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First Level Courses
PH 1103

Introductory Physics I 

Units: 3
Prerequisites: ‘A’ level Physics
Contact hrs: 42 lectures, 21 tutorials
Assessment: Coursework 20%
Examination 80%

Course Outline:
Part A (28 lectures, 14 tutorials):
Mechanics: Measurement and units, straight-line kinematics, vectors and vector multiplication, motion in 2 and 3 dimensions, analysis of projectile motion, forces and Newton's laws of motion, friction and its properties, kinetic energy and work, potential energy and energy conservation, systems of particles, conservation of momentum, collisions, rotational kinematics and dynamics, conservation of angular momentum, equilibrium and elasticity, gravitation.

Part B (14 lectures, 7 tutorials):
Fluids: Density and pressure, Pascal's and Archimedes' principles, ideal fluids, streamlines and continuity, Bernoulli's equation.
Waves:  Oscillations, damping and resonance, transverse and longitudinal waves, wave speed and the wave equation, superposition, interference, standing waves, sound waves, intensity and sound level, musical instruments, beats, Doppler effect.

Geometrical Optics: Image formation, reflection, refraction thin lenses, interference, diffraction, thin-film interference, the Michelson interferometer, diffraction grating, X-ray diffraction.

Textbooks:

Servay R.A. and Jewett J.W.Jr., Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Brook / Cole P., ISBN: 0-534-42398-1, Call Number: QC21.2.

Supplementary Matetials / Reerences etc.

1. Susan M. Lea & J.R. Burke, Physics, the Nature of Things, Brooks/Cole P., 1997. ISBN:0-314-05273-9, Call Number: QC21.2
2. Kirpatrick & Wheeler, Physics, A World View, 3rd Edtition, Saunders College P., 1998. ISBN: 0-03-020052-0, Call Number: QC23
3. Louis A. Bloomfield, How Things Work: The Physics of Everyday Life, J. Wiley, 1997. ISBN: 0-471-59473-3, Call Number: QC21.2


PH 1104 

Experimental Physics IA and 1B

Units: 2
Prerequisites: ‘A’ level Physics
Contact hrs: 14 laboratory sessions of 4 hours each
Assessment: Coursework 100%

Course Outline: Laboratory safety, use of computers in the laboratory, graph plotting, data analysis and presentation, analysis of uncertainties in measurements, statistical distributions, techniques for information sourcing, use of basic instruments: multimeter, LC meters, oscilloscopes, data acquisition using computers, development of observational skills, data reduction skills, basic cryogenics, safe handling of cryogenic liquids.

PH 1105

Introductory Physics I

Units: 3
Prerequisites:

‘A’ level Physics

Contact hrs: 42 lectures, 21 tutorials
Assessment: Coursework 20%
Examination 80%

Course Outline: The syllabus and textbooks are the same as for PH 1103 (for B.Sc. Ed.). Students will attend the same lectures as for PH 1103, but they will be given different tutorials, assignments and examination papers.

The emphasis in the assignments and examinations will be on conceptual understanding within a more limited mathematical framework and consequently, there will be a reduced level of problem solving compared to PH 1103.

Textbooks:

Servay R.A. and Jewett J.W.Jr., Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Brook/Cole P., ISBN: 0-534-42398-1, Call Number: QC21.2.


PH 1106

Introductory Physics 2

Units: 3
Prerequisites: ‘A’ level Physics
Contact hrs: 42 lectures, 21 tutorials
Assessment: Coursework 20%
Examination 80%

Course Outline:
Part A (34 lectures, 17 tutorials):
Electricity and Magnetism: Introductory vector calculus, electric charge, Coulomb's law, electric field and field lines, electric dipole, electricpotential, Gauss's law, electric flux, properties of capacitors, storage of electrostatic energy, dielectrics, current, resistance, Ohm's law and its applications, ammeters and voltmeters, magnetic field, Hall effect, magnetic dipole, magnetic fields due to currents, the Biot-Savart law, Ampere's law, Faraday's law of induction, Lenz' law, inductance, storage of electromagnetic energy, eddy currents, magnets and magnetic materials.

Part B (8 lectures, 4 tutorials):
Thermal physics: The Zeroth law of thermodynamics, measuring temperature, thermal expansion, the absorbtion of heat by solids and liquids, the first law of thermodynamics, heat transfer mechanisms, the kinetic theory of gases, translational kinetic energy, mean free path and Maxwell speed distribution, molar specific heats, adiabatic processes, irreversible processes and entrophy, the second law of thermodynamics, ideal engines.

Textbooks:

Servay R.A. and Jewett J.W.Jr., Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Brook/Cole P., ISBN: 0-534-42398-1, Call Number: QC21.2.

Supplementary Matetials / Reerences etc.

1. Susan M. Lea & J.R. Burke, Physics, the Nature of Things, Brooks/Cole P., 1997
    ISBN:0-314-05273-9 Call Number: QC21.2
2. Kirpatrick & Wheeler, Physics, A World View, 3rd Edtition, Saunders College P., 1998
    ISBN: 0-03-020052-0 Call Number: QC23
3. Louis A. Bloomfield, How Things Work: The Physics of Everyday Life, J. Wiley, 1997
    ISBN: 0-471-59473-3 Call Number: QC21.2


PH 1107

Introductory Physics 2

Units: 3
Prerequisites: ‘A’ level Physics
Contact hrs: 42 lectures, 21 tutorials
Assessment: Coursework 20%
Examination 80%

Course Outline: The syllabus and textbooks are the same as for PH 1106 (for B.Sc. Ed.). Students will attend the same lectures as for PH 1106, but they will be given different tutorials, assignments and examination papers. The emphasis in the assignments and examinations will be on conceptual understanding within a more limited mathematical framework and consequently, there will be a reduced level of problem solving compared to PH 1106.

Textbooks:

Servay R.A. and Jewett J.W.Jr., Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Brook/Cole P., ISBN: 0-534-42398-1, Call Number: QC21.2.


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