| Lecturer: |
Note: Students who request a
meeting but do not show up, or are late by more than half
an hour, will lose their right to meet the instructor
outside the scheduled office hours.
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| Textbooks: |
Fundamentals of Physics, Halliday, Resnick and Walker, 8 Ed.;
Lab Manual, Physics 231-232, Walter L. Wimbush (2007)
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| Attendance: |
- Students are expected to attend all lecture and laboratory sessions.
- Students are responsible for all material covered in the lecture, laboratory and assignments.
- I reserve the right to academically withdraw any student who does not attend regularly.
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| W/Audit Grades: |
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| Grading scale: |
| A: 90-100% |
B: 80-89% |
C: 70-79% |
D: 60-69% |
F: <60% | |
| Grades: |
Total points 400.
Lab - 20%; Quizzes - 15%; 4 Exams - 10% each; Final Exam - 25%
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| Lab: |
- Total points 80. Experiments and Data - 5 points each, lab
assignments - 3 points each.
- If a student is late by more
than 15 min for the lab, he can still do the lab but cannot receive
credit for that lab.
- Students without protective eye
goggles or with open-toe shoes will not be permitted to stay in the
laboratory room!
- It is the students' responsibility to
know which lab experiments require protective eye goggles. No students
will be permitted to perform those experiments without protective eye
goggles.
- Students must have a passing lab grade in order to pass the
class!
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| Quizzes: |
- Total points 60. No more than 60
quiz points can be earned throughout the entire semester.
- There will be weekly on-line quizzes
posted on Blackboard each consisting of mostly multiple
choice questions.
- It is the student's responsibility
to know when each quiz is due.
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| Exams: |
- There will be five exams each worth 40 points. The
top four highest scores will be counted toward the final
grade.
- The Final Exam is worth 100 pts, it is 2 hours long and is comprehensive.
- Only approved formula sheets can be used during exams. You may download a copy of the formula sheet that will be provided here
- Students may bring only a pen/pencil and a calculator; programmable calculators must have blank memory before the exam.
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| Make-up policy: |
There will be absolutely no make
up exams or labs.
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| Academic misconduct: |
Cheating will not be tolerated in
any form. Copying and using someone else's work to obtain
credit, as well as letting someone else copy your work, is
considered cheating.
- Cheating on an exam will result in
failing that exam. A second offence will result in
automatic failing of the class!
- During an exam, if you
leave the room for any reason, you will not be permitted
to continue working afterwards.
- All assignments are individual, unless otherwise specified.
- A special attention
will be paid by the instructor to any inconsistencies
in the performance of the on-line, take-home and in-class activities!
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Disability
accommodations:
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Those seeking accommodations based on
disabilities should provide a Disability Data Sheet obtained through the
Counselor for Special Needs, located in the Bisdorf Building, Room 148
(tel. 845-6301)
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