PHYS 1110 Syllabus - Fall 2022



Week # Class # Date Day Text Sections Topic
1 1 Aug 23 T Preface Introduction
2 Aug 25 T Critical Role of Energy in 21st century
2 3 Aug 30 T Sec. IV What is Energy?
4 Sep 1 R What is Energy?
3 Sep 6 T No lecture
Sep 8 R No lecture
4 7 Sep 13 T Energy Units
8 Sep 15 R Conservation of Energy
5 9 Sep 20 T Sec. II Energy Sources
10 Sep 22 R Transporting Energy
6 11 Sep 27 T Heat Engines
12 sep 29 R Heat Pumps
7 Oct 4 T Reading Day
Oct 6 R Midterm 1
8 13 Oct 11 T Electrical Energy
14 Oct 13 R Ch. 4-6, 14 Fossil Energy
9 15 Oct 18 T Ch. 2 Environmental Impact of Fossil Energy
16 Oct 20 R Ch. 1 Radiation and Radioactivity
10 17 Oct 25 T Ch. 11, 12 Nuclear Energy
18 Oct 27 R Ch. 15 Energy from Earth and Moon
11 19 Nov 1 T Ch. 8, 13 Indirect Energy from the Sun
20 Nov 3 R Ch. 9 Direct Energy from the Sun
12 21 Nov 8 T Ch. 10 Storing Energy
22 Nov 10 R Cost of Energy
13 23 Nov 15 T Ch. 3 The Science of climate 1
Nov 17 R Midterm 2
14 24 Nov 22 T The Science of climate 2
Nov 24 R Thanksgiving
15 25 Nov 29 T Future Climates
26 Dec 1 R Ch. 7, 16-19 Remediations
16 27 Dec 6 T Sec. V Review
  Dec 10 Sat 1400-1700 Final Exam
Revised: October 30, 2022