Spring 2015
Office E-mail Phone
Instructor: Jinke Tang PS 216 jtang2@uwyo.edu 6-4392
Homepage: http://physics.uwyo.edu/~jinke/
Teaching Assistants:
Uppalaiah Erugu PS 105 uerugu@uwyo.edu
Lab Coordinator: Travis Laurance PS 106 travis@uwyo.edu
Lectures: TR, 9:35 to 10:50 am CR
314
Office hours: MTWRF 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Hours
reserved for tests: See schedule below
Text: Sears & Zemansky’s
University Physics with Modern Physics, Vol. 2, UW edition, by Young &
Freedman
Mastering Physics for homework: Log on to: www.masteringphysics.com
Go to University of
Wyoming and class JTPHYS1220S2015
Laboratory Manual - Physics
1220/1320, by Rudi
Michalak, available at university bookstore
Poll Everywhere for interactive in-class activities and attendance:
You need to register at http://www.polleverywhere.com. Under settings add your phone number, and
then certify it to the United States (not US Educator). In order to make your name visible to the
instructor, go to Voter Registration on the left side under settings, register
as a voter (at the bottom), and then put in the instructor's email address (see
detailed instruction below).
Supplementary Reading
Suggestions:
The Feynman Lectures on Physics, and
Physics for Scientists and Engineers with
Modern Physics by Serway
Goals: This course is designed to give
science and engineering majors instruction in the
fundamental principles of electricity, magnetism and thermophysics
Prerequisites:
Grades of C or higher in MATH 2200, 2205
(Calculus I, II) and concurrent enrollment in MATH
2210 (Calculus III)
Topics to be covered:
1. Electric
fields, Gauss’s Law and electric potential
2. Current,
resistance and dc circuits
3. Capacitance
and Dielectrics
4. Magnetic
field and its sources
5. Electromagnetic
induction
6. Inductance,
ac circuits and electromagnetic waves
7. Temperature
and heat
8. Thermal
properties of matter and ideal gas
9. The
first law and second law of thermodynamics
Whereas the
lectures will focus more on general concepts, the discussion sessions will
provide opportunities to review specific problems and active environment to
exchange ideas with your peers. Students
will work in groups, and problems will be worked out in class with the
assistance of your TA’s. You will also
see a lot of practical problems and their solutions with actual numbers. Discussion attendance is mandatory and
in your best interest: discussion section problems and questions may be used on
exams.
Labs
Participation in
all laboratories is mandatory for the successful completion of this
course. If you have to miss a lab, it is
your responsibility to contact your lab instructor so that you may attend
another lab section the same week or make-up for the missed lab in the make-up
lab week. There will be a make-up lab
week at the end of the semester. In
order to pass the course, you have to take part in ALL laboratory
sessions. No lab grade will be dropped.
Exams
Homework
and discussions will contain mostly quantitative problems, whereas lectures
will deal with largely conceptual, multiple-choice questions. Hence, the exams will contain both
quantitative and conceptual problems.
The exams will be closed book and closed notes. I will provide a "cheat sheet" with
useful formulas and constants. No
make-up exams will be given.
Partial credit: Partial credit will be given to solutions of the problems that
are partially incomplete, have minimal algebra mistakes, wrong sign, or
units. The steps in the solution must be
presented, and no grade will be given to a problem showing a solution (such as
a number) without showing the intermediate steps to get there.
All
exams are mandatory and no grade will be dropped or replaced.
There will be three exams, each given after discussion on electricity,
magnetism, and thermophysics.
Exams
dates and times:
Exam 1 - Thursday, March 5, 5:00 - 7:00 pm, Chapters 21, 22,
23, 24, 25, 26
Exam 2 – Thursday, April 9, 5:00 - 7:00 pm, Chapters 27, 28,
29, 30, 31, 32
Exam 3 – Thursday, May 14, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm, Chapters 17,
18, 19, 20
Homework
We use the
Mastering Physics online homework system.
Students may work in groups to do the homework. The online homework must be submitted by each
student individually.
No homework grade
will be dropped.
The deadline for each homework assignment is typically one week after it
is assigned. Be advised not to wait till
the last minute for the online submissions.
It is your responsibility to submit your homework before the deadline.
Reading Assignments
You are required
to read each chapter before and
after it is discussed in class.
We will
use cell phones or laptops for Q/A and other in-class
interactions/practices. Register your
cell phone or laptop. We will
interactively discuss conceptual topics, and you will be able to vote on the
answers to questions using your cell phones (or laptops). To register:
Disability Statement
If you have a
physical, learning, or psychological disability and require accommodations,
please let me know as soon as possible.
Contact University Disability Support Services in SEO, room 330 Knight
Hall.
Academic
honesty
Academic
dishonesty is defined in University Regulation 802, Revision 2 as “an act
attempted or performed which misrepresents one’s involvement in an academic
task in any way, or permits another student to misrepresent the latter’s
involvement in an academic task by assisting the misrepresentation.” And there are rules and procedures to handle
such cases, and serious penalties will be imposed. Note that a student who copies and a student
who let’s another student copy are both covered by the university rules.
Grading
Exams: 60% (3 exams – 20% each on electricity,
magnetism and thermophysics)
Homework: 20%
Labs: 15%
Attendance (lectures and discussion): 5%
Total: 100%
Scale: A: (> 90%) ; B: (80-90%); C: (70-80%) ; D: (60-70%) ; F: (< 60%)
General
expectations
• Attend and
participate in each lecture, laboratory, and discussion session.
• Live up to your
responsibility to understand the material presented.
• Take notes
during lectures as appropriate.
• Complete
reading/lab assignments and homework.
• Be ready for
exams.
• Spend at least
10 – 15 hours per week on this course.
This estimate includes labs, discussion sessions, lectures, and
homework.
• Work in
compliance with the university’s code of academic honesty.
• Ask questions.
There are no stupid questions.
• Have fun.
Lecture, Lab, Discussion, and Exam Schedule:
Labs
and Discussion Sections:
PHYS |
1220 |
10 |
Laboratory |
W |
03:10 pm-05:00 pm |
Will |
PS 135 |
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PHYS |
1220 |
11 |
Laboratory |
W |
07:10 pm-09:00 pm |
Uppalaiah |
PS 135 |
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Phys |
1220 |
12 |
Laboratory |
R |
11:00 am-12:50 pm |
Uppalaiah |
PS 135 |
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PHYS |
1220 |
13 |
Laboratory |
R |
01:10 pm-03:00 pm |
Joshua |
PS 135 |
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PHYS |
1220 |
14 |
Laboratory |
R |
03:10 pm-05:00 pm |
Joshua |
PS 135 |
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PHYS |
1220 |
20 |
Discussion |
M |
02:10 pm-03:00 pm |
Will |
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PHYS |
1220 |
21 |
Discussion |
M |
03:10 pm-04:00 pm |
Joshua |
EN 2100 |
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PHYS |
1220 |
22 |
Discussion |
M |
04:10 pm-05:00 pm |
Joshua |
EN 3105 |
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PHYS |
1220 |
23 |
Discussion |
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01:10 pm-02:00 pm |
Joshua |
EN 2105 |
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PHYS |
1220 |
24 |
Discussion |
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02:10 pm-03:00 pm |
Joshua |
CR 209 |
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Tutoring
Tutoring is available for this class at the STEP Tutor
Center. STEP is open Sunday-Thursday from 6 - 10 pm and is located in Coe
Library. Sessions are drop in (no appointments) and are 30 minutes in
length.
Physics at Night
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 7:00 – 9:00 pm, PS 234