PHYS1610 - Fall2006 - Park

Phys 1610  Fall 2006

Phys 1610  Fall 2006

 
Instructor: Minseo Park
Office: 303 Allison Lab
Phone: (334) 844-4270 
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Office Hours: Tuesday 9am-11am and Thursday 9am-11am (Other hours can be setup by appointment.  Please setup the appointment via email.)
Textbook: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 6th Ed., by Serway and Jewett

Lab Manager: Dave Patrick; Email) This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it , Tel) 844-2950, Office)103 Parker Hall 
 
Dates  Chapters Homework (HW)
Aug. 16, 18, 21, 23 23. Electric Fields  
Aug. 25, 28, 30 24. Gauss’s Law  
Sep. 1, 6, 8 25. Electric Potential  
Sep. 11, 13, 15 26. Capacitance and Dielectrics  
Sep. 18 1st Mid-Term Exam Due: WebAssign HW#1
Sep. 20, 22, 25 27. Current and Resistance  
Sep. 27, 29, Oct. 2 28. Direct Current Circuits  
Oct. 4, 6, 9 29. Magnetic Fields  
Oct. 11, 13, 16 30. Source of the Magnetic Field  
Oct. 18, 20 31. Faraday’s Law  
Oct. 23 32. Inductance  
Oct. 25 2nd Mid-Term Exam Due: WebAssign HW#2
Oct. 27, 30, Nov. 1 35. The Nature of Light and the Law of Geometric Optics  
Nov. 3, 6 36. Image Formation  
Nov. 8, 10 37. Interference of Light Waves  
Nov. 13, 15, 17 38. Diffraction Patterns and Polarization  
Nov. 27, 29 19. Temperature  
Dec. 1, 4, 6 20. Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics  
Dec. 8 Final Examination (11:00 am – 1:30 pm) Due: WebAssign HW#3
        
Grading Policy 

2 Mid-Term Exams: 40% (20% each)
Final Examination (comprehensive): 35%
Homework (WebAssign): 5%
Laboratory: 10%
Recitation: 10% 
Grade scale:    A: 90-100   B: 80-89   C: 70-79   D: 60-69   F: 0-59   

Homework and Test Policy  

Homework We are using WebAssign for electronic homework.  If you purchase a new text, the WebAssign access code is skin wrapped with the text.  If you purchase a used text, borrow, or inherit a text, you may purchase an access code.  The only book store that has access codes for purchase is the Anders Bookstore (they have 175 access codes) and the purchase price is $15.00.    You may also purchase an access code from the WebAssign site (www.webassign.net) -- this method will require a credit card. 
Mid-Term Exam 8-10 multiple choice questions, five choices per question, will be provided.  Please submit the scratch work for possible partial credit after the test is returned.  Please bring only pencil and calculator to tests.  Formulas, constants, etc., will be provided, and you must use scratch paper provided with the test. 
Final Examination  12-15 multiple choice questions, five choices per question, will be provided.  Scratch work policy applies.  Note that the final examination is comprehensive.  Please bring only pencil and calculator to the test.  Formulas, constants, etc., will be provided, and you must use scratch paper provided with the test. 
Make-Up Test Make-up test will be given to only those who can justify their absence for a test.  Those who do not take a test without any justifiable reason will receive 0 score.