PHYS101

ORIENTATION
PASSING AVERAGE, GRADE
DISTRIBUTION, TOPICS, COURSE
REQUIREMENTS
 GRADE DISTRIBUTION
• Passing Score or Average is 70%.
• Your grade will come from:
a. Exams (4) ……………… 65%
b. Others ……….…………. 10%
c. Final Exam ……………. 25%
100%
 PHYS101 TOPICS
• EXAM 1 Vibratory Motion
Motion in a Straight Line • EXAM 3
Force and Motion Fluids
Work and Energy Temperature and Heat
Impulse and Momentum Wave Motion
• EXAM 2 • EXAM 4
Angular Motion Electric Charge and
Elasticity Electric Field
 PHYS101 TOPICS
Simple Circuits
Magnetic Field
Optics
 EXAMS
• For this course, an exam is
15-item multiple-choice
exam, which will be
posted on Blackboard.
• For each exam, you have
3 chances (or schedules)
to take the exam. For
example, Exam 2 (Chance
1) will be set on Monday,
Exam 2 (Chance 2) will be
• set on Tuesday, and Exam
2 (Chance 3) will be set on
Wednesday.
• Chance 1 will have 6
hours.
• Chance 2 will have 4
hours.
• Chance 3 will have 2
hours.
 EXAMS
• PLEASE NOTE: If you have
already taken Chance 1,
do not take Chance 2 or
Chance 3 of the exam. If
you have already taken
Chance 2, do not take
Chance 3. If you do, I will
take the lowest result as
your score for the exam.
 OTHERS
(RESEARCH PROJECT)
• Each of you will be • following:
submitting a research a. Search the net for an
project in the form of a online/interactive activity
pdf document due at the or practice exam then
end of the term. review it in terms of how
• Choose 5 topics of this useful and helpful it is in
course (i.e. Motion in a learning about the topic.
Straight Line, Force and Provide pics or
Motion, and so on) and screenshots to support
for each topic do the your review.
 OTHERS
(RESEARCH PROJECT)
b. Look for 4 problems  Student Number
covering the topic and  Subject/Section
solve them.
 Compile all pages into
• Use a cover or title page one pdf document and
that contains the submit on or before the
following information: end of the term (i.e.
 PHYS101 RESEARCH before finals week).
PROJECT
 Name (last, first)
 PROBLEM SETS
 I will also be posting  Note that I will be using
problem sets on WileyPlus for the problem
Blackboard. sets so be sure you are
 The problem sets are able to access WileyPlus if
optional and will only be you want to avail of the
used as bonuses to the problem sets.
exams.
 Each problem set is 10
items long and is worth
3% bonus to an exam.
 TEXTBOOK
• As per the course syllabus, the text book for this course
is:
• PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICS (10th ed.)
• by
• HALLIDAY & RESNICK