Written Materials:

1. Textbook: College Physics, Seventh Edition, Raymond A. Serway and Jerry S. Faughn (Brooks/Cole). The Sixth Edition will also do. The chapters have the same content, but there are some new problems in the new edition, and some of the old ones are no longer there. The 7th edition is available in two versions, a conventional bound version and a less expensive loose-leaf version.  If you buy the loose-leaf version, be advised that the bookstore will not buy your used copy when you are done with it.
   


2. Laboratory: Physics 103 Laboratory Manual (Available at the University Book Store). You must have the current edition (Fall 2005-2006) of this book. Also, you should have a lab notebook, preferably the spiral bound kind that contains graph paper (1/4" squares). If you have one from another course that still has plenty of blank space in it, you can use it.
   

Calculator:

To help solve homework and exam problems you will need some kind of scientific calculator (i.e. one that can calculate sines, cosines, tangents, find square roots, etc., in addition to having the usual arithmetic functions).

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