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| Instructors |
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| Assistant Instructor |
Ralf Lehnert
Swain West 331
email:rlehnert@indiana.edu
Office Hours:
T 2:30-4:30pm
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| Course Goals |
P202 is the second course of a two-semester sequence.
In this semester, we will cover electricity, electric circuitry, magnetism,
electromagnetic waves, optics, optical instruments, and modern physics. |
| Textbook
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College
Physics, 5th Edition, Technology Version by R.A. Serway and J.S. Faughn
(Saunders College Publishing, 2000)
The textbook will guide us through the material. Concepts are explained
and examples given. Please read the material that will be covered before
each lecture, attend the lecture, and then read it again. Many concepts
take several repetitions before you "get it". At the end of each chapter
in the textbook are summary, multiple choice questions, conceptual questions,
and quantitative problems to challenge and enhance your understanding of
the material. The conceptual questions are a good review after reading
the chapter. The quantitative problems test problem solving skills. Answers
to the odd-numbered problems are in the Appendix. |
| Lecture |
The lectures will be held in SW 007, MWF at 8:00-8:50am
(Sect. 3595) or 12:20-1:10pm (Sect. 3596). Although the lectures will follow
the topics in the textbook, 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.
Professors Nann and Tayloe will share lecturing during the semester.
Both will hold office hours every week. |
| Homework |
For 10 of the 16 weeks of class you will be given
a list of about 20 problems from the end of the chapter that is being covered.
Try to work all of these problems. It is our experience that most physics
is learned in the process of attempting to work problems on your own. Ten
(10) of these problems are designated as homework, which must be turned
in by
4:00 p.m. on Wednesdays of the week following their assignment.
The homework should be placed in the drop box located on the 1st floor
near the elevator of Swain West.
Three (3) problems selected from these ten (10) problems will be graded
with 10 points each. The remaining 7 problems, if worked on, earn you one
(1) point each. Thus, each homework that you turn in will earn you a maximum
of 37 points. There is no extra credit. If you have questions on
your homework grade, see the class instructor. Complete solutions of these
problems will be posted in cases 1 and 2 on the 1st floor of Swain West
and in cases 17 and 18 in SW246 (Physics Forum Room) after the due date.
There will be no homework due on the weeks following the mid-semester exams
or during free week. |
| Discussion |
Since the discussion sections are an integral
part of this course, you should also be registered for one of them, which
meet every Thursday. Each discussion instructor will issue detailed instructions
for their class. In the discussion sections you learn how to approach physics
problems and will have the opportunity to ask detailed questions about
the homework problems. Because these problems are similar to those you
will encounter on the exams, you are strongly encouraged to attend your
discussion section each week. |
| Laboratory |
You should be registered for a P202 Lab section.
You will need a current (Fall 2001) P202 Physics Lab Manual, written by
Dan Beeker. The manual, which can be purchased at the IU Bookstore or TIS,
is updated each semester, so you will need to buy a new one. 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. The organization of the lab will be explained
during the first week, so please be sure to attend. You will have a total
of 13 labs to carry out; 10 labs will be graded and your lowest lab grade
will be dropped at the end of the semester. These labs are an important
part of this course, and the exams will cover material from the lecture,
homework assignments, and your laboratory work. A minimum of 10 labs
must be completed to pass the course. Laboratory sessions begin during
the first week of classes. |
| Office Hours |
If you have difficulties in developing the needed
skills to survive this Physics course, especially if you have troubles
with the algebra and trigonometry, see the instructors during their office
hours. Office hours are a free tutoring service. |
| Physics Forum |
The Physics Forum at Swain West 246 is staffed
for about 30 hours each week by graduate students and faculty who can provide
assistance in solving homework problems and in preparing for exams. The
staffing schedule is posted on the door of SW 246 and on the Physics Department
website. |
| Mid-semester Exams |
There will be three mid-semester examinations
on Thursday evenings, Sept. 20, Oct. 18, and Nov. 15 in from 7:00-8:30pm
in Jordan Hall A100 and Ballantine Hall 109. Both sections of P202 will
take the same exam at the same time. Make sure that you have no scheduling
conflicts on these dates! Check with your employers or other instructors
well in advance - there will be no make-up exams, and a missed unexcused
exam will count zero toward your final grade. The exams are closed book
with
the exception of a single sheet of paper (8.5"x11") with any desired equations,
etc. A page with numerical values of useful constants will be provided
on the first page of the exam booklet. The material covered on each exam
will follow the reading schedule and will be reviewed in lecture (see syllabus)
and in the discussion sections prior to the exams. Each exam consists of
24 multiple-choice questions. |
| Final Exam |
There will be a comprehensive final exam on Monday,
Dec. 10. It will also be multiple choice (32 questions), but will count
slightly more than the mid-semester exams (see grading below).
If you are caught cheating on any exam, you will receive a grade
of zero on the exam and your name will be reported to the Dean of Students
for further action. |
| Course Grade |
Your final letter grade will be determined on
the basis of a numerical distribution combining the scores from the exams,
homework, and laboratory. The distribution will be determined using the
following proportions:
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homework -
24%
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labs -
24%
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3 exams (12% each) - 36%
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final exam -
16%
Grades will be posted at: ONCOURSE. |
| Class Administration |
All course administration matters are handled
through the Physics Academic Services Office in Swain West 132. Their office
hours are 9:00 - 11:55 a.m. and 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. |
| Schedule Change |
Late schedule adjustments (formerly Drop and
Add) ends Tuesday, Sept. 4. The last day to drop the course with an automatic
grade of W is Wednesday, Oct. 24. |