I.CH 17.101  4 SEMESTER HOURS, LECTURE AND LABORATORY
SEMESTER: Fall 2003
PREREQUISITE: None
LECTURE HOURS: Section A: TR 11:00 AM -12:15 PM
LAB HOURS: R 2:00-3:50 PM

II.II. INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Salim M. Diab

OFFICE: Room 215, St. Albert
PHONE: 740 3855 (Ext. 855)
OFFICE HOURS: MWF 11:00 - noon

e-mail: sdiab@stfrancis.edu
Homepage: http://www.stfrancis.edu/ns/diab/etherman.htm

III. COURSE DESCRIPTION: A web-enhanced course, directed primarily to those students who need a science course to either satisfy their liberal education requirement or as a preparation for future science courses. The course will focus on the role physics and chemistry play in our technological society. Both lecture and laboratory will be treated descriptively and quantitatively using the conceptual approach. The course will emphasize the study of force and motion, work and energy, electricity and magnetism, nuclear physics, atomic structure, periodic table, compounds, molecules, ions and some chemical principles.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon the successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. understand the language of science and its use within the scientific community.
2. understand and appreciate the evolutionary progress of scientific ideas and their historical context.
3. gain concrete knowledges associated with our physical world with special emphasis on the theories and experiments that govern our macroscopic as well as the microscopic world.
4. study selected theories of physics and chemistry and be able to conceptualize these theories mathematically and graphically.

IV. REQUIRED TEXTS/Internet site:
1. The Physical Universe, Krauskopf and Beiser, 10th edition, McGraw Hill, 2003.
2. Laboratory Guide for An Introduction to Physical Science, Shipman et al.,, 10th edition, Houghton Mifflin Co., 2003.
4. Web Supplement: http://physicalscience.college.hmco.com/students

OTHER KEFERENCES:
1. Physical Science, Turk and Turk, 3rd edition.
2. Physical Science, Merken, 3rd edition.
3. Essentials of Physical Science, Atkins, Holum, and Strahler.
4. Selected Journals: Scientific American, Discover, and others
5. The Physical Universe, 9th edition, Krauskopf and Beiser
Web Supplement: http://www.mhhe.com/krauskopf

THE FOLLOWING TOPICS WILL BE COVERED:

Chapter 1- Measurment
                    On-Line Exam I
Chapter 2- Motion
                    On-Line Exam II
Chapter 3- Force and Motion
                    On-Line Exam III
Chapter 4- Work and Energy
                    On-Line Exam IV
Chapter 8- Electricity and Magnetism
                    On-Line Exam V
Chapter 10- Nuclear Physics
                    On-Line Exam VI
Chapter 11 - The Chemical Elements
Chapter 12 - Chemical Bonding
Chapter 14 - Organic Chemistry

FINAL EXAM will be over chapters 11, 12, and 14 only.

LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS:

Exp. 1- Graphs
Exp. 2- Measurements
Exp. 3- The Simple Pendulum
Exp. 4- Uniform and Accelerated Motion
Exp. 5- Determining g, the Acceleration of Gravity
Exp. 6- Newton's Second Law
Exp. 19- Ohm's Law
Exp. 26- Radiation
Exp. 28- Density of Liquids and Solids
Exp. 29- Preparation of Oxygen
Exp. 34- Molecular Structure

V. EXPECTATIONS OF STUDENTS:

1. Attendance is required. A good attendance including the transcription of a good set of notes will greatly improve the student's chances for achieving a satisfactory grade in this course.
2. Homework assignments are intended to increase the problem solving ability of the students. It is important to attempt to solve every assigned problem using your text/web sources: http://physicalscience.college.hmco.com/students
Note: You will be asked to hand in one homework quiz before taking each exam.
3. Six quizzes will be given. Each quiz will have two parts, an on line closed book covering the concepts and an open book covering the problem solving.
4. A report is required for each experiment. The report must be handed in before the following experiment is performed.
5. Final Exam will be over the last three chapters only.
6. Academic integrity must be always preserved. Any violation will be handled according to guidelines in the College Catalog.
7. Breakdown for grading:

Quizzes              60%
Laboratory         25%
Final Exam         15%
Total                  100%

91-100%   A
81-90%     B
71-80%     C
61-70%     D

Disabilities Statement:
Students with disabilities who require reasonable accommodations to fully participate in course activities or meet course requirements are encouraged to register with the Office of Disability Services to discuss access issues. Please contact Dr. MeShelda A. Jackson by email mjackson@stfrancis.edu or phone 815-740-3461.

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