Fall 2024
Welcome to the General Physics A, PH1031H.
This semester, you'll be learning about motion -- both
the language of motion (kinematics) as well as its
underlying causes (dynamics).
- Textbook:
University Physics, Third Revised Edition, Harris
Benson (Volume 1)
- Class Venue:
R3-112
- Class Times:
Mondays 3-4:50 pm; Thursdays 8-9:50 am
- 2 Week Break: TBA.
- My Office:
S4-718
- E-mail:
yizen [dot] chu [at] gmail [dot] com
- My Office Hours:
I won't hold regular office hours -- simply come by
my office. If I'm busy we can fix a time to meet
later; or, drop me an e-mail to do so.
- Graduate Teaching
Assistants: Jia-En Chen and Kiersten Meigs
- Office:
S4-507
- E-mail:
chenneymar11 [at] gmail [dot] com and meigsk [at]
gmail [dot] com
- Office Hours:
Mondays 12:50pm to 2:50pm (Kiersten); and Tuesdays
10am to 12 noon (Jia-En)
- Yi-Zen
- Disability
If you have a disability that you
think I should know about, and if you need special
accomodations, please feel free to speak to me after
class or e-mail me to set up a meeting.
- Academic
Integerity You are encouraged
to discuss with your classmates the material covered
in class, and even work together on your
assignments. However, the work you turn in must be
the result of your own effort. If I find that you
copied your work from some place else, you will
immediately receive zero credit for that particular
piece of work. If you plagarized your classmate,
your classmate will also receive zero credit for
her/his/their work, unless (s)he/they can prove to
my satisfaction (s)he/they were unwilling
participant(s) of your dishonesty.
Syllabus
and Grading Scheme
The course material will cover some of the
following topics:
- Kinematics. Vector analysis. Calculus.
- Newton's Laws of Motion.
- Energy, Linear and Angular Momentum.
- Rigid Body Motion
- Gravitation
- Waves
Because I wish to reward hard work during
the semester, I will give most weight -- 65% of
your total grade -- to the homework you turn in.
Presentations shall take up the remaining 25%.
Homework (65%): I
recommend starting your homework as soon as
possible. Do not wait until the day before it is
due to do it! Note:
I will not accept late homework -- just turn in
whatever you have done at the time/day it is due.
- Due Thursday 19 September: Chapter 3 --
Questions 16;
Exercises 34,
45,
61;
Problems 3,
4, 23.
- Due Monday 30 September: Chapter 2 --
Questions 3,
8,
9; Exercises 21, 45;
Problems 7,
9,
10
- Due Friday 11 October: Chapter 4 --
Questions 1,2,5;
Exercises 71,76,79;
Problems 6,13,16.
- Due Monday 28 October: Chapter 5 --
Questions 5,
9;
Exercises 28,
29, 38;
Problems 8,
10.
- Due Thursday 7 November: Chapter 5 --
Problem 9.
Chapter 6 -- Questions 2,
4; Exercises 4, 21,
32,
34.
- Due Monday 18 November: Chapter 7 --
Questions 2,
3; Exercise 41,
55;
Problem 9.
Chapter 8 -- Exercise 55.
- Due Thursday 28 November: Chapter 8 --
Exercise 74,
76;
Problem 11.
Chapter 9 -- Question 1,
2; Exercises 37, 53
Oral Presentations (3X15% = 45%)
In groups of 3, give a 30 minute oral
presentation of the solutions to the following
problems. The presentation should be in English.
It will be judged firstly by the accuracy of the
content; but also by the clarity of the
exposition.
- Midterm
1: Monday 14 and Thursday 17 October.
- Midterm
2: Week of Monday 2 December
- Final: Week of Monday 6 January
Lecture Notes
Video
Demonstrations, Online Lectures, etc.
The views and opinions expressed in this page are
strictly those of mine (Yi-Zen Chu). The contents of
this page have not been reviewed or approved by the
National Central University.
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