Principles of Physics I (Premed Physics)

A terminal course, aimed at premedical students, covering the principles of mechanics, heat electricity and magnetism, optics, atomic, nuclear, and particle physics. A working knowledge of arithmetic, elementary algebra, and trigonometry is essential.

Text: Physics, fourth edition, Cutnell and Johnson.


Lecturers Phone Office Hours Room E-mail
Craig Dukes 982-5364 M: 17:00-18:00 T: 15:00-16:00 206 ecd3m@virginia.edu Reserve Syllabus
John Ruvalds 924-6796 T: 9:00-10:30 R: 9:00-10:30 151 jr7k@virginia.edu
Discussion Leaders Phone Office Hours Room E-mail
John Adams 924-6597 M: 13:00-15:00 T: 14:00-15:00 107 jja5x@virginia.edu
Michael Coopersmith 924-6585 M: 14:00-15:00 W: 14:00-16:00 318 mhc2q@virginia.edu
John McCune 924-6597 T: 13:00-15:00 W: 18:00-19:00 107 jwm8n@virginia.edu
Graders Phone E-mail
Kurt Hansen 984-3931 kh6d@virginia.edu
Jamie Ostheimer 979-4807 jco9w@virginia.edu
Section Name Day Time Room Number
1 Dukes M,W 1530 203 61432
2 Ruvalds T,R 1230 203 61633
11 Coopersmith M 1200 210 61986
12 Coopersmith W 1200 210 62032
13 Adams F 1200 210 62156
14 Coopersmith M 1500 205 62211
15 McCune T 1600 210 62214
16 Coopersmith R 1400 210 62272
17 McCune R 1400 218 62509
18 Coopersmith R 1600 205 62602
19 Adams F 1400 210 63227
20 Coopersmith T 1900 205 63131
21 McCune W 1900 205 63112
22 Adams F 1900 205 63068

dukes@uvahep.phys.virginia.edu