INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Wei Chen

CLASS INFORMATION: LO 1127 on T, TH from  18:30-19:45

INSTRUCTOR OFFICE: LO 1103

PHONE: 818-677-7828

EMAIL: wei.chen@csun.edu

OFFICE HOURS: Monday 1:30-3:30:  Feel free to make an appointment if you cannot come to these times.


A description of the course and my policies can be found in the class handout.  Download it HERE. 


ONLINE HOMEWORK

Homework problems will be assigned online via Mastering Physics. Your new textbook includes the access code to the following website http://www.masteringphysics.com/. You will need to register on this site and select a login name and password.  Each student's homework is made up of the same set of questions but many of the questions will have numbers that are algorithmically generated so each student's answers will be different. The homework will be worth 12% of the final grade. Solutions to all assigned end-of-chapter problems will be available for download shortly after your homework is due (see links below).

click HERE for detailed instructions.

To setup your account you need:

Course title: Physics100a

Course ID: CHEN100A


CLASS SYLLABUS

Date Lecture On These Sections Comments

Jan 20

Jan 22

Introduction 1.1 - 1.5

2.1 - 2.5

Homework 1 Solutions

Jan 27

Jan 29

2.6 - 2.7

3.1 - 3.3

Homework 2 Solutions

Feb 3

Feb 5

3.4 - 3.5

4.1 - 4.3

Homework 3 Solutions

Feb 10

Feb 12

4.4 - 4.5

Review ch.1-4

Homework 4 Solutions

Sample Exam 1

Feb 17

Feb 19

5.1 - 5.3

EXAM 1

 

Exam will cover Ch. 1-4.

Feb 24

Feb 26

5.4 - 5.6

5.7-6.1

 

Homework 5 Solutions

Mar 3

Mar 5

6.2-6.3

6.4-6.5

Homework 6 Solutions

Mar 10

Mar 12

chapter 7

chapter 7/8

cover the concept of work and kinetic energy.

cover the concept of potential and energy, and conservation of total energy.

Homework 7 Solutions

Mar 17

Mar 19

chapter 8

Review for exam

continue on energy conservation

Sample Exam 2

Mar 24

Mar 26

EXAM 2

conservation of momentum

Exam will cover Chapters 5 - 8

Mar 31

Apr 2

Holiday

conservation of momentum

 

Homework 8 Solutions

Apr 14

Apr 16

rotational motion

rotational kinetic energy

 

homework 9 Solutions

Apr 21

Apr 23

torque and review

12.1-12.2

 

Sample Exam 3

 

Apr 28

Apr 30

EXAM 3

13.1- 13.5

Exam will cover Chapters 9 - 10;

Homework 10 Solutions

May 5

May 7

14.1 - 14.5

14.6 - 14.8

Homework 11 Solutions

Homework 13 Solutions

 

SAMPLE FINAL EXAM

Final Exam

EXAM ON: 8:00pm-10:00pm On Tuesday May 12

 
 
 
 

 

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