TAU – PRE-MEDICINE

“GENERAL PHYSICS - I” INDIVIDUAL COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Unit Title General Physics - I
Course Unit Code
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Level of Course Unit 1st Year BS-MD
Number of US Credits Allocated 4 Theory + 1 Seminar+ 1 Lab
Theoretical (hour/week) 4
Practice (hour/week) -
Laboratory (hour/week)
Year of Study 3 Semester
Semester when the course unit is 3
delivered
Name of Lecturer (s)
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Language of Instruction English
Prerequisities and co-requisities Knowledge of high school science is essential.
Recommended Optional Programme -
Components
Work Placement(s) None
This Physics I Course has been designed to teach physics
to students who have career interests in biology,
Objectives of the Course medicine and other life sciences. The main purpose is to
provide an opportunity to learn practical applications of
physics
A student with ultimate interest in medicine, after
completing this course, is anticipated to be able to
understand very clearly the concept of:

1. Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions

2. Forces and Newton’s Laws of Motion
3. Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion
4. Work and Energy
5. Impulse and Momentum
Learning Outcomes
6. Rotational Kinematics and Dynamics
7. Simple Harmonic Motion and Elasticity
8. Fluids, Temperature and Heat; the Transfer of
Heat
9. Ideal Gas Law and Kinetic Theory,
Thermodynamics
10. Waves and Sound and the student should be able
to apply this knowledge of physics in the safe and
cautious practice of medicine.

Course Contents

WEEKS TOPICS
Theoretical Courses Application
 1 Introduction to physics,
Weekly Detailed Course Areas of Physics,
Contents mathematical concepts
2 Trigonometry, Scalars &
Vectors quantities/ Addition
of vectors in one dimension,
addition of vectors in two
dimension/ the component
method.
3 Applications & Review/
Kinematic in one
dimension: Position,
Distance, velocity and
acceleration .
4 Exam - I
Freely Falling Bodies/
Gravity/ Quiz
5 Kinematic in two
dimensions: Velocity,
Acceleration, projective
motion, relative velocity,
Applications Inertia, Mass.
6 The 3 Laws of Motion
( Newton’s)
Applications & Review
7 Gravitational Force, Normal
Force, Frictional Force
Tension/ Equilibrium
Applications & Review/
Quiz
8 Exam - II
Dynamics of circular
uniform motion/ centripetal
acceleration, centripetal
force, work & energy
theorem/ KE, GPE
work & energy theorem/
conservation of ME/ power ,
other forms of energy.
9 Conservation of ME/
Review
10 Work done by a variable
force/ Applications
Impulse & Momentum
Rotational Kinematics and
Dynamics
11 Simple Harmonic Motion
Fluids/ Fluid Equations
 12 Exam - III
Quiz/ Temperature & Heat
Thermal Expansion
Concepts & Review
13 The Ideal Gas Law,
Thermodinamics,
Waves and Sounds
14
15 Final exam
16
Textbook / Material / PHYSICS by John D. Cutnell/ Kenneth W. Johnson – Published by
Recommended Readings Wiley - Edition 6 - ISBN: 0-4711-5183-1

ASSESSMENT

Semester (Year) Interior Number Semester (year) Note the% Contribution to

Activities
First exam 1 20
Second exam 1 20
Third exam 1 20
Final Exam 1 30
Quizzes and attendance 10
TOTAL 100
Semester (year) Grades of Domestic Contribution
Activities 70
Semester (year) of the Final Exam grade 30
Contribution
TOTAL 100

Laboratory / Practical: 2 Credit hours

1. Experiments, spotting, Volumetric Analysis, Salt Analysis and Content

Based Experiment 40 marks
2. Record of one investigatory project and Viva based on the project 5
marks
3. Class record and Viva based on experiments 5 marks

Practical
Note: Every student will perform 10 experiments (5 from each section)
and 8 activities (4 from each section)
Two demonstration experiments must be performed by the teacher with
participation of students. The students will maintain a record of these
demonstration experiments.

SECTION A
Experiments
1. Use of Vernier Callipers
(i) to measure diameter of a small spherical/cylindrical body.
(ii) to measure dimensions of a given regular body of known mass and
hence find its density.
(iii) to measure internal diameter and depth of a given beaker/calorimeter
and hence find its volume.

2. Use of screw gauge

(i) to measure diameter of a given wire, (ii) to measure thickness of a
given sheet
(iii) to measure volume of an irregular lamina

3. To determine radius of curvature of a given spherical surface by a

spherometer.
4. To find the weight of a given body using parallelogram law of vectors.
5. Using a simple pendulum, plot L-T and L-T2 graphs. Hence find the
effective length of second’s pendulum using appropriate graph.
6. To study the relationship between force of limiting friction and normal
reaction and to find co-efficient of friction between a block and a
horizontal surface.
7. To find the downward force, along an inclined plane, acting on a roller
due to gravitational pull of the earth and study its relationship with the
angle of inclination by plotting graph between force and sin

Activities
1. To make a paper scale of given least count, e.g. 0.2cm, 0.5cm.
2. To determine mass of a given body using a metre scale by principle of
moments.
3. To plot a graph for a given set of data, with proper choice of scales and
error bars.
4. To measure the force of limiting friction for rolling of a roller on a
horizontal plane.
5. To study the variation in range of a jet of water with angle of projection.
6. To study the conservation of energy of a ball rolling down on inclined
plane (using a double inclined plane).
7. To study dissipation of energy of a simple pendulum by plotting a graph
between square of amplitude and time.

SECTION B
Experiments
1. To determine Young’s modulus of elasticity of the material of a given
wire.
2. To find the force constant of a helical spring by plotting graph between
load and extension.
3. To study the variation in volume with pressure for a sample of air at
constant temperature by plotting graphs between P and V, and between P
and I/V.
4. To determine the surface tension of water by capillary rise method.
5. To determine the coefficient of viscosity of a given viscous liquid by
measuring terminal velocity of a given spherical body.
6. To study the relationship between the temperature of a hot body and
time by plotting a cooling curve.
7. (i) To study the relation between frequency and length of a given wire
under constant tension using sonometer.
(ii) To study the relation between the length of a given wire and tension
for constant frequency using sonometer.
8. To find the speed of sound in air at room temperature using a
resonance tube by two resonance positions.
9. To determine specific heat of a given (i) solid (ii) liquid, by method of
mixtures.

Activities
1. To observe change of state and plot a cooling curve for molten wax.
2. To observe and explain the effect of heating on a bi-metallic strip.
3. To note the change in level of liquid in a container on heating and
interpret the observations.
4. To study the effect of detergent on surface tension by observing
capillary rise.
5. To study the factors affecting the rate of loss of heat of a liquid.
6. To study the effect of load on depression of a suitably clamped metre
scale loaded
(i) at its end (ii) in the middle.

Details on Credit Hours and Clock Hours

Of Texila American University

LECTURES
1 credit hour = 15 hours of teaching in one semester.
(Ground rule for credit system is for every hour in class, students need to spend two
hours outside the class).
Which means 15 hours taught = 45 clock hours.
1hr of class = 50 minutes only.

LABORATORY
1 Credit hour = (2X50 minutes Session) X 15 in a semester.
1 lab session = 100 minutes only.