Instructor: Wayne Meshejian                      Office: New Science Building 208c
Office telephone: 395-2584                           Office hours:  3:30 - 4:30 PM  M,T,W and R
E-mail: meshejianwk@longwood.edu               Home Page: http://www.longwood.edu/staff/meshejianwk/

Course Description: A study of heat, sound, light, electricity and magnetism. Equivalent to 3 lecture hours and 2 lab hours per week; 4 credits.

Text:
J. D. Cutnell & K. W. Johnson, Physics. Seventh edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007.

Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of the course, you will

1.  have developed skills to analytically approach, develop and complete conceptual
    mathematical problems and will have applied these skills to investigate
2.  various topics in the areas of wave motion and sound, heat, light, and electricity & magnetism to
3.  gain insight into nature and the physical laws that describe nature.

Week 1
June 16 - June 19

    Chapter 12 Temperature and Heat
    Chapter 13 The Transfer of Heat
    Chapter 14 The Ideal Gas Law & Kinetic Theory

         Test on June 19

    Chapter 10 Elasticity & Simple Harmonic Motion
    Chapter 16 Waves and Sound
    Chapter 17 The Principle of Superposition & Interference.

         Test on June 26

    Chapter 18 Electric Forces & Electric Fields
    Chapter 19 Electric Potential Energy & Potential
    Chapter 20 Electric Circuits

         Test on July 3

    Chapter 25 The Reflection of Light: Mirrors
    Chapter 26 The Refraction of Light: Lenses

         Test on July 10

Course Requirements:
  Four tests

Grading:
Grades will be assigned according to the scale:
 

  A     92 - 100
  B     80 - 91+
  C     70 - 79+
  D     60 - 69+

Your grade will be based upon your performance on four equally weighted tests.

Attendance Policy:
You are responsible for all course material, assignments and instructions given in class; neither absence nor inattention waives these responsibilities. Assignments are expected to be submitted on time and tests taken on the day assigned unless prior arrangements have been made. Exceptions may be made in the event of a verifiable emergency. You are expected to attend all lectures and labs. A grade of F will be assigned if you fail to attend three-fourths of the labs or lectures. It is your responsibility to inform me of your presence immediately after class if you arrive after roll is called; else you will be considered absent.

Honor Code:
The Honor Code has four basic provisions which strictly forbid lying, cheating, stealing and plagiarism. These provisions are standards of integrity and are moral obligations that you are expected to keep in this course.

Other items:
A calculator capable of performing trigonometric and logarithmic operations is needed.

Bibliography:
 References required of all students:
None
 Other References:
Fredrick J. Bueche. College Physics. Schaum's Outline Series in Science.  New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Co.

The solutions to all assigned problems have been worked in detail and are available at our library reserve desk. Just ask for Meshejian’s Homework Solutions for Physics 102. Also, the solutions to text problems preceded with the letters www are available from the publisher on the World Wide Web at http://www.wiley.com/college/cutnell . Solutions to text problems preceded with the letters ssm appear in the Student Solution Manual available at our library reference desk. A personal copy of the Student Solution Manual as well as other aids may be purchased from the publisher at http://www.wiley.com/college/cutnell .