PHY 124: Introductory Physics (II), Instructor R.E. Geer

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HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

HOMEWORK SOLUTIONS

TEST SOLUTIONS

LECTURES

COURSE SYLLABUS

FINAL EXAM

The lectures will be posted on this site the day after they are presented. These are meant to be an aid to the inclass lectures, not a substitute. Certain materials may be presented in class which are not posted on this website. Homework solutions will be posted after the respective assignments are turned in. Grading policy is detailed below. All of these points are contained in the syllabus. Please feel free to contact me via email.


What is this course about?

This is the 2nd course in a 4-course series of calculus-based college physics. This course will focus on (I) Fluid Mechanics (II) Mechanical Waves, (III) Heat and Thermodynamics as well as elementray principles of (IV) Electricity. The text used for sections I, II, and III (Chps 15-22) will be Physics For Scientists and Engineers, Vol. I, 4th ed. by Serway (Saunders College Publishing, Philadelphia, 1996). The text accompanying section IV (Chps. 23-28) will be taken from Vol II of Serway.

Volume II of Serway is currently available in the campus bookstore. Also available are two supplementary workbooks (one for each volume) which contain solutions to certain homework problems. If you expect to have difficulty with the problem solving aspects of the course these workbooks may be helpful. They are not, however, required by the course, and no portion of the homework or exams will be taken from or based on them.

In addition to this particular subject matter, emphasis will be given to problem solving skills and the use of fundamental equations to set up problems in symbolic form rather than simply plugging numbers into pre-derived equations. 


Grading Policy

Course grades will be determined from three midterms (45%), a final (35%), and graded homework assignments (20%).  

Late Policy for Homework Assignments

Since the homework solutions will be posted on the Web the day after they are due, no late homeworks will be accepted.