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| Last updated: | Thu Jan 24 04:39:08 am 2008 (EST) | by Martin Berz |
Instructor: Martin Berz
Office: BPS 3253
Phone: 517-355-9200 x 2130
Email: phy234b@berz.us
Office Hours: Thu 5-6, Room 1248
Teaching Assistant: David Krcatovich
Office: BPS 1248 (Strosacker Learning Center)
Email: krcatov6@msu.edu
Office Hours: Tue 9-11 am, Thu 5-9 pm, Room 1248
PHY 234B: on-line calculus-based physics course. (The combination of PHY 232B plus PHY 234B is equivalent to PHY 184B.) Topics include: electricity and magnetism, electromagnetic waves and special relativity.
(PHY 232 or PHY 232B) and MTH 133.
Strosacker Learning Center, Room 1248 BPS. Hours: Tue 10-12, Thu 5-9
There are three midterm exams, each covering the material of four homework sets. PHY 233B does not have a final exam.
Exam #1 (HW Set 01-04): 02/19/08, 5:00-6:00 pm, BPS 1415
Exam #2 (HW Set 05-08): 03/25/08, 5:00-6:00 pm, BPS 1415
Exam #3 (HW Set 09-12): 04/22/08, 5:00-6:00 pm, BPS 1415
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.
Homework: 25%, Midterm Exams: 3 x 25% = 75%.
PHY234B 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.
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Wk | HW is due | Reading assignment
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02 | Jan 24 Th | Chapter 25: Electric Charges and Forces
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03 | Jan 31 Th | Chapter 26: The Electric Field
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04 | Feb 07 Th | Chapter 27: Gauss's Law
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05 | Feb 14 Th | Chapter 28: Current and Conductivity
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06 | Feb 21 Th | Chapter 29: The Electric Potential
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07 | Feb 28 Th | Chapter 30: Potential and Field
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08 | Mar 13 Th | Chapter 31: Fundamentals of Circuits
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09 | Mar 20 Th | Chapter 32: The Magnetic Field
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10 | Mar 27 Th | Chapter 33: Electromagnetic Induction
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11 | Apr 03 Th | Chapter 34: EM Fields and Waves
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12 | Apr 10 Th | Chapter 35: AC Circuits
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13 | Apr 17 Th | Chapter 36: Relativity
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Randall D. Knight, Physics for scientists and engineers, Pearson Addison-Wesley, 2004, Volume 4.
We will use only the textbook. Don't open the student access kit. We will use the LON-CAPA course system instead.