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PHYSICS 108: College Physics I
Summ er 2 025
Instructor Information
Instructor
Email
Office
Dr. David T. Marx
Moulton 312B
Office Hours: Zoom meetings available on request.
Lecture: Lecture Content is Asynchronous
Lab: Online Labs will be assigned
Topics
Basic principles of mechanics, wave motion, sound, and heat. Includes diverse scientific and
technological applications. The course uses concepts from algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
Chapters 1 – 16 of the course textbook are fully covered.
Required Materials
Text: Physics, 9th edition by John D. Cutnell and Kenneth W. Johnson
Online Homework:
The Expert TA $35
Register at: https://reg.theexpertta.com/USG15IL-D257FC-3GX
Expectations
Students will keep up with all course content and due dates.
Keep up or keep ahead of the material by reading ahead in the textbook.
We’ll be covering approximately one textbook chapter per week. Reading the textbook
does not mean skimming it. It means reading in detail, studying the examples, and taking
notes on all of the important concepts, equations, and physical constants.
Work all homework problems by yourself and do not look for answers online. Do NOT use AI
to solve your problems.
Your instructor is always available and answers email questions quickly, so take advantage
of the good nature and willingness to help from him.
Students will do all lab activites and work attentively and carefully on each assignment.
Communications
All course content, announcements, and assignments will be made through the class’ Canvas
site. Please be sure to check for class announcements.
Homework
A few homework assignments are assigned weekly. The assignments will be done online using
TheExpertTA, for which you must purchase as subscription (see required materials above). The
data in the questions is usually randomized, so each student gets a different problem.
Learning physics, like learning to play the violin or piano, requires practice every day by you.
Do not rely on others to do your homework for you. Never Google problems. Contact Dr. Marx
for help on homework.
