The City College of New York
Department of Physics
Fall 2020
Physics 20300 - Sections ST, ST2
Prof. V. Petricevic: office: MR423B; 212-650-5550; vpetricevic@ccny.cuny.edu
Required text: Physics, (11th ed.) by Cutnell & Johnson (Wiley)
Office hours: Tuesday and Thursday from 2-3 PM on Skype (or by appointment)
Class meets on line using Blackboard Collaborate on Tuesday and Thursday 5:00-6:40 PM.
Important Information for Physics 20300 students:
Course Objectives:
After successfully completing this course, students should be able to:
1. apply kinematics to problems in one- and two-dimensional motion
2. understand and use the concepts of forces and Newton’s Laws of Motion
3. understand the dynamics of uniform circular motion
4. understand and use the concepts of work and energy
5. understand and use the concepts of impulse and momentum
6. understand rotational kinematics and dynamics
7. understand the fundamentals of simple harmonic motion
8. understand the properties of fluids
9. understand the properties of temperature, heat, the ideal gas law, kinetic theory, and thermodynamics
Topics Covered:
1. Introduction and Mathematical Concepts
2. Kinematics in One Dimension
3. Kinematics in Two Dimensions
4. Forces and Newton’s Laws of Motion
5. Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion
6. Work and Energy
7. Impulse and Momentum
8. Rotational Kinematics
9. Rotational Dynamics
10. Simple Harmonic Motion and Elasticity
11. Fluids
12. Temperature and Heat
13. Heat Transfer
14. The Ideal Gas Law and Kinetic Theory
15. Thermodynamics
Class schedule:
Two 100 minute lectures and one 2 hour lab (on alternate weeks).
Assessment Tools
1. Three midterm exams and the final exam (80%). (Final exam counts as two midterm exams.)
2. WileyPLUS homework assignments (10%)
Homework will be assigned on a weekly basis.
Selected homework problems will be discussed and solved in the classroom. The solutions to the problems will be uploaded on the blackboard.
3. Lab reports (10%).
4. Class participation.
Course Plan (tentative)
Text Homework Problems
Chapter 1: WileyPlus TBD
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Exam 1
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Chapter 10: WileyPlus TBD
Exam 2
Chapter 11: WileyPlus TBD
Chapter 12: WileyPlus TBD
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Chapter 14: WileyPlus TBD
Chapter 15: WileyPlus TBD
Exam 3
Final
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