PHYS 212 Electricity Magnetism Fall 2019 Penn State University University Park Instructors Monica Rincon Ramirez Dr Chad Hanna Office Hours See the full list of office hours for the instructional team in the Assistance Hours section of the CANVAS site Location Lectures are on M and F morning in 119 Osmond See your course schedule for exact times locations Credits 4 Faculty There are two lecturers for the course this semester Monica Rincon Ramirez mxr463 psu edu Dr Chad Hanna crh184 psu edu The lecturers and your recitation or lab TAs are your first point of contact for physics related questions For any administrative questions you should contact the course Administrator Dr Michael T Smitka mts56 psu edu 123 Osmond Lab Required Materials Textbook and Homework The text for this course is Physics for Scientists and Engineers A Strategic Approach by Knight 4th edition This course will cover Chapters 22 32 This book is the 3rd Penn State custom edition The soft cover PSU custom split with these sections available at the bookstore also contains access to the MasteringPhysics electronic homework system we will be requiring in the course i clicker In addition you are also required to have an i clicker These are available from the bookstore and elsewhere Using your i clicker in lecture is part of your grade You can find out about obtaining and registering i clickers on the ITS Clicker website There is a link in the Lessons folder to directly register your clicker If you do not register your clicker then you cannot earn a lecture participation grade 3 of the total course grade The clicker frequency in Osmond 119 is AD Course Description Calculus based introduction to classical electricity and magnetism including such topics as electric charge and electric fields Gauss s law electric potential capacitance current resistance and circuits magnetic fields and fields due to currents induction and inductance magnetism of matter Maxwell s equations and electromagnetic oscillations Course Objectives Upon completion of PHYS 212 students should be able to demonstrate a mastery of 1 Electric charges fields and forces 2 Electric potential and potential energy 3 Resistance current and circuits both DC and AC 4 Magnetic fields 5 Electromagnetism and electromagnetic waves For a more detailed list of course objectives please see the Exams folder Tentative Schedule See the Class Notes Reading tab for the schedule of readings and lecture topics See the Recitation and Laboratory tabs for their weekly schedules Exam Dates and Times MT1 10 03 2019 at 6 15 7 30 pm MT2 11 07 2019 at 6 15 7 30 pm Final Exam date and time TBD by Registrar Course Registration Requirements You must be registered for the lecture 212 laboratory 212L and the recitation 212R to fully participate in this course and receive a grade Problem Set assignments In general there are three problem set assignments per week two short problem sets based on reading assignments and one more lengthy problem set based on prior reading and lecture material The due date and time for each assignment appears on MasteringPhysics MasteringPhysics is accessible at the following web address http www pearsonmylabandmastering com northamerica Our course ID is smitka21983 Note that this course ID is specific to Phys 212 at the PSU University Park campus The first time you connect to Mastering physics using this link you will be asked to link your Pearson account to your PSU account Instructions for this first time setup can be found on the PHYS 212 Canvas homepage Register using only your abc123 psu edu email identity Registrations completed using the 9 digit PSU identifier number or gmail com addresses are not able to be linked to student identities in the PSU Canvas system and will not receive credit for completing homework assignments After that you will be able to access Mastering Physics using your Penn State credentials Mastering Physics allows you to submit your homework at any time Your grade on each assignment will be available immediately in the Mastering Physics grade book and in most cases you will have multiple tries to arrive at the correct answer Any work done after the due date will not receive credit and no extensions will be given Because problem sets are available at least a week before the due date and can be done in advance NO excuses are allowed see bottom of page for more info on excuse policy Students are encouraged to work together and collaborate on assignments Work submitted for individual assessment must be the work of the individual student Course Prerequisites PHYS 211 MATH 140 Course Co requisite MATH 141 Grading Policy Your grade in the course will be based on your performance in the labs recitation homework assignments and exams with the following weights Lecture Participation Pre lecture Homework Post lecture Homework Recitation Laboratories Midterm 1 Midterm 2 Final Exam 3 4 8 10 10 20 20 25 You are responsible for verifying all of your scores with the exception of the final exam score before the final exam for the course Final course grades are determined for the various grade levels as 93 A 100 90 A 93 87 B 90 83 B 87 80 B 83 77 C 80 70 C 77 60 D 70 0 F 60 The course score will be rounded to the nearest integer 69 49 becomes 69 and 69 5 becomes 70 No curving of any kind will be employed unless the combined average exam score computed as the combined average of all students scores on all midterm and final exams taken to date is less than 70 In such cases the grades on the most recent exam will be adjusted by additively raising the exam scores to allow the combined exam average to meet the target minimum of 70 Your clicker score each day is calculated as the sum of your score for the participation questions based on your participation During the first week and review lectures there might not be points for clicker questions Your clicker score for the class is calculated by how many of the clicker points you earn in each three week period Weeks 1 3 Weeks 4 6 etc In the Grades tab you can find how many points must be earned for a full score in any three week period The homework will consist of short pre lecture assignments based on the required reading and more challenging post lecture assignments based on prior reading assignments and lecture material Pre lecture and post lecture homework assignments are due at 7 59AM on the days in which lectures occur All times for all aspects of the course are given in the Eastern Time Zone