VERITAS UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, ABUJA

DEPARTMENT OF PURE AND APPLIED PHYSICS

FACULTY OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES
COURSE OUTLINE

Course Title/Code: General Physics I (PHY 101)

Credit Units: 2

Semester: First

Session: 2023/2024
Venue for Lectures: Auditorium

Days and Time: Wednesdays, 9 am -11 am

Lecturers: Dr. Uko Ofe, Mr Nnamdi Opara

Office Location: Physics Block, Block B top floor

Office Hours: 11am – 3pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays

Phones: : 08036730124, 09067409841

Emails: ukoo@veritas.edu.ng, oparan@veritas.edu.ng

Course Description
The course will examine the fundamental principles of physical laws, how to apply them to the
behavior of objects, and how to use the scientific method to expand our knowledge in the field
of physics. There are two hours of lecture and three hours laboratory work per week

Course Objectives / Student’s Learning Outcomes

The objectives of this course are to provide an all-round understanding and real life application
of the principles of mechanics, sound and heat which would also enable students to apply the
concepts in other disciplines
In addition, all readings, class sessions, projects, homework and examinations, all through this
course are aimed at measuring the student’s accomplishments of the following objectives and
results:

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 As the end result of instructional activities, students will be able to:

• Describe what space and time entails in line with frames of reference
• Understand the various standard units and dimensions and their conversions
• Describe vectors analyze resulting problems from its components
• Define and demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental laws of mechanics
• Solve problems resulting from statics and dynamics
• Compute work and energy relating problems relating to momentum and impulses
• Define and solve problems involving the laws of conservation of energy
• Define and solve problems involving elasticity, Hooke’s laws, young and bulk moduli
• Describe the concept of hydrostatics and pressure .
• Analyze electrical circuits.
• Describe and define voltage, current and resistance.
• Describe Archimedes
• Analyze ideal gas equation and solve problems relating to gas laws.
• Explain the laws of thermodynamics and applications
• Solve problems relating to first, second and third laws of thermodynamics
• Describe and compute kinetic theory of gases
• Describe the concept of sound and its applications

Resources and Recommended Texts:

1. MECHANICS, PROPERTIES OF MATTER AND THERMAL PHYSICS by

Physics Writers
2. SCHAUM’S 3000 SOLVED PROBLEMS IN PHYSICS by ALVIN HALPERN
3. SAMUEL J. LING,PhD.University Physics volume IIOpenStax Rice University6100
Main Street MS-375 Houston, Texas 77005visit https://openstax.org.
4. PAUL PETER URONE, College PhysicsOpenStax Rice University 6100 Main Street
MS-375 Houston, Texas 77005 visit https://openstax.org.

Attendance:

Students shall attend all class sessions. The minimum attendance shall be 80%.

Grading Policy: The grading policy is specified as follows:

• CA1 /Assignment - 10%

• CA2/Class Quizzes - 10%
• CA3/Term Paper - 10%
• Examination - 70%

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Grading Summary:
Students overall performances will be graded thus:
• 0-44 =F= 0 points
• 45-49 =D= 2 points
• 50-59 =C= 3 points
• 60-69 =B= 4 points
• 70-100 =A= 5 points

Plagiarism Statement

Using another person’s word or unique ideas without citing the source in a submitted assignment
for a course is plagiarism. As intellectual theft and academic dishonesty, it signifies a lack of
the moral integrity required of students of Veritas University. The university details the
academic and institutional consequences for plagiarism, which can include dismissal from
school. All students are required to be familiar with and abide by this policy. In all cases of
plagiarism by a student, the incident will be reported to the appropriate authorities including
sponsors

Course Evaluation: Students will be expected to evaluate the lecturer at the end of the
semester to assess the lecturer’s performance and ensure proper delivery. Specific instructions
on how to handle this will be provided.

Fraud Awareness

Students are reminded that in order to maintain the academic integrity of all programs and
courses, the university has a zero-tolerance approach to students offering money or significant
value goods or services to any staff member who is involved in their teaching or assessment.
Students offering lecturers or tutors or professional staff anything more than a small token of
appreciation is totally unacceptable, in any circumstances. Staff members are obliged to report
all such incidents to their supervisor/manager, who will refer them for action under the
university's student’s disciplinary procedures.

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 Class Schedule and Topics, Homework, Quizzes and Examinations

Week Topic Evaluation /Assignment

Units and Dimension
Week 1 Standard units and derived units, unit consistency and. Assignments on SI units and
conversions. Measurement of fundamental quantities, dimensional analysis
length, mass and time. Dimensions of physical quantities

Week 2 Scalar and Vector Quantities

Assignments on vector
Vector addition, vector subtraction, vector resolution, resolution, resultant vectors
components of vectors, unit vectors, products of vectors, and general vector analysis
unit vectors, scalar product, vector product, resultant of.
vectors, vectors in two and three dimensions

Weeks 3& 4 Motion along a Straight Line

Displacement, average velocity, instantaneous velocity, Assignments on
average acceleration, motion with constant acceleration, displacement and Newton’s
freely falling bodies, projectile motion. Motion in two or laws of motion with their
three dimensions, circular motion. applications

Dynamics
Newton’s laws of motion and applications, mass and
weight. Newton’s first law: particles in equilibrium.
One-dimensional equilibrium: Tension in a rope with
mass. Two-dimensional equilibrium. Newton’s second
law (dynamics of particle). Newton’s third law.

Week 5 Work, Energy and Power Assignments on work-

Work: work done in a gravitational field. Energy: forms energy-power relationships
of energy, energy transformation and conservation, Continuous Assessment 1
the work-energy theorem. Power, momentum and impulse

Week 6 Conservation Laws Assignments on collisions,

Conservation of momentum, collisions, centre of mass. momentum and simple
Rotational dynamics and angular momentum, angular harmonic motion
velocity and acceleration, energy in rotational motion,
torque and rotation about a moving axis, simple
harmonic motion and its applications

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Week 7 Elasticity: Hooke's law, Moduli of Elasticity Assignments on elasticity
Stress and strain. Young modulus, shear modulus and and Hooke’s law
bulk modulus, deformation and dislocations.

Weeks 8 & 9 Hydrostatics

Continuous Assessment 2
Density, relative density, Archimedes principle, principle.
of floatation. Fluid at rest, pressure in liquid, liquid.
columns, atmospheric pressure buoyancy, atmospheric.
pressure, surface tension, liquid surfaces: adhesion,
cohesion, capillarity, drops and bubbles.

Week 10 Temperature, Heat and Gas laws Assignment: Calculations

on gas laws and heat
Temperature, thermometric substances, temperature. capacity
scales. Heat: heat capacity, heat transfer. Gas laws,
kinetic. theory of gases and deductions. General gas.
equations.

Week 11 Thermodynamics Assignment

Application of laws of
Zeroth law and thermal equilibrium, first law of. thermodynamics to our
thermodynamics and internal energy. Second law, heat. daily lives
engines and pumps, work done by expanding gas, kinetic.
theory of gases. Third law of thermodynamics

Weeks 12 Sound and Sound Applications Continuous Assessment 3

Sound waves, echo and reverberation. Equations of speed.

of sound, speed of sound in different media. Doppler.
effects and interference.

Week 13 REVISION Tutorials and Practice

Questions

Week Exams and Grading

14-15

N/B: Please, note that the description of the procedures and schedules for this course are
subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances!