Syllabus

Personnel

Course Coordinator:	Tibor F Nagy, Daniel R Stump, Corey E Musolff
Teaching Assistant:	Connor Duncan Kramp

Instructor Information

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

Dr. Tibor Nagy
Email: nagytibo@msu.edu
Web: http://www.pa.msu.edu/~nagy_t/
Office hours: Wednesday, 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, Mondays @ 7:00 PM.
Open office hours, Saturdays @ 11:00 AM.

Teaching Assistant: Connor Kramp (krampcon@msu.edu).

Course Description

PHY 232C is an online, asynchronous, algebra-based general physics class recommended for a variety of majors. Topics covered: electric charge, electric force, electric field, capacitors, electric current, direct circuits, magnetic field, electromagnetic induction, alternating circuits, electromagnetic waves, special relativity, geometric optics, optical instruments, wave optics, quantum mechanics, atomic physics, nuclear physics.

Prerequisites

Algebra or Calculus based Mechanics: PHY 231 or PHY 231C or PHY 183 or PHY 183B or PHY 193H or LBS 271.

Office Hours

Tuesday: 12:00 - 2:00 PM: Connor Kramp: https://msu.zoom.us/j/2227220493 Meeting ID: 222 722 0493

Project Information

Honors option is not available for PHY 232C.

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 10th , Thursday, 60 minutes online, between 7:00 and 11:00 PM.
Exam #2: March 17th, Thursday, 60 minutes online, between 7:00 and 11:00 PM.
Exam #3: April 14th, Thursday, 60 minutes online, between 7:00 and 11:00 PM.
Final Exam: May 5th, Thursday, 120 minutes online, between 7:00 and 11:00 PM.

Maximum score on the midterm exams: 50 points. A two-sided, hand-written, 8.5 by 11 inch US letter sized help sheet is allowed on each midterm plus the help sheet(s) from the previous midterm(s). The midterm exams will have corrections as a homework: 30% of the positive difference between the correction and the exam will be added to your exam score as bonus. The corrections are optional. The corrections can only raise your scores, they CANNOT lower your score. The eXam and the Correction scores are combined together to the Total test score as follows: If C>X, then T = X + 0.3*(C-X), otherwise T = X.

For the exams you will need a scientific calculator with fresh batteries, sharp pencils and an eraser. Graphing calculators are allowed, but not required.

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. Maximum score on a midterm exam: 50 points.

Grading scale:
4.0 >= 92%,
3.5 >= 84%,
3.0 >= 76%,
2.5 >= 68%,
2.0 >= 60%,
1.5 >= 52%,
1.0 >= 44%,
1.0 < 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 II, 2nd edition, ISBN13: 9781516548354, Cognella, Inc., 2021. (Previous edition: Andrew F. Rex, Richard Wolfson: Essential College Physics, Volume II, 1st edition, ISBN13: 9780321611178, 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.