一、 教學內容：將儘量依教科書章節順序上課；尤其強調下列子題：
0. Introductory remarks ; mid term ; final exam ; home woks and quizzes ; attendances ;
1. What is physics ; specifying physical system ; measuring physical quantities ;
scalars ;vectors ;
2. Kinematics ; motion in 1-,2-, and 3-dimensional spaces ;
3. Forces and motion ; Newton’s laws of motion ; some particular forces ;
4. Energy and linear momentum ; kinetic energy ; work ; potential energy ;
power ; conservation of energy and momentum ; collisions ;
5. System of particles ; center of mass(momentum) ; rotations ; rolling ; angular
variables ; torque ; moment of inertia ; Newton’s second law in angular form ; angular momentum ; conservation of angular momentum ;
6. Equilibrium and elasticity ;static equilibrium ; elastic moduli ; tension and compression ; shearing and stress ;
7. Gravity ; gravitational force( law of gravity ) ; gravitational potential energy ; planet motion( Kepler’s laws ) ; Einstien’s view of gravitation ;
8. Fluids ; Archimedes’ principle ; ideal fluid ; Bernoulli principle/equation ;
9. Oscillation and wave motion ; simple harmonic oscillation ( SHO ) ; pendulum ; principle of superposition ; forced oscillation and resonance ; traveling/standing waves ; sound waves ; Doppler effect ;
10. Thermodynamics ; heat and energy ; first law of thermodynamics ; adiabatic processes ; free expansion ; kinetic theory of gases ; equipartition of energy ; Maxwell-Boltzmann speed distribution ; ideal gases ; Carnot cycle/heat engine ;specific heat ; entropy and second law of thermodynamics ; ( Time permitting, may cover the portion of the following chapters )
11. Electro-statics ; interaction between electric charges ; Coulomb’s law ; electric field ;

二、 教科書：Fundamentals of Physics ( Halliday-Resnick-Walker) ,7-th ed. ;

主要參考教科書 : Fundamentals of University Physics (Alonso-Finn) , rev. ed.

三、 成績評分 :
Mid term exam: ~ 30 %

Final exam : ~ 40 %

Home work , quiz , attendance , question / discussion : ~ 30 %