PHY 233B Fall 2007
Michigan State University
Personnel
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Course Coordinator:
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Martin M Berz, Felicia V Berryman, Tibor F Nagy |
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Instructor Information
Instructor: Martin Berz
Office: BPS 3253
Phone: 517-355-9200 x 2130
Email: phy233b@berz.us
Office hours: Thu 5-6, Room 1248
Teaching Assistant: He "River" Huang
Office: BPS 1248 (Strosacker Learning Center)
Email: river@pa.msu.edu
Office hours: Tue 10-12, Thu 5-9, Room 1248Course Description
PHY 233B: on-line calculus-based physics course. (The combination of PHY 231B plus PHY 233B is equivalent to PHY 183B.) Topics include: kinematics, Newtonian dynamics, momentum and energy conservation, rotational motion, gravity, oscillatory motion, wave motion and sound.Prerequisites
(PHY 231 or PHY 231B) and MTH 132.Helproom Hours
Strosacker Learning Center, Room 1248 BPS. Hours: Tue 10-12, Thu 5-9Exam Information
Exam Information
Exam #1: 10/02/07, 5:00-6:00 pm, Room 1420 BPS
Exam #2: 10/30/07, 5:00-6:00 pm, Room E105 Fee Hall *** Note Room Change ***
Exam #3: 11/27/07, 5:00-6:00 pm, Room 132 Hubbard Hall *** Note Room Change ***
PHY 233B does not have a final exam.
Bring a calculator and two sharp #2 (HB) pencils to each exam. You are allowed to bring one 3"x5" index card with whatever information you deem relevant.Grading Information
Homework: 25%, Midterm Exams: 3 x 25% = 75%.
PHY 233B does not have a Final Exam.
Grade table for class:
4.0 >= 92%,
3.5 >= 83%,
3.0 >= 74%,
2.5 >= 65%,
2.0 >= 56%,
1.5 >= 47%,
1.0 >= 38%,
0.0 < 38%.
Depending on student performance, the grade requirements may be lowered, but they will never be raised.Readings
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Wk | HW is due | Reading assignment
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02 | Sep 06 Th | Chapters 1,2,3: Motion, Kinematics, Vectors
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03 | Sep 13 Th | Chapter 4: Force and Motion
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04 | Sep 20 Th | Chapter 5: Dynamics I.
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05 | Sep 27 Th | Chapter 6: Dynamics II.
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06 | Oct 04 Th | Chapter 7: Dynamics III.
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07 | Oct 11 Th | Chapter 8: Newton's Third Law
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08 | Oct 18 Th | Chapter 9: Impulse and Momentum
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09 | Oct 25 Th | Chapters 10,11: Energy, Work
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10 | Nov 01 Th | Chapter 12: Gravity
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11 | Nov 08 Th | Chapter 13: Rotation of a Rigid Body
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12 | Nov 15 Th | Chapter 14: Oscillations
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13 | Nov 29 Th | Chapter 15: Fluids and Elasticity
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Textbook
Randall D. Knight, Physics for scientists and engineers, Pearson Addison-Wesley, 2004, Volume 1.
We will use only the textbook. Don't open the student access kit. We will use the LON-CAPA course system instead.