Syllabus

Personnel

Course Coordinator:	Tibor F Nagy, Daniel R Stump, Corey E Musolff
Teaching Assistant:	Emma Elizabeth Dugan, Brenna Helenna Chetan

Instructor Information

Dr. Corey Musolff
Email: musolffc@msu.edu
Zoom: https://msu.zoom.us/j/97004352184
Office hours: Fridays 2-3PM (also available by appointment)

Dr. Tibor Nagy
Email: nagytibo@msu.edu
Web: http://www.pa.msu.edu/~nagy_t/
Office Hours: Mondays, 10:00AM-2:00PM, on the LON-CAPA discussion board.

Professor Dan Stump
E-mail: stump@msu.edu
Zoom: https://msu.zoom.us/j/3090035109 Meeting ID: 309 003 5109 Passcode: 336884
Weekly Zoom meetings, Fridays @ 4:00 PM.
Open Office Hours, Saturdays @ 10:00 AM.

Teaching Assistants: Brenna Chetan (chetanbr@msu.edu), Emma Dugan (duganemm@msu.edu).

Course Description

PHY 231C is an on-line, asynchronous, algebra-based general physics class, recommended for a variety of majors. Topics include: kinematics, Newton's laws of motion, work and energy, momentum and collisions, oscillations, rotational motion, gravitation, solids and fluids, waves and sound, temperature, heat, thermodynamics.

Prerequisites

MTH 103 or MTH 116 or MTH 124 or MTH 132 or LBS 117.

Helproom Hours

Monday: 4:00-5:00 PM: Brenna Chetan: https://msu.zoom.us/j/9651582883 Meeting ID: 965 158 2883
Monday: 7:00-8:00 PM: Emma Dugan: https://msu.zoom.us/j/5547158461 Meeting ID 554 715 8461

Project Information

Honors option is not available for PHY 231C.

Exam Information

For the exams you will need pens, pencils, erasers, scrap paper, and a scientific calculator with fresh batteries. Graphing calculators are allowed, but they are not necessary. On the exams students must work individually.

Students with disabilities or other circumstances that require special arrangements should inform their instructors as soon as possible (ideally in the first two weeks) and well ahead of the exams so that proper arrangements can be made. Please present the instructor with your RCPD form.

Exam #1: February 8th, Tuesday, 60 minutes online, between 7:00 and 11:00 PM.
Exam #2: March 15th, Tuesday, 60 minutes online, between 7:00 and 11:00 PM.
Exam #3: April 12th, Tuesday, 60 minutes online, between 7:00 and 11:00 PM.
Final Exam: May 3rd, Tuesday, 120 minutes online, between 7:00 and 11:00 PM.

On the midterm exams a two-sided handwritten help sheet is allowed together with the sheets from the previous midterm exams. On the final exam the three two-sided help sheets from the midterms together with a fourth two-sided sheet are allowed.

Grading Information

Percent weights: Homework: 38%. Three midterm exams: 3x12% = 36%. Final exam: 24%, Concept Tests: 1+1=2%. Total: 100%.

Homework: Every homework question is worth 1 point.

Midterm exams: Maximum score on each midterm: 50 points. The midterm exams will have correction exams 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 bonus. For example, if you got 35 points on the midterm and got 46 points on the correction exam, you new total will be 35 + (0.3)*(46-35) = 38.3. In this case, if you got less than 35 points on the correction exam your total would still be 35.

Final Exam: Maximum score on the final: 100 points. The final exam will not have correction.

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.

The Spartan Code of Honor: As a Spartan, I will strive to uphold values of the highest ethical standard. I will practice honesty in my work, foster honesty in my peers, and take pride in knowing that honor is worth more than grades. I will carry these values beyond my time as a student at Michigan State University, continuing the endeavor to build personal integrity in all that I do.

Textbook

Andrew F. Rex, Richard Wolfson: Essential College Physics, Volume I, 2nd edition, ISBN13: 9781516548330, Cognella, Inc., 2021. (Previous edition: Andrew F. Rex, Richard Wolfson: Essential College Physics, Volume I, 1st edition, ISBN13: 9780321611161, Addison-Wesley, 2009.)

The textbook is REQUIRED, because it is not possible to get a good grade without reading and studying the textbook.

We will use LON-CAPA, MSU's own free and flexible web-based course management system. If your book has a course management system bundled with, don't open it and don't try to access it, because we will not use it.

Scientific calculator. Graphing calculators are allowed, but they are not required. The recommended calculator is the TI-30X IIS for $10-14.