Physics 1024 Introductory Physics Course Information: Intersession ...

The University of Western Ontario 

Department of Physics and Astronomy 

Physics 1024 

Introductory Physics 

Course Information: Intersession 2010 

Note: Please check for updates to this information on the course WebCT/OWL page. 

1. Course Description 

Topics include mechanics, waves, electricity and magnetism, fluid flow, thermal physics, elements of waveparticle 

duality. This is a calculus-based laboratory course for students intending to pursue further studies 

in science. 

Antirequisites: 

Prerequisites: 

Physics 1020, 1021, 1026, 1028A/B, 1029A/B. 

Grade 12U Calculus and Vectors (MCV4U) or the former Grade 12U Advanced Functions 

and Introductory Calculus (MCB4U) or Mathematics 0110A/B. 

3 lecture hours, 3 laboratory/tutorial hours, 1.0 course. 

Note: 

Note: 

The department recommends that students also take a concurrent course that includes calculus. Please be 

aware that some of the programs for which Physics 1024 is a prerequisite also require Calculus 1000A/B or 

1100A/B plus 1501A/B, or Applied Mathematics 1413. This course is a suitable prerequisite for programs in 

the Faculty of Science, and for Professional Schools having a Physics requirement. 

Unless you have either the requisites for this course or written special permission from your Dean to enroll in 

it, you may be removed from this course and it will be deleted from your record. This decision may not be 

appealed. You will receive no adjustment to your fees in the event that you are dropped from a course for 

failing to have the necessary prerequisites. 

2. Timetable 

Week Dates Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 

1 May 10–14 Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture Lecture 

2 May 17–21 Tutorial 

Lecture Lecture 

Lab Lab 


3 May 24–28 

Victoria Tutorial Lecture 

Day Lab Lab 


4 

May 31- 


Exam 

June 4 

Lab Lab 



5 June 7–11 Tutorial 

Lab Lab 



6 June 14–18 Tutorial 

Lab Lab 


Lectures and tutorials are held in the Physics & Astronomy Building, Room 137 from 9:30 

am to 12:30 pm. 

Labs are held in the Materials Science Addition, Rooms 2220, 2230, 2240, and 2250, from 1 

pm to 4 pm. 

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3. Contact Information 

Weeks 1, 2, and 3 4, 5, and 6 Laboratory 

Principal Instructor: Prof. C.E. Jones Prof. P. Barmby Prof. K. Kaluarachchi 

e-mail: cejones@uwo.ca pbarmby@uwo.ca kanthi@uwo.ca 

Phone: 661–2111 x86709 x81557 x86446 

Office: PAB 237A PAB 318 MSA 2203 

Class Web Sites: 

Public: http://www.physics.uwo.ca/~pbarmby/courses/p1024/index.html 

WebCT/OWL: http://owl.uwo.ca (password required) 

4. Course Materials 

The following course materials can be purchased at the UWO Bookstore: 

Textbook: 

Lab Manual: 

Calculator: 

Fundamentals of Physics, 8 th extended edition, by Halliday, Resnick and 

Walker (John Wiley & Sons, 2007) 

Physics 1024 Intersession Laboratory Package. 

Be sure to buy the correct package, as it is not refundable. 

Sharp EL-510RB Scientific Calculator 

This is the only calculator allowed in exams and tutorial quizzes. 

In addition, on-line materials, including lecture notes, are available from WebCT. There are separate 

WebCT areas for the lectures and the lab, and you will need to make use of both. 

5. Course Content 

The course content is outlined in the following tables. This is a provisional list; the course WebCT page will 

be updated as necessary (e.g., if sections are omitted). See WebCT for suggested homework problems. 

Part 1 Part 2 

Chap. Sections Topic Chap. Section Topic 

1 all Measurement 15 1–7 Oscillations 

2 1–9 Motion in 1D 16 1–5, 9,10,12,13 Waves 

3 all Vectors 17 2-5 Sound waves 

4 1–7 Motion in 2D & 3D 18 all Heat 

5 all Force & Motion I 21 all Electric Charge 

6 1–3, 5 Force & Motion II 22 1–5, 8–9 Electric Fields 

7 all except 8 Kinetic Energy & Work 24 1–8, 10, 11 Electric Potential 

8 all 

Potential Energy & 

Conservation of Energy 

26 all Current & Resistance 

9 1–10 

Centre of Mass & Linear 

Momentum 

27 all except 9 Circuits 

10 all Rotation 28 all except 10 Magnetic Fields 

11 6–11 

Torque & 

Angular Momentum 

38 1–3, 5, 6 Modern Physics 

14 all Fluids 39 1–3, 8 Atomic Structure 


6. Evaluation 

Your final grade in this course will be derived approximately according to: 

Tutorial Quizzes (4 in total) 40% 

Laboratory 15% 

Final Examination, Part I 22.5% 

Final Examination, Part II 22.5% 

Note: In order to pass the course, you must pass the laboratory component of this course. Otherwise, 

your maximum grade in this course will be 40%. 

7. Laboratories 

Dr. K. Kaluarachchi (PAB 315/MSA 2203) is in charge of the laboratory. Direct all 

laboratory questions to her (email kanthi@uwo.ca or telephone to 661–2111 x86446), not 

to your instructor. 

Information on the laboratory is posted on the lab WebCT/OWL site. 

Laboratory Orientation Lecture 

A laboratory orientation lecture will be posted on the lab WebCT/OWL site. You must visit the lab 

WebCT/OWL site and familiarize yourself with the contents of this lecture before attending your first lab. 

Laboratory Schedules 

The Intersession laboratories are generally held on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons; the exact 

schedule is posted on the lab WebCT/OWL site. 

Exemptions 

If you have taken the course previously and want to know if you have to repeat the labs, contact Dr. 

Kaluarachchi as soon as possible. 

In order to pass the course, a student must obtain a passing grade in the laboratory. 

8. Tutorials 

The tutorials in this course are designed to provide additional practice at solving problems based on the 

lecture material. Tutorials begin at 9:30 am. The first 1.5 hours are normally spent working through 

problems relevant to the lecture material with the guidance of a tutorial leader. 

During the final hour of the tutorial you will write a quiz containing short-answer questions and multi-part 

numerical problems. These quizzes are graded and used to assign your tutorial mark. There will be a total 

of 4 quizzes. 

Note that communicating with other members of your tutorial group during the quiz will be dealt with as 

seriously as would cheating on an exam. 


9. Final Examination 

The examination in this course is divided into two parts. Part I of the final examination will be held on 

Monday, May 31 from 9:30 am – 12:30 pm and will cover the material from the first three weeks of class. 

Part II will be held on June 21 or 22 (to be announced) from 9:30 am – 12:30 pm, and will cover material 

from the final three weeks of class (though you will still be expected to know some material from the first 

half). 

Exams will consist of a combination of short-answer questions designed to test conceptual understanding 

of topics covered in class, and numerical problems (which may consist of multiple parts) that test problemsolving 

abilities. 

No extra sheets, PDAs, advanced calculators, computers, cell phones, etc., are permitted during exams. 

Computer-marked multiple-choice tests and/or exams may be subject to submission for similarity review by 

software that will check for unusual coincidences in answer patterns that may indicate cheating. 

Calculators 

The only calculator that may be brought into an exam is the Sharp EL-510RB calculator, which is available 

from the UWO Bookstore. The only exception is any Sharp model EL-5xx (where xx is typically 00 or 10R). 

If you are in doubt about your calculator, show it to us before the examination. 

Accommodations for Religious Holidays 

When scheduling unavoidably conflicts with religious holidays which a) require an absence from the 

University or b) prohibit or require certain activities (i.e., activities that would make it impossible for the 

student to satisfy the academic requirements scheduled on the day(s) involved), no student will be 

penalized for absence because of religious reasons, and alternative means will be sought for satisfying the 

academic requirements involved. If a suitable arrangement cannot be worked out between the student and 

instructor involved, they should consult the appropriate department chair and, if necessary, the student's 

Dean. 

It is the responsibility of such students to inform themselves concerning the work done in classes from 

which they are absent and to take appropriate action. 

A student who, for either of the situations outlined in paragraph one above (a or b), is unable to write 

examinations and term tests on a Sabbath or Holy Day in a particular term shall give notice of this fact in 

writing to his or her Dean as early as possible. 

For purposes of this policy the University has approved a list of dates which are recognized religious 

holidays which require members of those religions to be absent from the University; this list is updated 

annually and is available at Departmental, Deans' and Faculty advising offices. 

10. Make-up Policy 

a) Laboratories. Grading policies for the laboratory are given in the Notes to Students in your lab manual 

package. You may miss up to two labs without penalty. Missing more than four labs will result in failing 

the course. In general, no opportunity is given to make up missed labs. 

b) Tutorial Quizzes. No make-up quizzes will be given. In the event of a quiz that is missed for reasons 

approved by the Science counsellors, the quiz grade will be based on the remaining quizzes. 

c) Final Examination. In accordance with Senate Policy, a Special Examination will be held within thirty 

days of the regular final examination for students who are unable to write the regular examination for 

medical or other documented reasons. Requests for such a Special Examination must be made to the 

Associate Dean, Faculty of Science. 


11. Class Web Site 

General course information (the most recent version of this document, contact info, etc.) is available on the 

course web site: http://www.physics.uwo.ca/~pbarmby/courses/p1024/index.html. 

All on-line instructional materials (lecture notes, lab information, tutorials, assignments, access to interim 

grades, announcements, etc.) will be posted on the secure WebCT OWL site. To access this site, you will 

need to go to http://owl.uwo.ca and log on using your UWO username and password. If you need 

information about setting up and using your account (or forwarding your mail from uwo.ca to other mail 

services), all the information you need is at the ITS web site, http://www.uwo.ca/its/. 

Some aspects of these web sites require Adobe Acrobat Reader (5.0 or higher), which is available for free. 

12. Advice for Success 

A typical day in Intersession Physics 1024 is very full—don’t plan on doing anything else! The daily 

schedule for the course involves 2.5–3 hours of class and 3 hours of lab or tutorial. In addition, you will 

often need to do at least 2 to 3 hours of homework each evening. Our experience has been that students 

do not find this workload overwhelming as long as they have cleared their daily schedules for 6 weeks of 

intensive work on Physics. Therefore we strongly discourage you from taking on any other commitments, 

such as a job or another course. If you find that you are falling behind, or are having difficulty with the 

course material, please see your instructor immediately. 

13. Cheating (Scholastic Offenses) 

Cheating 

University policy states that cheating is a scholastic offence. The commission of a scholastic offence is 

attended by academic penalty, which may include expulsion from the program. If you are caught cheating, 

there will be no second warning. Possession or use of more than one clicker during a lecture will be 

considered cheating. Cheating includes having available any other electronic devices than a watch and the 

Sharp calculator discussed previously during a test or exam. You may not have a cell phone accessible 

during exams, even to use as a calculator or watch. Complete information on the University policy on 

academic offenses can be found at http://www.uwo.ca/univsec/handbook/appeals/scholoff.pdf. 

Plagiarism 

Students must write their essays and assignments in their own words. Whenever students take an idea, or 

a passage from another author, they must acknowledge their debt both by using quotation marks where 

appropriate and by proper referencing such as footnotes or citations. Plagiarism is a major academic 

offence (see Scholastic Offence Policy in the Western Academic Calendar). 

14. Complaints and Suggestions 

If you have a concern about something, please let us know. We rely on your feedback. Please contact 

initially the person most directly concerned; this will usually be your instructor. If that is not satisfactory, or if 

there is something more general bothering you, talk it over with the Physics & Astronomy Department Chair 

or the Associate Chair of Undergraduate Affairs (for contact information see http://www.physics.uwo.ca). 

15. Accessibility 

Please contact the course instructor if you require material in an alternate format or if any other 

arrangements can make this course more accessible to you. You may also wish to contact Services for 

Students with Disabilities (SSD) at 661-2111 x 82147 for any specific question regarding an 

accommodation. 


16. Contacting Us 

The simplest way to contact us outside of lectures is via your UWO e-mail account. Please allow 2 working 

days for a response. 

We will not read or respond to emails from addresses that do not end in “@uwo.ca”.

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