Syllabus for PHYS260 and PHYS260H Fall 2011 GENERAL PHYSICS OSCILLATIONS FLUIDS WAVES HEAT AND ELECTRICITY LECTURES Tu Th 2 00 3 15 pm in Physics 1410 PROFESSOR MICHELLE GIRVAN Email girvan umd edu important include phys260 in the title of all emails to Dr Girvan Phone 301 405 1610 Office Hours Mon 11am 12 pm Physics Building Room 4316 Mon 1 2pm AV Williams 3327 Course website can be accessed via elms umd edu OFFICIAL COURSE DESCRIPTION PHYS 260 General Physics Oscillations Fluids Waves Heat and Electricity 3credits Grade Method REG P F AUD Prerequisite MATH141 and PHY161 Corequisite PHYS261 Credit will be granted for only one of the following PHYS142 PHYS260 and PHYS 261 Formerly PHYS262 or PHYS272 Formerly PHYS 262 Second semester of a three semester calculusbased general physics course Oscillations waves fluids thermodynamics electrostatics and circuits PHYS260 and PHYS261 must be taken in the same semester and the grade for the courses will be combined into a single grade for both To pass students must complete passing work in both PHYS260 and PHYS261 CORE Physical Science Lab PL course only when taken concurrently with PHYS 261 If purchasing used books additional software may be required SECTIONS Section Time Location Instructor PHYS260 sections 301 M 12 00 12 50 PHY 1219 Anton de la Fuente 302 W 11 00 11 50 PHY 1219 Anton de la Fuente 303 Tu 12 00 12 50 MTH B0429 Jeffrey Demers 304 W 9 00 9 50 PHY 1201 Zachary Raines 305 Tu 1 00 1 50 PHY 1219 Anton de la Fuente PHYS260H section 301 M 12 00 12 50 PHY 1402 Dr Girvan TA office hours TBA LAB SECTIONS You must enroll in Physics 261 and complete all the labs in order to pass Physics 260 REQUIRED TEXTBOOK Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Randall D Knight 2nd Edition volumes 1 4 Note that we will cover chapters 14 and 15 also in this course which are in volume 1 RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS There are many books that you may find helpful when Knight is not including Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Serway and Jewett Physics by Paul A Tipler Worth and Fundamentals of Physics by David Halliday Robert Resnick and Jearl Walker There are also many earlier editions of these and other calculus based physics textbooks printed in the last 10 20 years that contain much the same material and can be purchased quite inexpensively on the web or at local used book stores or found in the Engineering and Physical Sciences Library LECTURE NOTES Lecture notes will be posted on elms after each lecture In order to encourage you to think through the clicker questions during lecture lecture notes will not be posted before lecture GRADES Your total numerical score for the course will be computed by summing your scores on the final exam the three midterms the homework electronic and written and the lab with the following weight For PHYS260 Sections Final exam Midterm exams Quizzes Homework Written 5 Electronic 15 Participation Physics 261 Lab 20 24 6 20 5 25 For PHYS260H Term paper Final exam Midterm exams Quizzes Homework Written 4 5 Electronic 13 5 Participation Physics 261 Lab 8 18 21 5 18 5 25 The term paper will be a 4 5 page paper describing an application of the material in this course in an engineering context Details of the term paper assignment will be discussed in section and an official description of the requirements will be distributed in late September IMPORTANT GRADING NOTES 1 Students who do not complete all of the lab experiments will automatically get an F in both Physics 260 and Physics 261 YOU MUST BE ENROLLED AND PASS PHYSICS 261 IN ORDER TO PASS PHYSICS 260 2 You must take the Final exam in order to pass the course 3 Dropped grades There will be three midterm exams the midterm exam component of your grade will be calculated from only your two best scores Similarly your quiz grade will be calculated from your best 3 of 4 quizzes and your homework grades will be calculated from your best 8 of 10 homeworks written and online homeworks graded separately 4 Participation Lectures will include a number of questions which students will answer using their clickers Credit is assigned based on whether or not questions are answered not on whether a correct answer is given For purposes of your participation grade each lecture with clicker questions will be worth an equal amount regardless of the number of questions asked Your grade for each such lecture will be equal to the fraction of clicker questions you answered In other words if there were twelve questions in a lecture and you answered nine of them you would receive 0 75 of full credit for that lecture Your participation grade for lectures will be determined after dropping your 3 lowest participation scores for the relevant lectures Your lecture participation grade determined this way will count as 80 of your participation grade the remaining 20 will be determined subjectively from your participation in section 4 For full credit for any written homework or exam problem you must show your work Therefore in addition to the correct answer you must justify your approach if possible EXAMS All quizzes and exams including the final will be closed book with no crib sheets allowed either electronic or paper unless otherwise announced A formula sheet will be provided for midterm exams and the final Note You may need a calculator during the quizzes and exams especially one with scientific capabilities i e trig log exponential roots and powers Memories parentheses radian degree conversion etc are also very helpful We reserve the right to clear all memories on your calculators at the start of any exam For that reason it is best to use a simple inexpensive calculator for the exams Solutions to the exam questions will be posted Sample exams from previous semesters will be made available for viewing HOMEWORK There will be weekly homework assignments These will consist of both electronic homework and a few conventional written problems to be turned in We will use Mastering Physics for electronic homework You will need a code which comes with the book to access the electronic homework Mastering Physics student codes are valid for 2 years So if you have used Mastering Physics within this period then you can access it this semester using the same login credentials just go to Returning User If you purchased a used book or only new volumes 2 4 which do not come with Mastering Physics access code then you can purchase access to Mastering Physics from www masteringphysics com Or you can purchase a volume
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