Revised 4/2/2008
College Physics I (ONLINE SECTION)
PHY:111-674 (4 Credits)
INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS ENROLLING FOR ON-LINE COURSE
This section of College Physics I is offered as an alternative to the
usual presentation format. There are no regular class meetings, although there
will be on-campus testing and laboratories three times on Saturdays (2/27,
4/10, 5/15 at 10 am) and mandatory
on-campus laboratory and orientation session on Saturday of Jan. 23rd for the
spring semester from 11 am to 2 pm.
There will be no
make-up laboratories, so you'd better take a regular class if you can't come on
the scheduled Saturdays.
The textbook for this course will be "Physics (7th or 8th edition for the fall semester) by Cutnell" (ISBN #:
978-0-470-37924-0). The course
content will be online materials created by the instructor and organized in much
the same way as a traditional text. Weekly assignments will be posted on
the Blackboard website and should be done by a given deadline. Additionally, there are also links to related web sites.
Warning!!! ------ If you had lots of troubles in Intermediate Algebra or
College Algebra (a grade of C or below), you'd better take a regular physics
course because it might be very difficult for you to understand the materials in the
physics
textbook.
REQUIRED ON-CAMPUS Laboratory and ORIENTATION SESSION
You have to come to the Meramec campus for the on-campus
laboratory and orientation session on
Saturday, Jan. 23rd
at 11:00 AM in SW 204 (Science West 204) on the Meramec campus. Please do not forget to bring your
pencil and pen for the first lab. If
you miss this orientation, you'll miss two labs and there will be NO make-up lab.
REGISTRATION AND ACCESS TO ONLINE MATERIALS
You register for this course just as you would for any other course. As
soon as you register,
you have to log into the Student BannerWeb
( http://www.stlcc.edu/SelfService/ ) and
type in your current phone number and activate your STLCC student e-mail account
(http://www.stlcc.edu/Studentemail/index.html)
to complete the registration for this course..
If you have never logged into the Banner website before, you need to click the
'Banner Instructions' button at the top. You have to wait one business day in
order to log into the Blackboard website after you log into the Banner website
for the first time.TEXTBOOK: Physics
by Cutnell and Johnson [7th or 8th edition]
(ISBN #: 978-0-470-37924-0)
Physics DVDs: The Standard Deviants - Physics Parts 1 & 2
(Optional) ( ISBN #: 1-58298-333-6)
MATERIALS NEEDED:
Scientific Calculator, Metric Measuring Tape (at least 2 m long), Protractor, Pencil, and
Eraser
ONLINE COURSE MANAGEMENT
St. Louis Community College has adopted a software package called Blackboard as
its standard for online course presentation and management. You can log
into the Blackboard website ( http://blackboard.stlcc.edu/
) after Jan. 16th. The course syllabus with general expectations, test schedules, and
grading procedures will be posted in Blackboard under "Course
Information". Under "Communication", Blackboard supports several
avenues of communication among or between students and between instructor and
students, so most of the class "meetings" will take place online. The
software's "Grading" feature allows students the option of looking at
their grades at any time during the semester. Although the software supports
online testing, issues of security and validity have caused us to opt for
on-campus testing in this course.
MORE INFORMATION:
Further information about the On-Line Course in College Physics can be obtained
by contacting the instructor: Dr. Kwan Lee at klee@stlcc.edu.
11333 Big Bend
Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63122-2810
Phone: 314-984-7500
Fax: 314-984-7117
TDD: 314-984-7127
