Physics 1010 - Introduction to Physical Science
Welcome to Physics 1010! The website for the current semester is http://www.physast.uga.edu/classes/phys1010/heil/index.htm. The official syllabus for this course is on that website. If any details here are different, the website version is the correct version. The master schedule for this semester can be found below, including semester and final examination dates.
Textbook and final
There is no textbook for Phys1010. All lectures and class material are available through Webcom (http://webcom2.grtxle.com/physics). Registration through this site is required. All exams, including the final are taken online through this site.
Instructor Information
Tim Heil
Office: 232 Physics Building
Phone: 542-6016
Email: theil@physast.uga.edu
Office hours: MWF 11:00AM-12:00 PM
Examinations
Each semester exam will have 25 multiple choice questions. The final exam will have 50 multiple choice questions, evenly distributed over the entire semester. Grading policy
Your course average will be computed from the eight in-class exams and the final exam as follows: Each in-class exam counts 10% and the final exam counts for the remaining 20%. You must take at least six of the eight in-class exams and the final exam to pass the course. If you miss one or two semester exams, the final exam will replace them. There are no make-up exams! For those who take all five in-class exams, the final exam will replace up to your two lowest in-class exams, if it is lower than the final exam score. Raw aggregate scores over the semester and final exam periods will be curved so the average class grade is approximately 85. Those are the rules and they will not be changed under any circumstances!
Master schedule, Physics 1010, Spring Semester 2008
First class (#1) - Monday, January 7
Last class (#45) - Monday, April 28
Class schedule:
1. Course introduction and overview
2. Further introduction; FAQs; registration questions
3. How to study for Phys1010; registration questions
4. Lecture 1 - The Scientific Method
5. Lecture 1 (cont.)
6. Lecture 1 (cont.)
7. Lecture 1 (cont.)
8. Lecture 1 (cont.) (Presentation of exam 1 material ends on Friday, January 25. Exam 1 will be available online from noon on Saturday, January 26 through 11:45PM on Monday, January 28. IMPORTANT NOTE: Your access to the exam ENDS at 11:45PM. You must begin the exam early enough PRIOR to the deadline to have time to complete the exam by 11:45PM!!!)
9. Lecture 2 - Motion: kinematics and dynamics
10. Lecture 2 (cont.)
11. Lecture 2 (cont.)
12. Lecture 2 (cont.)
13. Lecture 2 (cont.) (Presentation of exam 2 material ends on Wednesday, February 6. Exam 2 will be available online from noon on Thursday, February 7 through 11:45PM on Sunday, February 10. IMPORTANT NOTE: Your access to the exam ENDS at 11:45PM. You must begin the exam early enough PRIOR to the deadline to have time to complete the exam by 11:45PM!!!)
14. Lecture 3 - Energy
15. Lecture 3 (cont.)
16. Lecture 3 (cont.)
17. Lecture 3 (cont.)
18. Lecture 3 (cont.) (Presentation of exam 3 material ends on Monday, February 18. Exam 3 will be available online from noon on Tuesday, February 19 through 11:45PM on Saturday, February 23. IMPORTANT NOTE: Your access to the exam ENDS at 11:45PM. You must begin the exam early enough PRIOR to the deadline to have time to complete the exam by 11:45PM!!!)
19. Lecture 4 - Heat and thermodynamics
20. Lecture 4 (cont.)
21. Lecture 4 (cont.)
22. Lecture 4 (cont.)
23. Lecture 4 (cont.) (Presentation of exam 4 material ends on Friday, February 29. Exam 4 will be available online from noon on Saturday, March 1 through 11:45PM on Monday, March 3. IMPORTANT NOTE: Your access to the exam ENDS at 11:45PM. You must begin the exam early enough PRIOR to the deadline to have time to complete the exam by 11:45PM!!!)
24. Lecture 5 - Electricity and magnetism
25. Lecture 5 (cont.)
26. Lecture 5 (cont.)
27. Lecture 5 (cont.)
28. Lecture 5 (cont.) (Presentation of exam 5 material ends on Wednesday, March 19. Exam 5 will be available online from noon on Thursday, March 20 through 11:45PM on Sunday, March 23. IMPORTANT NOTE: Your access to the exam ENDS at 11:45PM. You must begin the exam early enough PRIOR to the deadline to have time to complete the exam by 11:45PM!!!)
29. Lecture 6 - Waves: Material and electromagnetic waves
30. Lecture 6 (cont.)
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32. Lecture 6 (cont.)
33. Lecture 6 (cont.)
34. Lecture 6 (cont.) (Presentation of exam 6 material ends on Wednesday, April 2. Exam 6 will be available online from noon on Thursday, April 3 through 11:45PM on Sunday, April 6. IMPORTANT NOTE: Your access to the exam ENDS at 11:45PM. You must begin the exam early enough PRIOR to the deadline to have time to complete the exam by 11:45PM!!!)
35. Lecture 7 - Fundamentals of quantum mechanics
36. Lecture 7 (cont.)
37. Lecture 7 (cont.)
38. Lecture 7 (cont.)
39. Lecture 7 (cont.) (Presentation of exam 7 material ends on Monday, April 14. Exam 7 will be available online from noon on Tuesday, April 15 through 11:45PM on Saturday, April 19. IMPORTANT NOTE: Your access to the exam ENDS at 11:45PM. You must begin the exam early enough PRIOR to the deadline to have time to complete the exam by 11:45PM!!!)
40. Lecture 8 - Applications of quantum mechanics: chemistry and nuclear physics
41. Lecture 8 (cont.)
42. Lecture 8 (cont.)
43. Lecture 8 (cont.)
44. Lecture 8 (cont.) (Presentation of exam 8 material ends on Friday, April 25. Exam 8 will be available online from noon on Saturday, April 26 through 11:45PM on Monday, April 28. IMPORTANT NOTE: Your access to the exam ENDS at 11:45PM. You must begin the exam early enough PRIOR to the deadline to have time to complete the exam by 11:45PM!!!)
45. Last day of class.
Final exam: Official time - Wednesday, April 30 from 8-11AM. The final exam will be available beginning at 8:00AM on Wednesday, April 30 to 11:45PM on Thursday, May 1. IMPORTANT NOTE: Your access to the exam ENDS at 11:45PM. You must begin the exam early enough PRIOR to the deadline to have time to complete the exam by 11:45PM!!!