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Heat, Thermodynamics, Electricity& Magnetism, Light, Optics, Modern
Physics Course Description, Schedule of Topics TEXTBOOK Giancoli, Physics, 6th Ed. (with Mastering Physics.) LECTURES Will generally follow the text. Try to read the assigned material before you come to class. Please ask questions in class or during my office hours. FINAL EXAM EMAIL Upon enrollment through the college, you will subscribe to a class email list for updates, reminders, corrections, discussion of the course material and more! Please fill in your own info in the college forms provided. The list is in full effect. HOMEWORK Homework will be assigned in the form of weekly quizzes based on problems in the text book. My blogs discussing many of the problems may help and will be posted on this web site with discussions via links provided in the schedule of topics below. Until these discussions, labeled Q1, Q2, Q3, etc, are actually posted, the links will be dead. The problems are mission critical. The problems are crucial to learning the material. They will be collected and graded and could account for 18 percent of your course grade. To get credit for these assignments you must follow these guidelines: 1. Don't use paper torn from a spiral notebook. 2. Staple pages together. 3. Fold the pages. Put your name, date, and quiz number on first and back page. IN-CLASS QUIZZES (ICQ's) These are un-announced in-class quizzes that reinforce the lecture. They generally are required (not extra credit) and are part of your homework grade with the weightings discussed below--quizzes represent about 18 % of your grade. EXTRA CREDIT Extra credit may be applied to certain assignments (or parts of assignments.) EXAMS Tentative dates for three or more midterm exams will be announced. Sample exams will be posted. Please work independently during the test. One page or more of your own handwritten notes are allowed during midterms. The instructor will specify how many pages are allowed. Please do not use pages photo-copied from the book or downloaded from the quiz discussions or solutions. (You may use two or more pages during the final exam--I will specify.) Do not bring scratch paper to the exams. The only things you need are a pencil or pen, eraser, and calculator. Before the test begins, please put all other items on the floor. Any disputes on grading must be resolved within one or two days after the exam is returned. No make-up exams are allowed. You must take the final exam on the date and time that it is scheduled. LABORATORY Laboratory Room: 1708; Click following link for Physics Lab Formats. I will provide a list of special links to lab updates here: CentripetalForce; SimpleHarmonicsLab; P vs T; e/M Lab ; index of refraction. ;thin lens;GALILEO LAB Laboratory Schedule: The tentative dates of the lab experiments will be given in class. All experiments assigned are required. If you do not complete them all your total course grade will be dropped by one grade point or more. Your lab report is generally due a week after the experiment at the next lab session. Read the manual or handout before coming to the lab. If you miss an experiment for unavoidable reasons, make arrangements to make it up as soon as possible. Some lab reports will require using the spreadsheet program Excel. See the links here for exercises on Excel: L1, L2 and L3 . I will provide in-class tutorials on using the software, and I have ordered a short reference book on Excel that you may wish to buy. You may also get access to Computer Science lab by talking to me. GRADING POLICY Grades in the course will be based on a total score consisting approximately of the following percentages: Laboratory: 18 Quizzes: 18 Midterm exams: 40 Final exam: 24 Letter grades:90-100 A; 80-89 = B; 63-79 = C; 50-62 = D
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