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General
Course Description:
This course is
intended
to provide a foundation on kinematics, mechanics, and wave motion.
Text and Clicker:
The textbook is
College
Physics by Serway & Faughn. If possible, obtain the version that is
packed with a WebAssign Access Code. They are available in the
University
Center Bookstore. In addition the bookstoreshould have the Higher Ed RF
response pads which are
required for your
participation
in class activities.
Class
Participation:
It is expected
that you
read the relevant material before class. You should know the basic
concepts
and definitions, in order to maximize the benefit of the lecture.
Questions
will be given sporadically during lectures to encourage advance reading
and attendance. Students need to bring their clickers (personal
response
units) to each class. A record will be kept of your answers and will be
used in determination of part of your homework grade.
Grading
policy:
The semester grade
will
be a weighted average of hour tests grades, final exam grade,
laboratory
scores and homework scores as discussed below.
- Homework
will
determine 20%
of the final semester grade. Homework sets will be assigned On-Line
using
the WebAssign system (http://webassign.net ). The problem sets will
generally
be available on-line at 12:00 noon each Tuesday and will be due at 8:00
am on the following Tuesday. Exceptions (for example at the Fall Break)
will be noted in class. Due dates for problem sets are firm. To allow
unforeseen
hardships, the lowest score on homework sets will be dropped when
calculating
the average.
- Laboratory
scores will determine
20% of the final semester grade. While laboratory work will be graded
by
each Lab Instructor independently, an effort will be made to insure a
uniform
grading policy between different laboratory sections. Laboratory
makeupsare
entirely at the lab instructor s discretion and arrangements for such
must
be made with the lab instructor.
- Hour Tests
will determine 40%
of the final semester grade. There will be threeone-hour tests, and an
average grade will be computed from the student's two best hour-exam
scores,
i.e. a student's lowest hour exam score will be dropped. If one Hour
Test
is missed, it will be considered to be the low score and will be
dropped
in the averaging. Because one test may be missed without direct
penalty,
make-up hour tests will not be given. Hour tests will be closed book,
but
a list of useful equations may be provided. If, for any reason, there
is
a concern about a grade given on an exam or exam question, an appeal
can
be made for one week after the graded exams are returned to the class.
Grade appeals must be written and returned to the professor along with
the graded exam for his consideration.
- The Final
Examination will determine
20% of the final semester grade. The final exam will be comprehensive.
Academic Honesty:
All work submitted
by a
student is expected to represent their own work. Students are expected
to enter their own homework into the WebAssign system without
assistance
from others. Students are expected to perform all work in conformance
with
the University policies regarding Academic Honesty.