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20806221University Physics 1

Course Information

Description

University Physics 1 is the first semester of a one-year introductory course. Students develop a conceptual understanding of the basics of physics and are provided with practical hands-on lab experience, which helps to broaden the understanding of physics. This course covers the basic properties of motion, force, energy, momentum, rotation, fluids, heat and relativity. It stresses developing good problem-solving strategies.

Total Credits

Course Competencies

Examine measurement concepts

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you perform a dimensional analysis in equations

you convert units from one system to another

you perform order-of-magnitude calculations

you specify significant figures

you correctly round off numbers
Use various mathematical symbols and Greek letters

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you identify various Greek letters
Examine one-dimensional motion

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you define the displacement and average velocity of a particle in motion

you define instantaneous velocity

you define average acceleration and instantaneous acceleration

you construct a position versus time graph for a particle in motion along a straight line

you determine both average and instantaneous values of velocity by calculating the slope of the tangent to the graph

you calculate average velocity , instantaneous velocity, displacement, time and acceleration in various physical events
Apply properties of a body in free fall (one moving under the influence of gravity-where air resistance is neglected).

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you apply kinematics equations directly to a freely falling object-where the acceleration is given by a = -g (where g = 9.8 m/s2).

you apply the equations of kinematics to any situation where the motion occurs under constant acceleration
Distinguish between vector quantities and scalar quantities

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you list vector and scalar quantities

you identify scalar and vector units of measurement
Apply the basic properties of vectors

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you resolve a vector into its rectangular components

you perform vector addition analytically and graphically.
Examine the properties of two-dimensional motion

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you sketch a typical trajectory of a particle moving in the xy plane

you draw vectors to illustrate the displacement, velocity, and acceleration of a particle at various times

you solve one and two-dimensional problems given constant acceleration.

you calculate the horizontal range R and maximum height h if vo and y0 are known.

you develop expressions for the velocity components and coordinates of a projectile at any time t, in terms of its initial velocity components vxo and vyo.
Interpret Newton's First Law

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you relate mass and inertia

you identify inertial and noninertial frames of reference

you find relative velocity
Interpret Newton's Second Law

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you define weight

you calculate weight, mass and acceleration

you calculate forces in a system experiencing static equilibrium
Interpret Newton's Third Law

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you identify action-reaction forces in a multi-body system

you identify all forces on a given object in a multi-body system
Apply the properties of Friction

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you calculate static and kinetic friction

you calculate frictional forces on objects located on level and inclined plane surfaces
Apply Newton's laws of motion to various mechanical systems

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you identify all external forces acting on the system

you draw correct free-body diagrams that apply to each body of the system

you analyze mechanical systems by applying Newton's second law in component form

you solve problems where both the kinematic and dynamic aspects are present

you solve linear equations simultaneously for the unknown quantities

you solve complex static problems
Apply the definition of work

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you describe examples of positive, negative and zero work

you calculate work done in various mechanical systems

you calculate the area under the Fx vs. X curve for the one-dimensional case
Examine the energy properties of various mechanical systems

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you calculate potential energy

you calculate kinetic energy

you calculate work done by a conservative force

you calculate work done by a nonconservative force

you calculate the PE, change in PE, KE, and change in KE in various mechanical systems
Apply the law of conservation of energy

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you state the law of conservation of mechanical energy, noting that mechanical energy is conserved only when conservative forces act on a system

you analyze the energies of a mechanical system using conservation of energy

you relate the work done by the net force on an object to the change in kinetic energy (work-energy theorem)

you calculate nonconservative and conservative forces acting on a system using the work-energy theorem
Apply the definition of power

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you define power and horsepower

you calculate the power and horsepower in SI and English units of various systems
Apply the concept of momentum of a particle and the relation between the resultant force on a particle and the time rate of change of its momentum

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you define impulse and momentum

you calculate impulse given a constant force

you calculate change in momentum

you compare impulse to change in momentum

you find the impulse by calculating the area under a Force-Time graph
Apply conservation of momentum to one-dimensional motion

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you perform vector addition of momentum vectors

you analyze two-body elastic collisions

you calculate final velocity and change in KE in a two-body inelastic collision
Distinguish the two types of collisions that can occur between two particles, namely elastic and inelastic collisions

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you identify elastic and inelastic collisions

you identify a perfect inelastic collision
Apply conservation of momentum to two-dimensional motion

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you calculate the total momentum in two-dimensions before and after collision

you analyze two-dimensional collisions
Apply the laws of conservation of momentum and conservation of energy to mechanical systems

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams.

Criteria

you calculate the initial velocity of a projectile in a ballistic pendulum

you analyze two-dimensional collisions, incorporating momentum and energy
Examine the properties of centripetal acceleration

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you describe how v varies in time

you calculate centripetal acceleration

you find the tangential acceleration vector
Apply the equations of circular motion

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you use radian angle measure, calculate angular velocity, angular displacement, and angular acceleration
Apply Newton's Law's to the motion of a particle in a circular path

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you calculate of the centripetal force on various objects following a curved path

you calculate frictional forces, tension in a string, and normal forces by applying centripetal force theory to various mechanical systems
Apply Newton's First Law

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you identify inertial and noninertial frames of reference

you identify fictitious forces
Apply Newton's universal law of gravity

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you apply the law of gravity to various physical events

you calculate the acceleration of gravity

you calculate orbital velocity of satellites

you calculate the normal force of a person standing on earth, accounting for centripetal force effects

you analyze two and three body systems
Apply the two conditions of equilibrium

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you state the two conditions of equilibrium

you calculate sum of forces and torques

you analyze problems of rigid bodies in static equilibrium
Examine rotational dynamics properties

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you calculate the moment of inertia I of a system of particles about a specific axis

you calculate torque and angular acceleration for rigid rotating bodies

you calculate the rotational kinetic energy of a body rotating about a fixed axis

you apply the work-energy theorem to rotating rigid bodies
Apply conservation of angular momentum and energy to one and two body systems

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you calculate the total angular momentum for a rigid body rotating about a fixed axis

you apply conservation of energy in problems involving rotating bodies

you calculate the net torque on a particle and the time rate of change of its angular momentum

you apply the principle of conservation of angular momentum to a body rotating about a fixed axis, in which the moment of inertia changes due to a change in the mass distribution

you analyze problems, utilizing conservation of momentum and energy
Apply Bernoulli's equation

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you state the simplifying assumptions of an ideal fluid moving with streamline flow

you calculate gauge pressure and absolute pressure

you calculate pressure and height of a fluid

you calculate buoyant force, specific gravity and density for an object submerged in various fluids

you calculate flowrate and average velocity of a fluid in a pipe that contains a restriction

you state the physical significance of the equation of continuity

you solve problems that mutually relate the quantities' flow velocity, pressure, and pipe elevation

you calculate forces on an airplane wing
Examine the concepts of heat, temperature, energy and review methods of heat transfer

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you define heat, internal energy, thermal energy, and temperature

you calculate heat loss or gain and final temperatures by applying conservation of energy

you calculate rate of heat transfer or power involving convection, conduction or radiation

you analyze heat problems
Apply Einstein's theory of relativity

Assessment Strategies

by successfully completing labs, quizzes, problems, and exams

Criteria

you state Einstein's two postulates of the special theory of relativity

you state the principle of Newtonian relativity

you define an inertial reference frame

you give examples of simultaneity

you calculate time dilation and length contraction

you explain the twin paradox