Lectures: 10:00-12:10pm,  MoTueWeTh  CP151  (check at canvas.fiu.edu)

Office Hours  1:00pm:-2:00pm MoTuWeTh   


                        

NEWS:    Course Name: Physics with Calculus I, PHY2048A Summer 2025
      
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Links:

Proceed to canvas.fiu.edu (google chrome browser is recommended)
Homework Registration Instructions

Video of Homework Registration Instructions
Academic Calendar               

What we will  do

Textbook:

We will be using the textbook of  University Physics by Young & Freedman 15th Edition.  Below are the chapter sections we will cover during  each week of the semester.  Some sections will be covered in greater depth than others.  It is important to read the sections prior to each class as they will complement the lectures.  The reading assignments for the semester are listed below.

Attendance: 5%
To be successful in this class, it is extremely important to attend all lectures and actively participate in
the classroom learning.  The attendance will be taken via FIU check in 2.0  (please download the app in advance)
and counted towards 5% of your final grade. Each student may have up to three unexcused absences without
penalty. 

Homeworks: 15%

Finishing homework on time is critical in this course. The homework will count for 15% of your final grade.
More importantly, the homework is directly relevant to the exams. Doing well on homework is one of the most important
preparations for you to do well on exams. The homework assignments can be accessed Canvas in the “assignments” tab.
It requires a Mastering Physics access code that comes with new textbooks or can be purchased online if you have a used book.
There is a series of tutorial exercises in the first assignment with which you should practice to get familiar with the system.

There are some rules in Mastering Physics
1.     When sign up the account, please use your official name as it appears on your Panthersoft account.
      Please make sure to use the correct Panther ID in your account. Any accounts that do not match the
      official record on Panthersoft will be removed in the second week.
2.     Each student should only sign up one account, duplicated accounts will receive no credits on all accounts. 
3.     No credit for late submission.
4.     The number of attempts per question is limited to 6.
5.     For a multiple-choice or true/false question, the credit is deducted for each incorrect answer by 100%
6.     You are encouraged to use hints. No penalty for using a hint, no bonus credit for not opening a hint.

There will be 10-20 homework problems for each chapter. Most problems will be taken from the textbook but will
have different numbers to plug in for each student. The homework assignments have different due dates.
Late submissions will lose 10% to 100% of full credits each day after the due date.

In Class Quizzes: 20%
There will be in class quizzes each Thursday which will be related to the
material discussed in the class during the week. The quizzes will
be conducted through Canvas at the end of the class:
Please download Canvas app, or have your laptop ready for the quizzes.

Final Grades:
Attendance 5%, online homework 15%, quizzes 20% and two midterm exams each 30% will make the final grade.
 

And finally some No's, since this is a college class:
No cheating,  No chatting, No napping:) and No unjustified makeups.  You will need formal justification like doctor's note for make-ups.
 

Expected Grade scales

Academic Integrity Statement

The academic integrity of the classes offered by any universities solidifies the foundation of its mission and cannot be sacrificed to expediency, ignorance, or fraud.
Therefore, I will enforce rigorous standards of academic integrity in all aspects and assignments of this course. For the detailed policy and rules, please refer to the
FIU Student Code of Conduct (http://regulations.fiu.edu/regulation=FIU-2501).

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