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PHYSICS
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PHYS
202 - Introduction
to Physics
Four Quarter Hours
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| PREREQUISITES: Physics 201 |
| COURSE OVERVIEW: This course is a continuation of Physics 201 and deals with heat, electricity, magnetism, and waves. Students should have high school level algebra and trigonometry, but no calculus is required. The course is open to students from all academic areas and is especially recommended for students in liberal arts, architecture, industrial technology, botany, geological sciences, and premedicine. |
| METHODS OF COURSE INSTRUCTION: All material for this course is print-based. Instructor and students communicate and exchange materials through postal mail. |
| TEXTBOOK: ISBN 0201168677 Beiser, Arthur, Physics, 5th ed., Menlo Park, CA: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Co., 1991 OR Marion, Jerry B., General Physics with Bioscience Essays, 2nd ed., New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1985
...available
from EdMap's distance-learning online
bookstore.
| STUDENTS
ARE STRONGLY ADVISED NOT TO BUY TEXTBOOKS UNTIL
REGISTERED IN COURSES AS REQUIRED EDITIONS CAN CHANGE
WITHOUT NOTICE. |
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| LESSONS
AND WRITING ASSIGNMENTS:
The
course consists of fourteen lessons, including two supervised
examinations.
Each of the twelve regular lessons contains a writing assignments consisting of multiple-choice and short-answer questions and problems covering the material of the lesson. Assignments are submitted for instructor evaluation. |
EXAMINATIONS:
There
will be supervised midcourse and final examinations, each lasting
three hours. The questions on the examinations are similar to
those found in the lesson writing assignments with the addition
of some matching questions. The final examination is comprehensive,
covering all lessons in the course.
If you reside near an Ohio University campus, you must take your examination at the nearest campus. Others can arrange to have their examinations proctored at another accredited college or university or, if it is more convenient, at an accredited local high school. Ohio University reserves the right to reject a proposed examination supervisor. Detailed information about examination procedures will be included with your enrollment material. Examinations may not be taken online nor by e-mail. |
| GRADING CRITERIA: All lesson assignments are graded. The final course grade will be determined equally by the average of lesson grades and the examinations—each element counts one-third. | | A- to A
B- to B+
C- to C+
D- to D+
F | = 92% or better
= 82% - 91%
= 70% - 81%
= 65% to 69%
= 64% or below | |
| ENROLLMENT INFORMATION: Active Terms: Not term-based; self-paced study. Eight months to finish. Registration Dates: Enroll at any time.
Call Independent and Distance Learning Programs at 1-800-444-2910
if you have questions about this course, the enrollment
process, or Ohio University degree opportunities.
Ohio
Learning Networkers: Always check with your home campus
advisor to make certain that a course from another school
will fulfill your degree requirements.
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