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,[email protected]!!Dr.%Chad%Hanna,[email protected]!!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,[email protected]!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!Lesson s!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,!Gau ss'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!3%!Pre-lecture!Homework!4%!Post-lecture!Homework!8%!Recitation!10%!Laboratories!10%!Midterm!1!20%!Midterm!2!20%!Final!!Exam!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!
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