion
Five Force
Six Work and energy
Seven Rotational Motion
Eight Simple Machines
Nine Matter
COURSE AVERAGE: 10% Lab
and/or Pop Quiz Average
75% Major Test Average
15% Comprehensive Final
Examination.
A student who has two
or fewer absences may drop the lowest of the pop quiz grades in determining the pop quiz average. A student
who has more than two absences, may not drop any pop quiz grades. No
distinction is made between excused and unexcused absences. (Being tardy is an
unexcused absence.)
COURSE EVALUATION:
90 £ A <
100
80
£ B < 89
70
£ C < 79
60
£ D £ 69
0 £ F < 59
COURSE MATERIALS:
1)
Pencil and paper
2) Graph
paper
4) Ruler