Meets
MWF, 8:30 9:20 am, Dental building 100
Course
web page: http://www.physics.emory.edu/~weeks/teaching/
Laboratory
web page: http://teller.physics.emory.edu/
Email:
weeks@physics.emory.edu (best way to
contact me)
Office
hour:
Tuesday 7 - 8:30 pm, Emerson 363;
Wednesdays 4 - 5 pm, Emerson 309; Wednesdays 7 - 8 pm, Emerson
363; or by appointment
Texts: Cutnell & Johnson, 5th edition
(required)
Physics 141-142 Laboratory Manual
(required)
Comella, Cutnell & Johnson,
Student solutions manual (recommended)
Comella, Cutnell & Johnson,
Student study guide (optional)
I
encourage you to give me feedback during the semester. If you would prefer to remain anonymous,
drop a note in my mailbox in Rollins (next to Rollins 1001). Any suggestions or comments would be
appreciated.
Course Schedule Physics
142, Spring 01
Homework
due: Thursday afternoon at 3 pm, Rollins Research 1025
Date
|
Topic
|
Reading Assignment |
Homework Due Date |
||
Jan |
17 |
W |
Welcome |
|
|
|
19 |
F |
Electric Forces & Fields |
Ch 18, 1-4 |
|
|
22 |
M |
|
Ch 18, 5-6 |
|
|
24 |
W |
|
Ch 18, 7-9, 11 |
HW 1 Th Jan 25 |
|
26 |
F |
Electric Potential |
Ch 19, 1-2 |
|
|
29 |
M |
|
Ch 19, 3-4 |
|
|
31 |
W |
|
Ch 19, 5-7; Ch 20.12 |
HW 2 Th Feb 1 |
Feb |
2 |
F |
DC Circuits |
Ch 20, 1-4, 6-7 |
|
|
5 |
M |
|
Ch 20, 8-11 |
|
|
7
|
W
|
Review
|
Ch 20, 13-15 |
HW 3 Th Feb 8 |
|
9
|
F
|
TEST 1 : 18 20 |
|
|
|
12 |
M |
Magnetic Fields & Forces |
Ch 21, 1-4 |
|
|
14 |
W |
|
Ch 21, 5-6 |
HW 4 Th Feb 15 |
|
16
|
F
|
|
Ch 21, 7-10 |
|
|
19 |
M |
Electromagnetic Induction |
Ch 22, 1-3 |
|
|
21 |
W |
|
Ch 22, 4-5 |
HW 5 Th Feb 22 |
|
23 |
F |
|
Ch 22, 8-10 |
|
|
26 |
M |
AC Circuits |
Ch 23, 1-2 |
|
|
28
|
W
|
Review
|
Ch 23, 3-4, 6 |
HW 6 Th Mar 1 |
Mar |
2
|
F
|
TEST 2 : 21 23 |
|
|
|
5
|
M
|
Electromagnetic Waves
|
Ch 24, 1-4 |
|
|
7 |
W |
|
Ch 24, 5-7 |
HW 7 Th Mar 8 |
|
9
|
F
|
Mirrors
|
Ch 25, 1-4 |
|
|
12
16
|
SPRING
BREAK
|
|
|
|
|
19 |
M |
|
Ch 25, 5-7 |
|
|
21 |
W |
Refraction & Lenses |
Ch 26, 1-5 |
HW 8 Th Mar 22 |
|
23 |
F |
|
Ch 26, 6-8 |
|
|
26 |
M |
|
Ch 26, 9-13 |
|
|
28 |
W |
Review |
Ch 26, 14-15 |
HW 9 Th Mar 29 |
|
30
|
F
|
TEST 3 : 24 26 |
|
|
Apr |
2 |
M |
Wave Optics |
Ch 27, 1-2 |
|
|
4 |
W |
|
Ch 27, 3-5 |
HW 10 Th Apr 5 |
|
6
|
F
|
|
Ch 27, 6-10 |
|
|
9 |
M |
Wave/Particle Duality |
Ch 29, 1-2 |
|
|
11 |
W |
|
Ch 29, 3-4 |
HW 11 Th Apr 12 |
|
13 |
F |
|
Ch 29, 5-7 |
|
|
16 |
M |
Atomic Physics |
Ch 30, 1-4 |
|
|
18 |
W |
|
Ch 30, 5-7, 11 |
HW 12 Th Apr 19 |
|
20 |
F |
Radioactivity |
Ch 31, 1-8 |
|
|
21 |
Sat |
MCAT today
|
|
|
|
23 |
M |
Fission & Fusion |
Ch 32, 1-6 |
|
|
25 |
W |
Lasers & Detectors, Review |
31.910, 30.8 9 |
HW 13 Th Apr 26 |
|
27
|
F
|
TEST 4 : 27, 29 32 |
|
|
|
30 |
M |
Relativity |
Ch 28, 1-3 + |
Last day of class |
May |
3
|
Thu
|
FINAL : 18-27, 29-324:30 7 pm
|
|
|
Physics 142, Spring 01,
grading policy
Homework:
20%
-
Due
at my office by 3 pm Thursdays, late homework not accepted
-
Should
work with others, but solutions must be written independently, both for
quantitative and for conceptual questions.
-
Assignment
passed out in class on Fridays, or available on web page; answers posted on web
page
Exams:
33%
-
4
in-class exams, lowest exam grade dropped, but need deans excuse for missed
exams or coachs excuse if missed for athletic event, & must contact me at
least a week ahead of time for recognized conflicts
-
Closed-book
closed-notes, but may bring a 4x6 card with notes
-
Exam
grades will be scaled, but curve is flexible no fixed average or limit of
number of As & Bs, for example
-
Exams
will be based on reading assignments, homework problems, and problems & concepts
discussed in class
Final
exam: 25%
-
Cumulative,
but will not cover Chapter 28 (relativity)
-
Scaled
the same way exams are scaled
-
Closed-book
closed-notes, but may bring 8 ½ x 11 sheet of paper with notes
Attendance
quizzes: 5%
-
Beginning
of class
-
On
reading material, will be a basic question
-
Lowest
two quizzes dropped (in other words, you get two free absences)
-
Attendance
grade will only help your grade
Lab:
17%
-
You
must independently pass both the lab and the written portion of the class, to
receive a passing grade for the course
-
First
lab is the week of January 29, 2001
-
Lab
web site is http://teller.physics.emory.edu/
The
scores convert to letter grades as follows:
94
- 100 A, 90 - 93 A-, 87 - 89 B+, 84 - 86 B, 80 - 83 B-, with the pattern
repeating for C and D grades; 59 or less is a failing grade.
The
Honor Code applies during all quizzes and exams, and as described above for the
homework.