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Last updated: Sun Apr 26 05:35:21 pm 2015 (EDT) by Tyce R DeYoung

PHY183, Spring 2015 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers I

Michigan State University

Personnel

Course Coordinator: Carl R Schmidt, Tyce R DeYoung
Instructor: James Laverty

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Instructor Information

Prof. Carl Schmidt
Office: BPS 3211
Phone: (517) 884-5558
Email: schmidt@pa.msu.edu
Home page: http://www.pa.msu.edu/profile/schmidt

Prof. Tyce DeYoung
Office: BPS 3215
Phone: (517) 884-5715
Email: deyoung@pa.msu.edu
Home Page: http://www.pa.msu.edu/profile/deyoung

Course Description

This calculus-based course covers classical mechanics, solids and fluids, and waves.

Prerequisites

MTH 132 or MTH 152H or LBS 118 or concurrent registration
Not open to students with credit in:
LBS 271 or PHY 181B or PHY 183 or PHY 193H or PHY 231 or PHY 231B or PHY 231C

Class Hours

Section 1: 5:20 pm to 6:10 pm, Mo Tu We Th, BPS 1410 (Schmidt)
Section 2: 6:30 pm to 7:20 pm, Mo Tu We Th, BPS 1410 (DeYoung)

Office Hours

Prof. Carl Schmidt
Thursdays 11:15-12:15 am in the help room
or by appointment (email schmidt@pa.msu.edu)

Prof. Tyce DeYoung
Fridays 3:00 - 4:00 in the help room
or by appointment (email deyoung@pa.msu.edu)

Helproom Hours

PHY 183 Help Room Hours

Physics 183 TA's or faculty will be available in the Help Room, 1248 BPS during following times:

Thursdays from 11:15 - 8:00 pm

Fridays from 9:20 am - 8:00 pm

Exam Information

There will be thirteen 40-min quizzes and one 2-hour final exam. The quizzes will be given in class every Monday and will cover the material presented the previous week.  No notes are allowed.  There are no makeups (but note that your two lowest scores will be dropped).

The Final Exam will be on Wednesday, May 6, from 8:00-10:00 pm.  Please contact Prof. Schmidt or Prof. DeYoung if you need to take the excused makeup for the Final Exam due to conflicts with other exams.  The Final Exam will cover all material discussed during the semester and will include 25-30 questions.  The types of questions will be similar to those on the quizzes.

You are responsible for bringing the following to the quizzes and final exam:
(i) A calculator. All exams will require the use of a calculator. Make sure that your calculator's batteries are fresh, as sharing of calculators will not be allowed. No other electronic devices (smartphone, phone, mp3-player, etc) are allowed.
(ii) A No. 2 pencil for filling out the scantron form.
Note that we may have a few pencils and calculators available at the quizzes.  We will not have any pencils or calculators at the Final Exam.

Students will be assigned seats (by rows) for the quizzes based on name.

Section 001 Seating Chart

Row            Last Names From To                       
B Zat Zim
C Web Zan
D Sti Wan
E Rus Ste
F Piz Rui
G Mud Pio
H Luk Mor
I Kwa Low
J Iba Kus
K Grei Hun
L Dun Gree
M Chr Dot
N Bei Chi
O Abd Bar

 

Section 002 Seating Chart

Row            Last Names From To                       
B Zhua Zwai
C Xu Zhu
D Wang Xia
E Stae Wan
F Reni Sosn
G Pane Ren
H Meie Pan
I Lile Mead
J Jia Li
K Fort Ji
L D Flor
M Canf Croc
N Anto Camp
O Acev Ande

 

Deadlines

There will be 15 homework sets. The homework sets will cover one week's worth of material (normally one chapter) and are due on Sunday at 11:59 pm. The final homework set will be due on Friday, the last day of classes, at 11:59 pm.

Grading Information

Grades are based on the following formula:
Homework: 25%
13 quizzes: 50% (your two lowest quizzes will be dropped when calculating your quiz grade in the course)
Final exam: 25%
Course grades will be determined by the percentage of the total points obtained by each student, according to the scale below. Thresholds for grade levels may be lowered at the instructors' discretion, but will not be increased.
Percentage ........ Grade
p > 92% .............. 4.0
92% > p > 84% ... 3.5
84% > p > 76% ... 3.0
76% > p > 68% ... 2.5
68% > p > 60% ... 2.0
60% > p > 52% ... 1.5
52% > p > 44% ... 1.0
p < 44% ............... 0

Clicker Questions:
Interactive discussion questions will be asked during each lecture, to which you will respond using iClickers. Extra credit will be awarded for these questions, up to a maximum of 5% of the final course grade. Please be sure your clicker is working and tuned to the correct frequency, as no makeup credit will be available. However, only 80% of the possible clicker points are required to receive the full 5% extra credit.

Pre- and Post-course Assessments:
As part of an ongoing effort to improve the quality of instruction in the Department, ungraded assessment tests will be given to students at the beginning and the end of the course. We will award 1% extra credit to students who complete these assessments.

Readings

Week

Lecture

Date

Page Begin

Page End

Chapter

1

1

1/12/2015

1

14

0

1

1.5

1/13/2015

 

 

Pre-course
assessment
1 2 1/14/2015 14 23 1
1 3 1/15/2015 23 32 1
           

2

4

1/20/2015

38

45

2

2

5

1/21/2015

45

49

2

2

6

1/22/2015

49

60

2
           

3

7

1/27/2015

72

78

3

3

8

1/28/2015

78

84

3

3

9

1/29/2015

84

90

3
           

4

10

2/3/2015

97

105

4

4

11

2/4/2015

105

114

4

4

12

2/5/2015

114

126

4
           

5

13

2/10/2015

134

142

5

5

14

2/11/2015

142

149

5

5

15

2/12/2015

149

154

5
           

6

16

2/17/2015

160

170

6

6

17

2/18/2015

170

179

6

6

18

2/19/2015

179

187

6
           

7

19

2/24/2015

194

205

7

7

20

2/25/2015

205

212

7

7

21

2/26/2015

212

220

7
           

8

22

3/3/2015

231

238

8

8

23

3/4/2015

238

245

8

8

24

3/5/2015

245

253

8
           

9

25

3/17/2015

260

268

9

9

26

3/18/2015

268

275

9

9

27

3/19/2015

275

283

9
           

10

28

3/24/2015

290

303

10

10

29

3/25/2015

303

309

10

10

30

3/26/2015

309

312

10
           

11

31

3/31/2015

312

320

10

11

32

4/1/2015

329

342

11

11

33

4/2/2015

342

347

11
           

12

34

4/7/2015

356

365

12

12

35

4/8/2015

365

374

12

12

36

4/9/2015

374

382

12
           

13

37

4/14/2015

396

402

13

13

38

4/15/2015

403

407

13

13

39

4/16/2015

408

416

13
           

14

40

4/21/2015

426

435

14

14

41

4/22/2015

435

454

14
14 42 4/23/2015

462

 472 15
           

15

43

4/28/2015

479

484

15

15

 

4/29/2015

 

 

Review
session

15

 

4/30/2015

 

 

Post-course
assessment

 

 

 

Coursepack

 

 

Textbook

Wolfgang Bauer and Gary D. Westfall
"University Physics"
Second Edition
McGraw-Hill, 2013
PHY 183 will cover Chapters 1 - 15.