Course Objectives and Description:

This is the first course in a two semester calculus-level sequence that will introduce you to the basic concepts and practice of physics. The topics and tools presented provide the foundation for future study in engineering, biology, chemistry, and interdisciplinary fields, as well as physics. This semester’s course will cover kinematics, Newton's Laws, conservations laws, gravitation, fluids, and thermodynamics. This will be a rigorous course, but will hopefully be a fun and rewarding one as well. From this course,  you can learn what physics is, why you should care, and how to successfully apply the ways of thinking, quantitative methods, and concepts that make up introductory physics to your future studies, and perhaps to life in general! By the end of this sequence you should find that you can answer many questions about the world that you couldn’t before.

Textbook:

University Physics by Young and Freedman,13th Edition. This book comes with a student access kit for Mastering Physics (www.masteringphysics.com). If you bought a used book without Mastering Physics, you can purchase it online.

Mastering Physics License and Registration:

If you purchase a new text book you will receive a license that will provide you with access to the mastering physics website and your homework assignments. The license number is written on cardboard attachment on the inside of the cover the text book itself. If you decide to purchase a used book or borrow one from a friend or relative you will need to purchase a separate license from the Mastering Physics website. To obtain the license just follow the links for “new student:” in MP website. The license is $56.30 without the e-book and $97.80 with.

Class attendance and preparation:

Attending class is very important for understanding the class materials. You are encouraged to ask questions in the class. No food is allowed in the class. Please turn off your cell phone during the class. Read each of the assigned chapter sections (will be listed in class schedule at Moodle and my website) before and after the lecture. The lecture will only cover essentials of the material. Part of the lecture notes will be available online (at Moodle or my website).

Email address:

It is essential to have access to your FIU email account. An email list with every student registered in the course is created automatically by panthersoft /Moodle. The emails included in the list are those provided to you by FIU and are not the email address you may prefer, ie sexypuppyeyes12@gmail.com or another other email service. So please be cognoscente that all emails I send to you will be sent through this panthersoft/Moodle list which will send it to your fiu email, unless you’ve made other arrangements or have forwarded your fiu mail to your favorite provider. Forwarding instructions are available from UTS.