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This course examines introductory electricity and magnetism at a calculus-based level.
Tentative schedule (subject to revision)
Calculators: Each student is expected to have a scientific hand-held calculator capable of doing trig functions, ln(x), etc. The calculators will be necessary for solving homework and for doing problems on exams.
Math background: Each student is assumed to have had (and to remember some of) Calculus I, algebra, trigonometry, and geometry. You should at least be taking Calculus II.
Study hints: Read the assigned text pages before coming to class. This will help familiarize you with the basic ideas and terms to be discussed in the lecture. If you do not understand something after reading and the lecture, ask questions. Questions are welcome during the lecture or during my office hours. Work all of the homework problems and , if possible, look at a few other problems. Experience solving problems will help a lot on exams.
Attendance: Attendance at lectures is not required, but may be very helpful. The book contains a very large amount of material. I tend to test on the things which I emphasize in lecture.If you do attend, please respect your fellow students and avoid unnecessary talking during the lecture.
Text: "Physics for Scientists and Engineers",
R. A. Serway and R. J. Beichner, 5th edition
We will cover most of Chapters 23 - 34 in the text. Most of the rest of the book is covered in PES 111 and 213.
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Midterm Exam 1 |
Ch. 23 - 25 |
approx. Feb. 17 |
16% |
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Midterm Exam 2 |
Ch. 26 - 28 |
approx. March 17 |
16% |
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Midterm Exam 3 |
Ch. 29 - 31 |
approx. April 21 |
16% |
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best 10 of 12 |
approx. weekly |
7% |
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approx. weekly |
20% |
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Final Exam |
Ch. 17 + comprehensive |
exactly May 15 |
25% |
Exams: The exams will usually consist of two parts. The first part will be multiple choice or short answer questions which will test you on the concepts of physics. The section part will consist of problems which will test your ability to set up problems and do mathematical calculations.
Make-up exams: Normally make-up exams will not be given. If you miss an exam with a good excuse, I will average your other exam scores to replace it.
Problems Sets: I will typically assign 6-8 problems per week. You should do them all. I will choose three of them to grade each week. Each problem will be graded on a three point scale:
PLEASE BE NEAT. I will take off points if I can not read what you have done.
You must SHOW ALL WORK in your solutions. Just writing down the answer is not good enough.
Before you turn in your homework, please staple the pages together in order and neatly print your name, "PES 112-03" and the Problem Set assignment number on the top of the front page.
On-line preclass questions: Approximately weekly, questions will be posted on the web site linked from our class home page. Typically these assignments will be posted on Thursdays and will be due by 7:00 am on the following Monday. These assignments will consist of three questions which will ask you to think about material that we will be covering the following week in class. The questions will help me to identify areas of confusion and topics that are well understood. This will help shape my lectures for the week. Grading of these will be very simple: