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Course Details
Title: PY156 Concepts of Physics II
Course Description: A continuation of PY155. Topics include: electricity, magnetism, wave mechanics, lasers, x-rays and nuclear radiation. Laboratory includes experiments and demonstrations to illustrate and emphasis concepts.
Credit Hours: 3:3:4
Prerequisite Courses: Prerequisite: PY155 Corequisite: MA160 and PY156L
Times for this Course:
Face to Face Meeting |
Online |
| Campus or Zoom and Time/Day, CTS |
Core Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of the course, learners will be able to:
1. Interpret real world situations involving physics in conceptual terms
2. Compare and contrast wave properties of sound, light and matter and relate them to how humans hear and see
3. Competently discuss principles of electricity and magnetism, and use them to evaluate an electric circuit
4. Elucidate the basic concepts of physics as a part of our daily lives using Physics terminology
5. Incorporate realistic physics concepts into a short story format creative writing paper.
6. Original experiment a. design an experiment following the principles and tools of scientific investigation; b. hypothesize; c. collect, d. organize, e. analyze, and f. evaluate data; g. draw conclusions; and h. communicate their results
Points and Grading
|
Grading Plan |
Points |
Percent |
|
|
Exams |
300 |
30% |
3 In Class 1 Hour Exams |
|
Paper |
100 |
10% |
Sci-Fi Short Story |
|
Homework |
100 |
10% |
Guided Online & Traditional, Drop Lowest |
|
Quizzes |
100 |
10% |
Unannounced in Class, Drop Lowest |
|
Laboratory |
200 |
20% |
Weekly, one make-up allowed |
|
Final |
200 |
20% |
|
|
Total |
1000 |
100% |
|
| Letter Grade | Percent | Points |
|---|---|---|
| A | 90-100% | 900-1000 |
| B | 80-89% | 800 - 899 |
| C | 70-79% | 700 - 799 |
| D | 60-69% | 600 - 699 |
| F | Below 60% | Below 600 |
Late Assignment Policy
Student Opinion of Teaching
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Required Knowledge and Technology
Technical Skills
- Email (sending, receiving, uploading and downloading attachments)
- Word processing (creating, saving, uploading and downloading documents)
- Threaded discussions (posting, replying, uploading and downloading attachments)
- Submitting assignments via LMS course tools
Technology
- MS Word
- MS Excel
- MS PowerPoint
- Adobe Acrobat
Documents
- All submitted written assignments must be in doc, docx, or pdf format unless otherwise noted.
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