This document provides the course syllabus for General Physics PHYS 101 taught during the 2013-2014 academic year at Al Farabi College for Dentistry & Nursing. The course is intended for first year students in dentistry and nursing. It will introduce basic physics concepts relevant to bioscience and medicine. The course objectives are to provide a clear presentation of introductory physics concepts and principles and strengthen understanding through real-world applications. Students will be assessed through quizzes, assignments, a midterm exam, practical exams, and a final exam. Lectures will cover various physics topics outlined in the schedule. Practical sessions will involve experiments related to the lectures. The textbook is Physics by Joseph Kane and instructors are available

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Al Farabi College
For Dentistry & Nursing
Course Syllabus
Course Code
Course Information
General Physics
PHYS 101
Prerequisites
None
Year / Level
2013-2014,
Females)
Course Title
1st Year level 2
(Dentistry College – Males &
Course Website
Course Instructors
Dr. Said Azar and Ibrahem Ehmid
Office Location
Faculty Staff’s Office/ Second Floor
Office Phone #
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Office Hours
Tue: 8:00 – 9:00 PM & Wed: 5:00 – 6:00 PM
E-mail
3femto@gmail.com
Teaching assistant(s)
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Course Description
This module is offered to students in the faculty of Dentistry and Nursing.
The module will introduce the student to the basic language and ideas of
physics that occur in all branches of bioscience and medicine.
Course objectives
The main objective of this introductory course is to provide the students with a
clear and logical presentation of the basic concepts and principles of
introductory physics, and to strengthen their understanding through a broad
range of interesting applications in the real world.
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Textbook
Title
Physics
Author(s)
Publisher
Joseph W. Kane and Morton M. Sternheim
John Wiley & Sons
Year
1988 (ISBN: 0-471-63845-5)
Edition
3th Edition.
Book Website
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Assessment tools
Assessment
Expected due date
Percentage
Quizzes
At the end of each month
10 %
Assignments
After each Chapter
10 %
th
20 %
Practical exam.
Weeks 7 & 8 from 9/3 – 20-/3
Week 16th from 11/5-15/5
Final Exam
Weeks 18th & 19th from 25/05 – 05/06
40 %
Midterm Exam
th
20 %
Teaching & Learning Methods
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Theoretical and practical classes (lecture & practical).
Power point Presentations
Group work, group discussion & Self Readings
Multimedia
Useful Resources
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Library
Web sites
Interactive simulation such as Phet
Supplementary texts:
1- Raymond A. Serway, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 4th edition, Saunders
Golden Sunburst Series, 1990.
2- D. Halliday and R. Resnick Fundamentals of Physics, 10th edition, 2011 (ISBN: 9781-118-23072-5 (Extended edition)).
3- H. D. Young, R. A. Freedman, T. R. Sandin, And A. Lewis Ford, Sears and Zemansky’s
University Physics, 10th edition, 2000. (ISBN: 0-201-60322-5).
4- Jerry B. Marion and William F. Hornyak, General Physics with Bioscience Essays,
2nd Edition John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1985.
Course Policies
Attendance: Your attendance is mandatory. More than 10 % of unexcused absences will result in an
automatic penalty of getting F. Chronic lateness will also impact your grade. Do not miss class on a day you
do not have an assignment completed, because you will lose points for absence, discussion, and a late
assignment. Journal assignments are still due on weeks you are absent, and should be emailed to me before
the time that class starts. In order to pass this course, you must attend at least 90% of class meetings.
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Late assignments: All assignments are due at the beginning of class. Late assignments will receive a
penalty of one grade step if they are handed in less than one day (24 hours) late. Your assignments will
receive an additional grade step deduction for each day they are late (assignments that are between 24 and 48
hours late will receive a penalty of two grade steps. This includes weekends and holidays. No assignments
will be accepted after they are one week late. Hard copies of late assignments must be turned into my office.
You should also email me a copy to verify the time at which it was completed.
Academic honesty: College policies on academic honesty apply to this course. All work is to be done on
an individual basis, and collaboration is not permitted. You may have someone who is not enrolled in this
course proofread your papers for clarity, but you may not seek outside help regarding your paper’s content.
You will be required to submit a signed copy of the College honor pledge with your short paper and your final
paper.
Discussion: Since this course is discussion-based, your active participation is required. You should come to
class prepared to thoughtfully and actively discuss the day’s readings. In order to promote open and
meaningful discussion, it is important to maintain an atmosphere in which everyone feels respected and
comfortable sharing ideas and opinions. Remember to avoid interrupting your classmates and do not attack
them personally. Be critical of arguments, not of individuals. If you ever are feeling uncomfortable in
discussion, please come talk to me.
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Course Lecture Timetable:
Week
Date/Saturday
Chapter and Subject
st
26/01/ 2014
No Class
nd
02/02/ 2014
Introduction and Syllabus
rd
09/02/ 2014
Ch#1: Motion in A Straight Line
th
16/02/ 2014
Ch#2: Motion in Two Dimensions
and Vectors
th
23/02/ 2014
Ch#3: Newton’s Laws of Motion
th
02/03/ 2014
Ch#4: Statics: Torques, and
Equilibrium
th
09/03/ 2014
Mid-term Exam
th
16/03/ 2014
Mid-term Exam
th
23/03/ 2014
Spring Holiday 23/03/2014 – 29/03/2014
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Assignments and Notes
th
30/03/ 2014
Ch#6: Work, Energy and Power
th
06/04/ 2014
th
13/04/ 2014
th
20/04/ 2014
th
27/04/ 2014
th
04/05/ 2014
Ch#13: Fluid Mechanics
Ch#16: Electric Forces, Fields,
and Potentials
Ch#17: Direct currents and Ohm’s
Law
Ch#24: Mirrors, Lenses, and
Imaging Systems
Ch#30: Nuclear Physics:
Radioactivity and Half-Life
Ch#31: Ionizing Radiation: The
Interaction of Radiation with Matter
10
11
12
13
14
15
th
11/05/ 2014
th
18/05/ 2014
th
25/05/ 2014
th
01/06/ 2014
16
17
18
19
Revision
Final Exam
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Assignment I
Quiz I
Assignment II
Assignment III
Assignment VI
Quiz II
Assignment V
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Practical and Tutorial Timetable:
Week
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
Date
26/ 01/ 2014
02/ 02/ 2014
09/ 02/ 2014
16/ 02/ 2014
23/ 02/ 2014
02/ 03/ 2014
09/ 03/ 2014
16/ 03/ 2014
23/ 03/ 2014
30/ 03/ 2014
06/ 04/ 2014
13/ 04/ 2014
20/ 04/ 2014
27/ 04/ 2014
04/ 05/ 2014
11/ 05/ 2014
18/ 05/ 2014
25/ 05/ 2014
01/ 06/ 2014
Experiment
No.
Experiment title
No Lab
Introduction
Measurements in physics
Errors and Uncertainty
Simple Pendulum
Force Table
Mid-term Exam
Mid-term Exam
Exp(1)
Exp(2)
Exp(3)
Exp(4)
Notes
Quiz 1
Spring Holiday 23/03/2014 – 29/03/2014
Exp(5)
Exp(6)
Exp(7)
Exp(8)
Hook’s Law
Ohm’s Law
Viscosity
Prism and refraction
Labs compensation
Quiz 2
Final Lab Exam
Additional Notes
There will be some quizzes (10-15 minutes for each quiz) throughout the semester.
The materials covered in the quizzes will the topics taught before the quiz and not
including the topics of the pervious quiz. There is no make-up for any quiz.
If you attended to this course, I am available along the lecture, practical and office
hours times.
Good luck
Dr. Said M. Azar & Ibrahem Ehmad
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Q_saed74@yahoo.com
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