PHY105 GENERAL PHYSICS I
| Course Code: | 3580105 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 4 (3.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.5 |
| Department: | Physics |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Lecturer ERKUT İNAN İŞERİ |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
1. Furnish students with the fundamental concepts of motion encountered in engineering and supply the necessary background.
2. Develop problem solving skills of the students.
3. Improve the systematic and analytic thinking of the students.
Course Content
The department of Physics offers a calculus based physics course for the students to be trained as engineers. The students are to be provided with a sound conceptual and practical physics and in their particular subject specialties so as to prepare them to carry out an engineering education of the highest quality. This course is designed to fulfill all of the requirements and is suited for the background of engineering candidates.
Course Learning Outcomes
1. Define linear kinematic quantities including displacement, velocity and acceleration, and use these quantities to describe the linear motion of an object.
2. Identify the forces acting on an object and apply Newton’s laws to analyze the linear motion of the object.
3. Understand the concepts of work, kinetic energy, potential energy and internal energy, and apply the law of conservation of energy to solve mechanics problems.
4. Understand the concept of linear momentum and apply the law of conservation of linear momentum to solve mechanics problems.
5. Define angular kinematic quantities including angular displacement, angular velocity and angular acceleration, and use these quantities to describe the rotational motion of an object.
6. Identify the torques acting on an object and apply Newton’s laws to analyze the rotational motion of the object.
7. Understand the concept of angular momentum and apply the law of conservation of angular momentum to solve mechanics problems.
8. Perform basic scripted mechanics experiments as a team, collect and analyze data, and interpret the results.