PHY232, Spring 2009 - Introductory Physics II
Michigan State University
Personnel
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Course Coordinator:
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Carl R Schmidt, Stuart H Tessmer, Kirsten A Tollefson |
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Instructor Information
Section 001:
Prof. Carl Schmidt
Office: 3211 BPS
Phone: (517) 884-5558
Email: schmidt@pa.msu.edu
http://www.pa.msu.edu/~schmidt
Section 002:
Prof. Stuart Tessmer
Office: 4237 BPS
Phone: (517) 884-5660
Email: tessmer@pa.msu.edu
http://www.pa.msu.edu/~tessmer
Section 003:
Prof. Kirsten Tollefson
Office: 3247 BPS
Phone: (517) 884-5568
Email: tollefson@pa.msu.edu
http://www.pa.msu.edu/hep/hepe/tollefson.htm
Teaching assistants:
Tri Cao Doan: doantri@msu.edu
Neelam Dhanda: dhandane@msu.edu
Zhensheng Tao: taozhens@msu.edu
Sean Wagner: wagner93@msu.edu
Course Description
Electricity and magnetism; geometric and wave optics; special relativity; quantum mechanics; atomic and nuclear physics.Prerequisites
PHY 231 or PHY 231B or PHY 231C or PHY 183 or PHY 183B or PHY 193H or LBS 271.Class Hours
Section 001: 1:50 pm to 2:40 pm MWF, BPS 1410
Section 002: 3:00 pm to 3:50 pm MWF, BPS 1410
Section 003: 12:40 pm to 1:30 pm MWF, BPS 1410Office Hours
Prof. Carl Schmidt: Tuesday 3:30-4:30
Prof. Stuart Tessmer: Tuesday 2:00-3:00
Prof. Kirsten Tollefson: Tuesday 12:30-1:30
All office hours will be held in the helproom, BPS 1248.
Meetings with the instructors may also be arranged at other times by appointment.Helproom Hours
Room: BPS 1248.
Tri Cao Doan: TBA
Neelam Dhanda: TBA
Zhensheng Tao: TBA
Sean Wagner: TBA
We will try to have the helproom manned all day on Wednesdays and Thursdays, exact times TBA.Project Information
For the Honor Option students can work in the help room for 2 hours each week helping their classmates with their homework. A 3.5 final grade or higher must also be achieved in the class.Exam Information
Exam #1: Feb 9, Monday, BPS 1410, lecture hour.
Exam #2: Mar 18, Wednesday, BPS 1410, lecture hour.
Exam #3: Apr 13, Monday, BPS 1410, lecture hour.
Final Exam: May 4, Monday, 5:45-7:45 PM. Location: TBAGrading Information
Percent weights for PHY 232 (all 3 sections):
Clicker questions: 6%.
Homework: 16%.
Three midterm exams: 3 x 16% = 48%.
Final exam: 32%.
Note that the weights for the class add up to 102%.
Clicker questions: Correct answer: 3 points. Incorrect answer: 1 point. Not present: zero point.
Homework: Every homework question is worth 1 point.
Midterm exams: Maximum score on each midterm: 50 points. The midterm exams will have correction sets as a homework. 30% of the positive difference between the correction exam and the in-class exam will be added to your in-class exam score as a bonus. One double-sided, US letter-sized (8 1/2"x11") help sheet is allowed for each midterm exam.
Final Exam: Maximum score on the final: 100 points. The final exam will not have correction. Four double-sided, US letter-sized (8 1/2"x11") help sheets are allowed on the final exam: one from each of the midterms and one from the last block of the class.
Grading scale:
4.0 >= 92%,
3.5 >= 84%,
3.0 >= 76%,
2.5 >= 68%,
2.0 >= 60%,
1.5 >= 52%,
1.0 >= 44%,
0.0 < 44%.
This grading scale might be lowered, but it will not be raised.Readings
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Week | Chapter, Topic
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(1) 01/12 --- 01/16 | Math Review, Ch 20 Electric Force and Fields
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(2) 01/19 -- Monday | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (no classes)
01/21 --- 01/23 | Ch 20 Electric Force, Ch 21 Electric Pot.
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(3) 01/26 --- 01/30 | Ch 21 Electric Potential, Ch 22 Curr. & Res.
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(4) 02/02 --- 02/06 | Ch 22 Current and Resistance, Midterm Review
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(5) 02/09 -- Monday | Exam #1 (1410 BPS)
02/11 --- 02/13 | Ch 23 Circuits
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(6) 02/16 --- 02/20 | Ch 23 Circuits, Ch 24 Magn. Fields and Forces
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(7) 02/23 --- 02/27 | Ch 24 Magnetic Fields and Forces
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(8) 03/02 --- 03/06 | Ch 25 EM Induction and Waves
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03/09 --- 03/13 | Spring Break (no classes)
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(9) 03/16 -- Monday | Midterm Review
03/18 -- Wednes.| Exam #2 (1410 BPS)
03/20 -- Friday | Ch 26 AC Circuits
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(10) 03/23 --- 03/27 | Ch 26 AC Circuits, Ch 18 Ray Optics
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(11) 03/30 --- 04/03 | Ch 18 Ray Optics, Ch 17 Wave Optics
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(12) 04/06 --- 04/10 | CH 19 Optical Instruments, Midterm Review
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(13) 04/13 -- Monday | Exam #3 (1410 BPS)
04/15 --- 04/17 | Ch 27 Relativity, Ch 28 Quantum Physics
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(14) 04/20 --- 04/24 | Ch 28 Quantum Physics, Ch 29 Atoms & Molec.
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(15) 04/27 --- 05/01 | Ch 30 Nuclear Physics, Final Review
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05/04 -- Monday | Final Exam: 5:45-7:45 pm. Location: TBA
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Textbook
Knight, Jones, Field: College Physics (A Strategic Approach), Volume 2. Special Edition for Michigan State University.
You will also need an i>Clicker for class participation/quizzes during lecture.