Info for PHYS1212 Final Exam

The Final Exam will be held during the regular, university-scheduled final exam periods (see also UGA Final Exam Schedule) on


Thu. May 1, 2008, 3:30-6:30pm for the Period 5 Class (Tu/Th 2:00pm)

Tue. May 6, 2008, 8:00-11:00am for the Period 2 Class (Tu/Th 9:30pm).
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It will NOT be given as a mass exam. Please check this page repeatedly during the semester for further announcements.

The Final Exam will be open-textbook + formula sheet (4sheets=8pages max.). Any other printed/written materials or data storage devices or media are strictly prohibited. Please note that the Final Exam material will include all the areas covered by the 3 Tests. In addition, it will include any other material covered in class, but not on the 3 Tests, for example, topics such as "Modern Physics": see Knight Latest Edition Chapters 39 and 43, to the extent covered in class.

In short: the Final Exam is comprehensive!

In preparation for the Final Exam, you should review and re-study all the Sample Test Problems (STP's) and Recent Tests which were assigned for Tests No. 1, 2 and 3, and others, for those areas covered in class, but not included in the Tests, as follows:

STP Part B No. 6-17, 43-45, 51, 52, 56, 57, 61, 72-74, 80-83, 89, 90, 97;

STP Part A No.7-12,20,26,35-37,44,52-57,65,66,71;

STP Part A No. 13-19, 25, 27, 38-42, 44, 58-63, 67, 70, 72;

STP Part B No. 21, 22, 25-29, 36, 38, 40, 41, 43, 47-49, 62, 64, 65, 76, 77, 86, 91, 93, 98, 100.

Click here and then here and then here and then here to download all STP's for this Final Exam.
Click here and then here and then here and then here to download all the corresponding STP solutions.

You must also study (to the extent posted) the old Test(s) and Final Exam(s) problems and solutions , posted here.
(Please note that Recent Final Exams are available for Spring1999 and Spring2004 only.)

And you must also study the old Test No. 1-4 and Final Exam Problems to the extent posted here. Especially the Test No. 4 problems (see Spring 2004, Fall 2002, Spring 1999) contain useful additional material to practice for the Modern Physics part (Quantum and Nuclear Physics) of the Final Exam. The upcoming Final Exam will have the same format as the posted old Final Exams (see Spring 2004 and Spring 1999).

In addition, you may find it useful to work through some of the examples in the "Miscellaneous Handouts and Examples, PartB" on "Useful Formulae and Conversion Factors"

For info on Extra Office Hours, click here.


Questions concerning this course or web page:
Please contact H. B. Schüttler hbs@hal.physast.uga.edu