General Information

Physics 51 is the two-semester introductory course in the Physics and Astronomy Department at Pomona College for students who have had or are currently taking calculus. This course is based on an innovative curriculum entitled Six Ideas That Shaped Physics, which was one of the four course models developed for the national Introductory University Physics Project (IUPP), a joint project of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the American Institute of Physics (AIP).

Spring 2008 Instructors:

• Dr. Alfred Kwok
  Office: Millikan 119
  Office Hours: TBA
  Phone: x18729
  Email: alfred.kwok@pomona.edu

• Dr. Adam Edwards
  Office: Millikan 109
  Office Hours: TTh 1:30-3:30
  Phone: x70848
  Email: adam.edwards@pomona.edu

Course Resources

The resources for Dr. Edwards' section can be obtained through Sakai.

For Dr. Kwok's section, the following course resources are in PDF format. To obtain a free PDF reader, visit the Adobe Reader site.

• Syllabus
• General Information
• Homework information
• Readings
• Equation Sheet for Unit E exam

The Links page of this site contains links to interesting and useful online information. The Programs site provides links to the computer programs we will use in the course. Information about the lab portion of the course will be posted on the Lab site.