PHY 231C Fall 2021
Michigan State University
Personnel
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Course Coordinator:
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Tibor F Nagy, Daniel R Stump |
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Teaching Assistant:
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Emma Elizabeth Dugan, Karthik Babu Kolisetty, Elinore Leigh McLain, Brenna Helenna Chetan |
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Instructor Information
Professor Dan Stump
E-mail: stump@msu.edu
Zoom:
https://msu.zoom.us/j/3090035109 Meeting ID: 309 003 5109 Passcode: 336884
Fridays, 2:00 PM.
Dr. Tibor Nagy
Email: nagytibo@msu.edu
Web:
http://www.pa.msu.edu/~nagy_t/
Teaching Assistant(s): Brenna Chetan (chetanbr@msu.edu), Emma Dugan (duganemm@msu.edu), Karthik Kolisetty (koliset1@msu.edu), Elinore McLain (mclainel@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.Project Information
Honors option is not be 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: September 28, Tuesday, 60 minutes online, between 7:00 and 11:00 PM.
Exam #2: November 02, Tuesday, 60 minutes online, between 7:00 and 11:00 PM.
Exam #3: November 30, Tuesday, 60 minutes online, between 7:00 and 11:00 PM.
Final Exam: December 14, 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.Readings
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09/01 --- 09/06 | Wk 1 HW 0 Ch 1: Measurements and Math. Background
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09/07 --- 09/13 | Wk 2 HW 1 Ch 2: Motion in one Dimension
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09/14 --- 09/20 | Wk 3 HW 2 Ch 3: Motion in Two Dimensions
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09/21 --- 09/27 | Wk 4 HW 3 Ch 4: Force and Newton's Laws of Motion
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09/28 - Tuesday | Wk 5 Exam #1: HW 1, 2, 3, 60 minutes online.
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09/29 --- 10/11 | Wk 5-6 HW 4 Ch 5: Work, Energy, Ch 6 Momentum, Coll.
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10/12 --- 10/18 | Wk 7 HW 5 Ch 7: Oscillations
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10/19 --- 10/01 | Wk 8-9 HW 6 Ch 8: Rotational Motion
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10/25 --- 10/26 | Wk 9: Fall Days
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11/02 - Tuesday | Wk 10: Exam #2: HW 4, 5, 6, 60 minutes, online.
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11/03 --- 11/15 | Wk 10-11 HW 7 Ch 9 Grav., Ch 10 Solids and Fluids
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11/16 --- 11/22 | Wk 12 HW 8 Ch 11 Waves and Sound
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11/23 --- 11/29 | Wk 13 HW 9 Ch 12 Temperature
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11/30 - Tuesday | Wk 14: Exam #3: HW 7, 8, 9, 60 minutes online.
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12/01 --- 12/10 | Wk 14-15 HW 10 Ch 13 Heat, Ch 14 The Laws of Thermo.
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12/13 --- 12/17 | Wk 16 Final: Dec. 14th, Tuesday, 120 minutes online.
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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, 2010.)