Physics 142 – Spring 2001

 

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/

 

Professor:        Eric Weeks

Email:             weeks@physics.emory.edu (best way to contact me)

Office:             Rollins 1025 & Emerson 309, phone 7-4479 (same phone number for both offices)

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

31.9–10, 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, 29-32

4:30 – 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 dean’s excuse for missed exams or coach’s 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 4”x6” card with notes

-        Exam grades will be scaled, but curve is flexible – no fixed average or limit of number of A’s & B’s, 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.