PHY2053 Fall 2011 August 12, 2011 PHY2053 Syllabus - Physics 1 Fall 2011 Course WEBsites: There are three PHY2053 WEBsites that you will need to use. (1) The Physics Department PHY2053 WEBsite at http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2053/fall11/ This site contains the class announcements, the assigned homework problems, the course schedule, exam room assignments, and the course syllabus. You should check the class announcements on a regular basis. (2) The University of Florida e-Learning PHY2053 WEBsite at https://lss.at.ufl.edu/ This site contains previous exams, correct answers for your exams, the class lectures, and the course grades. Estimated course grades will be posted here after each of the two exams and your final course grades will be posted here after the final exam. (3) The McGraw-Hill ConnectPhysics PHY2053 WEBsite at http://connect.mcgraw-hill.com/connect/shortUrl.do?accessUrl=r_field_fall_2011_1 This is where you do the on-line homework. You will also need the access code that comes with your textbook. You must log-in to ConnectPhysics using your GatorLink E-mail address. If you do not use your GatorLink E-mail, you will not get credit for the homework. McGraw-Hill ConnectPhysics offers a 21 day free trial so you can get started even if you do not have your book yet. You can enter your access code later when you get your book. Course Instructors: Prof. Rick Field – Ph. 392-5702, email: [email protected], Office: 2043 NPB. Prof. Ivan Furic – Ph. 392- 9327, email: [email protected], Office: 2037 NPB. Course Coordinator: Prof. Rick Field – Ph. 392-5702, email: [email protected], Office: 2043 NPB. Office hours are posted on the course website. Only E-mails to [email protected] will receive a response. E-mail to the instructor’s direct accounts will be ignored. Textbook: The required text: Physics (with ConnectPhysics), Authors: Giambattista, Richardson, and Richardson, Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Edition: 2nd (Volume 1), ISBN: 0077581210. The text includes a code used for the required on-line homework. Homework in this course is graded and will count towards your final grade. The homework is done online, using the McGrawHill ConnectPhysics system. Your textbook will contain your access code to ConnectPhysics. You must use your GatorLink E-mail adress when you first log into ConnectPhysics. Discussion Section Quizzes: Discussion sections start the first week of classes (i.e. August 22, 2011) and quizzes start on Wednesday and Thursday September 7-8. A quiz will be administered during many of your Wednesday or Thursday discussionPHY2053 Fall 2011 August 12, 2011 Department of Physics Page 2 of 5 University of Florida section meetings (10 total quizzes). The MW and WF discussion sections will have their quizzes on Wednesday. The TR discussion sections will have their quizzes on Thursday. The quizzes will test how well you learned the concepts and methods of the assigned homework problems. The quiz will be very closely related to your homework problems. The problems may be restructured to provide guidance, allow awarding of partial credit and discourage memorization of only the formula for the solution. You are expected to learn how to do the homework problems on your own without any notes or other help (i.e. there are no crib sheets for the quizzes!). In doing the online homework you can get help in discussion section, office hours, from tutors and from other students. However, in the end you must learn the methods needed to do the problems on your own. The quizzes will give partial credit (0-5 points) so if you set up the problem correctly but make an algebraic mistake you will get some of the credit for the problem. You will be allowed to make-up a maximum of three missed quizzes provided that you have a valid documented excuse (e.g. medical note). You will have to take the make-up quiz within 3 weeks of your missed quiz and there will be no make-up quizzes after December 7. To provide a measure of forgiveness for possible missed quizzes, 10% of the quiz grades will be dropped in evaluating your final grade. The quiz portion of the course will count for 20% of the overall course grade. Quiz Schedule* Week Date Problem 1 8/22/11-8/26/11 No Quiz 2 8/29/11-9/2/11 No Quiz 3 9/7/11-9/8/11 Q1: 1.1-2.6 4 9/14/11-9/15/11 Q2: 3.1-3.6 5 9/21/11-9/22/11 Q3: 4.1-4.7 6 9/28/11-9/29/11 Q4: 4.8-5.3 7 10/3/11-10/7/11 No Quiz 8 10/12/11-10/13/11 Q5: 5.4-6.4 9 10/19/11-10/20/11 Q6: 7.1-7.8 10 10/26/11-10/27/11 Q7: 8.1-8.6 11 11/2/11-11/3/11 Q8: 8.7-9.6 12 11/7/11-11/11/11 No Quiz 13 11/16/11-11/17/11 Q9: 9.7-10.4 14 11/21/11-11/25/11 No Quiz 15 11/30/11-12/1/11 Q10: 11.1-11.8 16 12/5/11-12/9/11 No Quiz *Quizzes are on Wednesday or Thursday. Homework: On-line graded homework is due by 11:00pm almost every Saturday starting on September 3, 2011. To get onto the online homework system you will need to enter the access code that came with the textbook. The problems come from your textbook. However, the numbers are randomized for each student (i.e. the problems will be same as the textbook but with different numbers). The course Schedule Page gives thePHY2053 Fall 2011 August 12, 2011 Department of Physics Page 3 of 5 University of Florida assigned problems and due dates. Once the due date/time (e.g. Saturday 11:00 pm) has passed no further input of answers for credit will be accepted. For more details see the ConnectPhysics tutorial at http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2053/fall11/tutorial.pdf. It is your responsibility to get your homework in on time. Last minute computer/local server problems will not excuse you from this responsibility. In doing the online homework you can get help in discussion section, office hours, and from tutors. To provide a measure of forgiveness for illnesses and possible network problems, 10% of the on-line homework grades will be dropped in evaluating your final grade. The on-line homework portion of the course will count for 20% of the overall course grade. The first homework assignment HW Set 1 will count only if it improves your overall homework grade (i.e. your homework grade will be computed twice, including HW1 and excluding HW1, and you will be given the higher of the two grades). McGrawHill ConnectPhysics On-Line Homework Schedule Assignment Due Date