MAPA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

PHYSICS

DEPARTMENT OF

COURSE CALENDAR / 3rd Term 2013 - 2014

FACULTY
COURSE CODE/SECTION
DAY

Week #
1

DATE
Jan 07
Jan 09

TOPIC
Orientation

Thermometry &
Thermal Expansion

Jan 16

Thermal Expansion
Area Expansion

3
Jan 23
TBA
Jan 28
Jan 30
Feb 04
5
Feb 06

6
Feb 11

Feb 13

Linear Expansion
Volume Expansion

Quantity of Heat
Specific Heat
Calorimetry and Heat Exchange
Quantity of Heat
Phase Change
DIAGNOSTIC EXAM ( 3rd Sunday of the Term)
Heat
-

7:30 A.M. 9:00 A.M.

W308

ACTIVITIES
Discuss the nature of course, grading system
and other course requirements.
Review of mission and vision
Distribution of course syllabus

Lecture / Discussion
Solving Sample Problems
Lecture / Discussion
Solving Sample Problems
Lecture / Discussion
Solving Sample Problems
Lecture / Discussion/Demonstration
Solving Sample Problems
Written Examination (Multiple Choice Type)
Coverage: PHY10 and PHY11

Transfer
Conduction
Convection
Radiation

Lecture / Discussion
Solving Sample Problems

QUIZ NO. 1

Written Examination (Problem-based)

Coverage: Heat

Wave Motion
Mechanical and Periodic Waves
Speed of Transverse Waves
Wave Motion
Standing Waves on a String
Normal Modes of a String/Laws of
Strings
Sound and Acoustics
Properties of Sound
Speed of Sound and Longitudinal
Waves
Sound Intensity and Loudness
Sound and Acoustics
Resonance in Open and Close Pipes
- Doppler Effect

Feb 18

QUIZ NO. 2

Feb 20

Electrostatics
Electric Charges
Electric Force
- Coulombs Law

TIME
ROOM

HOLIDAY

Jan 14

Jan 21

NOVIDA, FE M.
PHY12 A1
TUESDAY / THURSDAY

Lecture / Discussion
Solving Sample Problems
Lecture / Discussion
Solving Sample Problems

Lecture/Discussion
Solve Sample Problems

Lecture/Discussion
Solve Sample Problems
Written Examination (Problem-based)
Coverage: Waves
Lecture/Discussion
Solve Sample Problems

Week No.

DATE
Feb 25

8
Feb 27

Mar 04
9
Mar 06

Mar 11
10

Mar 13

TOPIC
-

ACTIVITIES
Lecture/Discussion
Solve Sample Problems

HOLIDAY

Electrostatics
Electric Field
Electric Potential Energy
Electric Potential
Current Electricity
Electric Current
Resistance
Voltage
Ohms Law
Current Electricity
Resistors in Series and Parallel
Electromotive Force
- Power in Electric Circuits
Electricity
- Kirchhoffs Rules

Lecture/Discussion
Solve Sample Problems

Lecture/Discussion
Solve Sample Problems

Lecture/Discussion
Solve Sample Problems / Seatwork

QUIZ NO. 3
Completion of Course Requirements

Lecture/Discussion
Solve Sample Problems / Seatwork
Written Examination (Problem-based)
Coverage: Electrostatics and Current
Electricity Submission of Course Portfolio
Computation of Class Standing

Textbook

Young, Hugh D. and Freedman, Roger A. University Physics with Modern Physics 12 h Edition 2008 Addison
Wesley Publishing Co., Inc.

Other
Reference
s

Sears, Zemansky, and Young. College Physics 7th Edition 1992 Addison Wesley Publishing Co., Inc.
Beiser, Arthur. Modern Technical Physics 1992 Addison Wesley Publishing Co., Inc.
Passing Grade is 70%
Grading System
Long Exams / Diagnostic
Other Learning Activities
(HW, etc.)
Final Examination
Total
Grading Scale
General Average

Course
Evaluation

96.01
93.01
90.01
86.01
83.01

:
:
:
:

65%
10%
15%
25%
100%

Grade

General Average

Grade

1.00
1.25
1.50
1.75
2.00

80.01
76.01
73.01
70.00
0.000

2.25
2.50
2.75
3.00
5.00

Aside from academic deficiency, other grounds for a failing grade are:

Cheating during examinations

More than 20 % absences of the total number of meetings in a term

Failure to take the final examination with no valid excuse

Long Exams
There will be three (4) Long Exams (3 Quizzes and a Diagnostic Exam) in the entire term.
Coverage of the Diagnostic Exam : PHY10 and PHY11

Strictly no make-up, late or early exams

Other Learning Activities

Seatworks

Homeworks
Final Examination
The final examination is comprehensive, covering all chapters in the course (problembased)).
My
Contact
Numbers

2475000 loc. 4301

My Email
Address

femnovida@yahoo.com / fmnovida@mapua.edu.ph