This is the course page for City College Course PHYS 207, Sections GH1, GH2, GH3 Below are useful links.
The course syllabus is here: Syllabus
Halliday, Resnick, Walker - Fundamentals of Physics, (10th or 11th edition)
(available on reserve in the Science Library in Marshak, or for purchase online)
You will be able to access the online homework system here (starting Monday, Feb 1):
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.
Information about the Project is here: Project Instructions
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 | Extras |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1 | introunits [pdf] | 1.1-1.2 | Slides | ||
| Feb 3 | 1d-kinematics [pdf] | 2.1-2.4 | Slides | ||
| Feb 8 | 1d-kinematics [pdf] | 2.5-2.6 | Slides | ||
| Feb 10 | mathvectors [pdf] | 3.1-3.2 | Slides | HW 1 Due | |
| Feb 15 | |||||
| Feb 17 | 2d-kinematics [pdf] | 4.1-4.4 | Slides | HW 2 Due | |
| Feb 22 | forces [pdf] | 5.1-5.2 | Slides | ||
| Feb 24 | forces | 5.3 | HW 3 Due | ||
| Mar 1 | forces | 6.1-6.2 | |||
| Mar 3 | forces | 6.3 | HW 4 Due | ||
| Mar 8 | circular-motion [pdf] | 4.5, 6.3 | Slides | ||
| Mar 10 | circular-motion | 4.5, 6.3 | HW 5 Due | ||
| Mar 15 | energy [pdf] | 7.1-7.2 | Slides | ||
| Mar 17 | energy | 7.3-7.6 | HW 6 Due | ||
| Mar 22 | energy [pdf] | 8.1-8.5 | Slides | ||
| Mar 24 | impulse-momentum | 9.1-9.9 | HW 7 Due | ||
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| Mar 31 | |||||
| Apr 5 | class trip | ||||
| Apr 7 | impulse-momentum [pdf] | 9.1-9.9 | Slides | ||
| Apr 12 | rotations [pdf] | 10.1-10.3 | Slides | ||
| Apr 14 | rotations [pdf] | 10.1-10.3 | Slides | HW 9 Due | |
| Apr 19 | torque [pdf] | 10.6 | Slides | ||
| Apr 21 | torque [pdf] | 10.4-10.8 | Slides | HW 10 Due | |
| Apr 26 | torque [pdf] | 11.1-11.9 | Slides | ||
| Apr 28 | gravitation [pdf] | 13.1-13.8 | Slides | HW 11 Due | |
| May 3 | oscillations [pdf] | 15.1-15.6 | Slides | ||
| May 5 | oscillations [pdf] | 15.1-15.9 | Slides | ||
| May 10 | oscillations [pdf] | 15.1-15.6 | Slides | ||
| May 12 | oscillations [pdf] | 15.1-15.9 | Slides | HW 12 Due | |
| May 17 | thermo | Projects Due |
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