Instructor: Md Habibur Rahman

Email: rahmanh@lamarpa.edu

Phone: 409-984-6238

Office Location and Hours: Educational I - Room: 131 & Online by appointment on Microsoft Teams or Zoom. 

Additional Contact Information: Please, contact through your LSCPA assigned email only. Email your instructor and leave him your messages on Microsoft Teams room or zoom.

Course, designed for non-science majors, that surveys topics from physics, chemistry, geology, astronomy, and meteorology. May or may not include a laboratory

Textbook Purchasing Statement: A student attending Lamar State College Port Arthur is not under any obligation to purchase a textbook from the college-affiliated bookstore. The same textbook may also be available from an independent retailer, including an online retailer. In addition to the textbook used in the lecture course, the instructor will furnish the class with lab report handouts for most of the projects.

Conceptual Physical Science by Paul Hewitt, ed.6, Pearson Addison Wesley. ISBN-13: 9780134060484. Other versions of the textbook are accepted.

Textbook Purchasing Statement: A student attending Lamar State College Port Arthur is not under any obligation to purchase a textbook from the college-affiliated bookstore. The same textbook may also be available from an independent retailer, including an online retailer.

Additional Materials supplied by your instructor.

Recommended corequisite PHYS 1305. Basic skill competency in reading, writing, and math.

Develop techniques to set up and perform experiments, collect data from those experiments, and formulate conclusions from an experiment.

Demonstrate the collection, analysis, and reporting of data using the scientific method.

Record experimental work completely and accurately in laboratory notebooks and communicate experimental results clearly in written reports.

Communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective written, oral, and visual communication.

Critical Thinking Skills: Students will engage in creative and/or innovative thinking, and/or inquiry, analysis, evaluation, synthesis of information, organizing concepts, and constructing solutions.

Empirical and Quantitative Skills: Students will demonstrate applications of scientific and mathematical concepts.

Teamwork: Students will demonstrate the ability to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal and consider different points of view.

CH. 1 Patterns of Motion & Equilibrium

CH. 2 Newton's Laws of Motion

CH. 3 Momentum & Energy

CH. 4 Gravity, Projectiles, and Satellites

CH. 5 Fluid Mechanics

CH. 6 Thermal Energy and Thermodynamics

CH. 7 Heat Transfer and Change of Phase

CH. 12 Atoms and the Periodic Table

CH. 13 The Atomic Nucleus and Radioactivity

CH. 14 Elements of Chemistry

CH. 15 How Atoms Bond and Molecules Attract

Final Lab Exam will be available on 11/30/2026 and due date 12/07/2026

90 - 100 = A

80 - 89=B

70 - 79=C

60 - 69=D

Equal to, or below 59 = F Roundup for decimals.

Quiz: About 4 Quizzes 25%. One quiz with the lowest grade will be omitted. Meaning, students may miss one quiz with no penalty.

Homework About 4 Homework 25%. One quiz with the lowest grade will be omitted. Meaning, students may miss one quiz with no penalty.

Exams: About 3 Tests 20%. One exam with the lowest grade will be omitted. Meaning, students may miss one exam with no penalty.

Comprehensive Final Exam 30%. You must take the Final Exam.

The instructor may regrade all previous work anytime throughout the semester.

Only students enrolled in the online class are permitted in the online classroom.

Every assignment, test, homework, etc., should be typed and submitted/posted on Blackboard.

NO submission or posting of any type via email or as hard copy or printed version will be accepted.

We are expected to be courteous towards the instructor, students and your classmates.

It is students’ responsibility to have a reliable computer and internet access for the duration of this course. Exams and quizzes can only be taken on a laptop or desktop computer. If your laptop/desktop computer breaks for any reason during the semester, it does not excuse you from the requirements and deadlines of the course. It is your responsibility to make sure all exams and assignments are completed by their due date and according to the instructions given. If uncertain about the reliability of your internet access during the exams, then use the computers at school and the library.

SafeAssign app on Blackboard examines all the assignments for any plagiarism. Matching of 20% or more can lead to a zero “0” grade (1st offense) and failure of the course (2nd offense) for all the parties involved. It is the student’s responsibility to prevent any failure of this kind by all means.

College-assigned email accounts will be used to deliver official college correspondence. Each individual is responsible for information sent and received via the email account. The instructor will not answer any email with no course and section number as the subject of the letter, with no further notice. Your instructor will not accept any correspondence by any other person via your college email account. This includes your parents/guardians. Parents/guardians of early college or dual credit students are requested please to contact their relevant office at the Lamar state College Port Arthur. Faculty should not communicate with parents. This is institute policy.

This course is an Online Asynchronous course. When needed, there are online discussion meetings through Microsoft Teams that will be recorded and posted for student reviews. Attending the live meetings is highly recommended, but not mandatory.

Recommendation: Your instructor usually responds to your inquiries when posted on Microsoft Teams, 7/24, over the weekends and holidays when available.

Be sure to check your campus email and Course Homepage using MyLSCPA campus web portal. You can also access your grades, transcripts, academic advisors, degree progress, and other services through MyLSCPA.

Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSCPA policies (Academic Dishonesty section in the Student Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the Accessibility Services Coordinator, Room 119, in the Ruby Fuller Building. The phone number is (409) 984-6241.

No food or tobacco products are allowed in the classroom. Only students enrolled in the course are allowed in the classroom, except by special instructor permission. Use of electronic devices is prohibited.

This syllabus is part of LSCPA's efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504.

As per Texas law and LSCPA policy, all LSCPA employees, including faculty, are required to report allegations or disclosures of child abuse or neglect to the designated authorities, which may include a local or state law enforcement agency or the Texas Department of Family Protective Services. For more information about mandatory reporting requirements, see LSCPA's Policy and Procedure Manual.

LSCPA is committed to establishing and maintaining an environment that is free from all forms of sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, sexual violence, and other forms of sexual misconduct. All LSCPA employees, including faculty, have the responsibility to report disclosures of sexual misconduct, including sexual harassment, sexual assault (including rape and acquaintance rape), domestic violence, dating violence, relationship violence, or stalking, to LSCPA's Title IX Coordinator, whose role is to coordinate the college's response to sexual misconduct. For more information about Title IX protections, faculty reporting responsibilities, options for confidential reporting, and the resources available for support visit LSCPA's Title IX website.

For more information about the Clery Act and crime reporting, see the Annual Security & Fire Safety Report and the Campus Security website.

If you have a grievance, complaint, or concern about this course that has not been resolved through discussion with the Instructor, please consult the Department Chair.