This is the course page for City College Course PHYS 207, Sections CD1-10 Below are useful links.
The course syllabus is here: Syllabus
Halliday, Resnick, Walker - Fundamentals of Physics, (11th or 12th edition)
You will be able to access the online homework system here (starting Aug 26):
https://hedberg.ccnysites.cuny.edu/olhw/
Registration Instructions are here: Instructions
If you want to use WilyPlus for additional content, you are more than welcome. However, we won't add any content there however, nor communicate via that platform.
Lower case Greek Letters are here: greek letters
Most of the important equations from the class. Consider this like a list of basic vocabulary. You'll need to be able use and understand all these equations to be fluent in the language of PHYS 20700.
Formula SheetThe exam and homework schedule is subject to change, but this represents the most likely dates for those items.
| Date | Subject (& pdf) | Book Units | In class | HW Due | Extras |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | introunits [pdf] | 1.1-1.2 | Slides | ||
| Sep 1 | |||||
| Sep 3 | 1d-kinematics [pdf] | 2.1-2.4 | Slides | ||
| Sep 8 | 1d-kinematics [pdf] | 2.3-2.6 | Slides | ||
| Sep 10 | mathvectors [pdf] | 3.1-3.4 | Slides | HW1 | |
| Sep 15 | 2d-kinematics [pdf] | 4.1-4.4 | Slides | ||
| Sep 17 | forces [pdf] | 5.1-5.3 | Slides | HW 2 | |
| Sep 22 | |||||
| Sep 24 | |||||
| Sep 29 | forces [pdf] | 5.1-5.3 | Slides | ||
| Oct 1 | |||||
| Oct 6 | forces [pdf] | 6.1-6.2 | Slides | HW 3 | |
| Oct 8 | circular-motion [pdf] | 4.5, 6.3 | Slides | ||
| Oct 13 | |||||
| Oct 14 | |||||
| Oct 15 | MT1 | About the test | |||
| Oct 20 | |||||
| Oct 22 | energy [pdf] | 7.1-8.5 | Slides | ||
| Oct 24 | MT1 go over | Answers are here: PDF | |||
| Oct 27 | energy [pdf] | 7.1-8.5 | Slides | ||
| Oct 29 | impulse-momentum [pdf] | 9.1-9.9 | Slides | ||
| Nov 3 | Rotations [pdf] | 10.1-10.3 | Slides | ||
| Nov 5 | Torque [pdf] | 10.4-10.8 | Slides | ||
| Nov 10 | Torque [pdf] | 11.1-11.7 | Slides | ||
| Nov 12 | Torque [pdf] | Slides | |||
| Nov 17 | Gravitation [pdf] | 13.1-13.7 | Slides | ||
| Nov 19 | MT2 | About the test | Answers are here: PDF | ||
| Nov 24 | Oscillations [pdf] | 15.1-15.6 | Slides | ||
| Nov 26 | Oscillations [pdf] | Slides | |||
| Dec 1 | Oscillations [pdf] | Slides | |||
| Dec 3 | Fluids [pdf] | 14.1-14.7 | Slides | ||
| Dec 8 | Heat [pdf] | 18.1-18.6 | Slides | ||
| Dec 10 | Heat [pdf] | Slides | |||
| Dec 15 | 207-final-review [pdf] | Slides | |||
| Dec 22 | Final | About the test | 10:30am–12:45pm |
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