COURSE FACT SHEET FOR DEPARTMENTAL COURSE PROPOSAL

1. Title, Course, Number, and Credit Hours. (Explain credit load
of course if it is in some way unusual. )

Principles of Physics, Physics 201, 4 credit hours, 3 lectures and
one two-hour lab each week.

2. What is the catalog course description for the course?

Forces and Motion, Energy and Waves, Electricity and Magnetism and
Light and Optics with emphasis on those topics which are of
particular importance for students in fields such as
Occupational Therapy, Bio-psychology, and Athletic Training. (This
course does not meet the requirements for professional programs in
medicine, dentistry and physical therapy) 4 credits (3 lectures and
two hours of lab per week).

3. What are the prerequisites or other background required of
students for this course? Are these requirements adequate?

Math 151
Other science courses such as Biology or Chemistry might be helpful.

4. How does this course fit into the departmental program?

It would be a service course for majors such as
Occupational Therapy, Psychology, and Athletic Training.

5. At what type of student is this course aimed? What gaps or
needs in the curriculum is this course intended to fill?

This course is aimed at students with an interest in majors such as Biology, Psychology and Physical Education who are not required to take the Physics 203-204 sequence. Since it is only for 4 credits it can be fitted into the course requirements more easily than Physics 203-204.

6. How is this course important to a particular field of study?

It provides the foundation for kinesiology and nerve conduction as well as the physical basis for seeing and hearing.
7. How is this course different from any other courses in the
catalog or why must the material covered in the course be
treated separately instead of being incorporated into
another course?

This course does not meet the requirements for professional
programs in medicine, dentistry and physical therapy.

8. If this course is similar to another course in the catalog,
explain why both courses should exist or suggest whether
something should be dropped or changed.

This course does not meet the requirements for professional
programs in medicine, dentistry and physical therapy.

9. When, how, and by whom is this course taught?

Initially one section will be offered in the Spring 99 semester. If the course becomes a requirement for an major such as B.S in Psychology or Biology, additional sections would have to be offered. Tuesday would be the most likely time for a lab. Ability to teach this course is one of the criteria being used in the search for the replacement of the retiring faculty.

10. Are the current holdings of the O'Keefe Library adequate to support this course or are additional materials needed?

Yes