IU Physics P222, Fall 2008, Course Information
Course Personnel

Instructor:

Rex Tayloe
Swain West 336
rtayloe@indiana.edu
Office Hours:
M: 9:00a-12:00noon, and afternoon by appt (send email)
T: 9:15-10:30am

Assistant Instructor:

Lance Garrison
langarri@indiana.edu
Office Hours:
Tues:
11:00am-12:10pm SW340
2:30-3:45pm physics forum (SW 246)

Lab Coordinator:

Dan Beeker
SW 115
debeeker@indiana.edu
Schedule This class is taught in three different classroom settings: lecture, discussion, lab. All three are important components of the course and you must attend these. Check the IU schedule of classes for more details and possible changes.
Lecture:
  • 8:00A-08:50A, MWF, Swain West(SW) 007
Discussion:
  • sect. 12547, 08:00A-08:50A, TR, SW 103
  • sect. 12548, 10:10A-11:00A, TR, SW 103
Lab:
  • sect. 12549, 01:25P-03:20P, R, SW 152
  • sect. 12550, 05:45P-07:40P, R, SW 152
Course Materials
 		For this course you need to obtain the following items:
  • Textbook
  • Lab manual (and lab notebook)
These items are are listed as required at IU and TIS bookstores for this course. The bookstore personnel can help you find proper items and more details may be found below. A calculator is needed for many of the numerical calculations and access to a computer is required to check syllabus, announcments etc.
Textbook
Fundamentals of Physics, Volume 2, 8th Ed. 		Fundamentals of Physics, Volume 2, 8th Edition
by David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker, ISBN: 978-0-470-04474-2

This is the latest edition of a classic text on introductory physics. We will use it to guide us through the material. Read the material assigned before each lecture and then read it again while doing the homework. Work through the sample problems and test yourself with the "checkpoints".

For P222 we will be working through chapters 21-37 of this book. You may have purchased the combined volumes 1 and 2 for P221. That will work also. There is also a 5-part version. Just make sure that the book you have is the 8th Edition and has chapters 21-37. There is also a student companion www site for this book.

Lab Manual P222 Lab Manual, Fall 2008 (and lab notebook)
Available at TIS and IU bookstores. You may not use versions from previous semesters as the order and details of the labs are different from semester to semester. The bookstores bundle the lab notebook together with the lab manual.
Course www site The homepage of the course is found at oncourse.iu.edu . This course (P222 Fall 2008) should appear in your list after you logon. We will maintain all materials including grades and links to various other sites there.
Course Goals and Strategy
P222 is the second course of a three semester sequence that covers classical and modern physics. In P221 you learned about mechanics, Newton's Laws and the force of gravity. In this class, we will learn about another of the four fundemental forces, electromagnetism. We will cover:
  • The Coulomb and Lorentz Forces
  • Electric and Magnetic Fields
  • Gauss', Faraday's, Ampere's Laws
  • Maxwell's Equations
  • Circuits
  • Optics
These topics will be mastered by exploring the concepts, doing problems, and performing experiments. These tasks will take place in lecture, discussion, and laboratory sections.
Lecture The lecture section will meet MWF, 8:00-8:50am in Swain West 007. In this setting, we will focus on the physics concepts. The material will be presented by the instructor with help from visual aids and demonstrations. You are expected to participate in the lecture by asking and answering questions.

The lectures will follow the topics in the textbook, however, they will include important additional information and insights not in the text and may omit some information contained in the text. You are responsible for both the assigned materials in the text and what is covered in class. Thus, you are strongly urged to attend every class.

Lecture notes will be posted under the "resources" section of our ONCOURSE www page.

Discussion The discussion sections meet twice per week. You should be registered for one of the discussion sections listed above. In discussion, we will reiterate the physics concepts and work on solving problems. You are expected to attend and to participate in the discussion sections. In a typical week, one of the discussion sections will be dedicated to problem solving techniques and practice. The other will be used to go over concepts and a quiz will be administered. These quizzes will count toward your course grade. The syllabus will list the discussion itinerary for each week.
Laboratory The laboratory section meets once per week on Thursdays. You should be registered for one of the available lab sections. You need a current (Fall 2008) P222 lab manual and a lab notebook. The laboratory coordinator for the course is Dan Beeker (SW 115, phone: 855-5903, e-mail: debeeker@indiana.edu ).

An associate instructor will teach your lab section, grade your lab work, and assign you a lab grade. Attendance is required at the introductory lab meeting. The meeting will be graded as a check lab. The organization of the lab will be explained at that time.

There are two types of labs in the course. Labs with numeric grades and check labs. Numeric labs are graded on a scale of 0 to 10 points in one point increments. Check labs are labs for which you are given a "check" if you attend and significantly participate. If you receive a check for the lab, it counts as 10 points. If you do not attend and/or do not significantly participate in the check lab you receive a numeric grade of zero for that lab. At the end of the course, your lowest numeric grade will be dropped. The remaining numeric grades are then averaged and the average score as a percentage (with 10 points being 100%) will be used to calculate your final course lab score.

These labs are an important part of this course, and the exams will cover material from the lecture, homework assignments, and your laboratory work. If you do not complete a minimum of 10 labs you will be given a course grade of "F" , regardless of any grades you have earned in other components (exams, homework etc.) of the course. Students who fail the course because they did not complete the required minimum number of labs will not be given incompletes.

Exams

Mid-semester exams

There will be two exams during the semester administered during the lecture section. The dates and topics for these exams are given in the syllabus. The exams will contain 4-6 problems similar to that given for homework. They are closed-book, closed-note exams. You will be given a sheet containing useful formulas for that material.

Final Exams

A final exam will be given during finals week in our assigned time slot. Check syllabus for date and location. The material on the final will be a combination of comprehensive materal together with material covered since the time of Exam 2. The final exam policies are the same as for mid-semester exams.

There will no makeup exams. An unexcused absence from an exam will result in a score of zero for that exam.

Quizzes To stress the importance of learning the physics concepts and practicing problem solving, quizzes will be given weekly in the discussion sections. These quizzes will be given during the last approximately 20 minutes of thursday discussion sections and will consist of a problem from the homework or a problem or question from the discussion section. It you do the homework and participate in discussion sections, the quiz material will not be difficult.

There will be no opportunity to complete missed quizzes. You will be alllowed to drop your lowest quiz score.

Homework An important part of learning physics is to learn to solve problems in physics. Therefore, it is very important to do and to understand the homework. You should allocate sufficient time for the homework to learn the material, and, it is the best preparation for the exams.

The homework sets are to give you practice with the physics concepts and will consist of 6-10 problems from the textbook each week. They will be due on Wednesdays by 9am (right after lecture). The problems assigned each week will be posted in the syllabus. Turn these in to a drop box located outside of SW132. Homework sets will be assigned every week, however they will not be collected during weeks with exams. It is expected that you put some time into these assignments and write them up carefully. One-line answers will be gradely harshly.

There will be plenty of opportunity to get help with homework (from prof, AI, etc). But it is important to start working on assignment early. The homework sets will count in your class grade. If you miss a homework deadline you will receive no credit for that assignment.

Grading The course grade will be based on exams, quizzes, homework, and labs. The final grade will be calulated using the following weighting:
Exams 40%
In-class exams (2x10%) 20%
Final 20%
Quizzes (top 11 of 12 scores) 20%
Homework (10 graded) 20%
Labs (top 11 of 12 scores) 20%
The course grade scale will be finalized at the end of the semester. However, you will be able to monitor your performance as the course progresses. Grades will be posted on ONCOURSE.
Cheating Policy All work done in this class must be your own. This includes exams, quizzes, homeworks, and labs. You may discuss homework and laboratory assignments with fellow students and that is encouraged, but the work that you turn in must be your original work. If you are found to be cheating on any assignment you will be given a zero score for that assignment. Further action may also include receiving a failing grade in the class and further action from the dean of students. Do not cheat.
Special Accommodations If any student requires assistance or appropriate academic accommodations for a disability, please contact the instructors after class, during office hours, or by individual appointment. You must have established your eligibility for disability support services through the Office of Disabled Student Services in 096 Franklin Hall, 855-7578.

The Physics Department disabilities representative is Dan Beeker. You are encouraged to contact him if you have questions about or difficulties with departmental accommodations.

Additional Help Undergraduate physics students may find additional help in SW246, the Physics Forum. It is staffed by graduate students and faculty and provides free tutoring help.
Homework Drop Box In hall, outside SW132.
Scheduling All course scheduling matters are handled through the Physics Academic Services Office in Swain West 129. Their office hours are 9:00 - 11:55 a.m. and 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. The last day to drop P222, Fall 2008 with an automatic W is Wed, Oct 29. .
Rex Tayloe
Last modified: Thu Sep 4 15:40:33 2008