tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post2042308628700193939..comments2023-06-24T06:54:23.141-04:00Comments on The Chestnut Tree Cafe: It's That Time of YearJim Wetzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07358539074647113747noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-6417885643417476622007-08-24T10:57:00.000-04:002007-08-24T10:57:00.000-04:00Fall semester began here at SJSU (on the left coas...Fall semester began here at SJSU (on the left coast) yesterday. It's nice to see the hordes again!<BR/>Cathyitsmecissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03316752712956633027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-26979496599839165992007-08-22T14:31:00.000-04:002007-08-22T14:31:00.000-04:00Ok, so this would be what was called General Physi...Ok, so this would be what was called General Physics I where I come from. I taught a lab course for GPI and GPII. It was quite a lot of fun...Jeff Pruitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996970649630375507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-14567576334258874892007-08-22T12:02:00.000-04:002007-08-22T12:02:00.000-04:00From the syllabus:Course Description: This course...From the syllabus:<BR/><BR/><I>Course Description: This course is the first half of a general physics sequence (PHYS 218 and 219), not requiring calculus, intended primarily to fulfill Area II requirements for engineering technology students and others who require a general physics course with a laboratory component. The general topics addressed by PHYS 218 are mechanics and heat.</I><BR/><BR/>"Mechanics" in this case is kinematics and dynamics, both rectilinear and rotational, along with some fluid mechanics, elasticity/strength-of-materials, simple harmonic motion, etc. Under "heat" is definitely included heat transfer, but, unless things go quicker than they usually do, won't include thermodynamics -- almost always deferred into the second semester. (Which is that plus waves, electricity & magnetism, optics, and -- again, <B>very</B> occasionally -- a little bit of some modern-physics topic like special relativity or particles-and-waves).Jim Wetzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358539074647113747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9748383.post-66265120829024715002007-08-21T23:15:00.000-04:002007-08-21T23:15:00.000-04:00As a fellow physics geek myself I would like to kn...As a fellow physics geek myself I would like to know, in general, what topics Phys218 covers...Jeff Pruitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996970649630375507noreply@blogger.com