Why electricity and magnetism?Prof. Stephen Sekula8/23/2010Supplementary Material for PHY1308 (General Physics – Electricity and Magnetism)Stephen J. Sekula - SMU 2Who are you?Stephen J. Sekula - SMU 3The ATLAS ExperimentThe BaBar ExperimentStephen J. Sekula - SMU 4Why should I care about electricity and magnetism?Stephen J. Sekula - SMU 5Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)PET Scans (Positron Emission Tomography)Stephen J. Sekula - SMU 6While this data is for students and their majors, clearly an education in physics is a critical ingredient in success on the MCAT!(similar data exists on the LSAT)Stephen J. Sekula - SMU 7While this data is for students and their majors, the reason a physics major is valuable is because physics teaches you about problem solving in challenging environments, requiring innovative thinking.Stephen J. Sekula - SMU 8Stephen J. Sekula - SMU 9http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnZ4EyKrLAIStephen J. Sekula - SMU 10What are the goals (learning outcomes) of this course?Stephen J. Sekula - SMU 11Stephen J. Sekula - SMU 12What is the structure of this course?Stephen J. Sekula - SMU 13Structure●Lectures●MWF; attendance is required (see syllabus for exceptions)●Expect “chalk talk”, multimedia, demonstrations, and discussions●Homework●about 1 per week – 10% of the grade●strict homework policy (see course website)●quality of homework policy applies to answers on quizzes and tests●Quizzes●about 1 per week, in-class – 15% of the grade●two lowest quiz grades are automatically dropped●Exams●3 incremental in-class exams (see syllabus) worth 45% of the grade●Final exam (cumulative) – 30% of the gradeStephen J. Sekula - SMU 14resources●Me●Office hours: 2-4 on Monday and Thursday●Additional discussions must be arranged in writing (e-mail)●Teaching Assistant●We will setup 1 help session per week●The Web●Course website: http://www.physics.smu.edu/sekula/phy1308●Communication●I will make announcements over e-mail (please check at least once per week)●I'll push announcements out by Twitter and identi.ca and Facebook, as well as any useful factoids in the news about topics we are discussing.–find anything interesting or have a question? Tag it with #phy1308.Stephen J. Sekula - SMU 15Last Comments●I encourage you to work together outside of class●cheating and plagiarism will NOT BE TOLERATED●Work handed in must be the unique product of your own effort, even if you collaborate with others●Science has much in common with the humanities●there is a good story, and this class will aim to teach part of it●to seek a deeper understanding of the world around us and the larger cosmos, we will dig rigorously into many subjects●Physics is exciting●physics is the study of energy, matter, space, and time●it is a quest, paid for with the blood of experimental labor and expressed in the language of mathematics, for the ultimate knowledge of the origin, composition, and fate of the
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