Syllabus for PHYS 117 101/102 2022W1 Dynamics and Waves 2/24/23, 12:33 AM Course Syllabus Jump to Today Course Syllabus PHYS 117 - Dynamics and Waves - Fall 2022 Section 101: Joss Ives, joss.ives@ubc.ca (mailto:joss.ives@ubc.ca) Instructors Section 102: Stefan Reinsberg, stefan@phas.ubc.ca (mailto:stefan@phas.ubc.ca) Lectures Section 101: MWF 11:00-11:50 in Hebb 100 with an option for remote attendance via Zoom (link on Canvas) Section 102: MWF 15:00-15:50 in Hennings 202 Tutorials All tutorial sections take place on Mondays or Tuesdays. Your first tutorial will take place during the week of Sept 12-16. There are no tutorials during the week of Sept 6-9. Office Hours Weekly office hours in Hebb 112 and will take place each week Monday 4:30 - 5:30pm, Tuesday: 12:30 - 1:30pm, Wednesday: 1:00 - 3:00pm and Thursday: 12:30 - 2:30pm. Please keep an eye on the Physics & Astronomy Drop-in Centre schedule for the most up to date hours: https://phas.ubc.ca/undergraduate-drop-in-centre (https://phas.ubc.ca/undergraduate-drop-in-centre) Official calendar description PHYS 117 Dynamics and Waves Kinematics including curvilinear motion. Forces and Newton's laws of motion. Work-energy theorem, conservation of energy. Conservation of momentum, collisions. Torque, rotational dynamics, angular momentum. Oscillations and waves. Please consult the Faculty of Science credit exclusion list: http://www.calendar.ubc.ca/vancouver/index.cfm?tree=12,215,410,414. Credits: 3 Pre-reqs: One of PHYS 12, PHYS 100. Co-reqs: One of MATH 100, MATH 102, MATH 104, MATH 110, MATH 120, MATH 180, MATH 184. Course description and main learning goals https://canvas.ubc.ca/courses/104267/assignments/syllabus 1/11
2/24/23, 12:33 AM Syllabus for PHYS 117 101/102 2022W1 Dynamics and Waves In this course, we will help you develop your scientific thinking skills as well as your reasoning, team problem solving and sense-making skills. The topics discussed focus on classical mechanics. After taking this course, students should be able to . Describe the motion of an object under the influence of forces. . Explain Newton's three laws and give examples in both linear and rotational motion. . List fundamental conservation laws and explain their meaning. · Use algebra, vector calculus and graphs to solve problem questions. · Efficiently work in small groups and appreciate the contributions of their classmates Textbook and other tools used in the course edX.edge: Our textbook, pre-class readings, homework, worksheet questions and materials for tutorials are all hosted at our edge.edX course: https://learning.edge.edx.org/course/course-v1:UBC+PHYS117+2022W/ E (https://learning.edge.edx.org/course/course-v1:UBC+PHYS117+2022W/) You will need to create an account (free) on edge.edX. Please keep track of the username you use on edge.edX. We will ask you for it so that we can give you credit for the work that you do there. OpenStax University Physics Volume 1: https://openstax.org/details/books/university-physics-volume-1 ?> (https://openstax.org/details/books/university-physics-volume-1) - The relevant reading and many of the homework problems are taken from this textbook. The textbook is free and has options to view online (recommended), download a PDF, download in iBooks. Bookmark this site to have access to the full text! Canvas Learning Management System (canvas.ubc.ca): On canvas you will find: . This course syllabus and announcements · Quizzes · Additional practice test materials · Links to lecture slides and lecture recordings · A link to the course discussion forum (Piazza)