Spring 2007, Version 1, Jan. 05, 2007
The textbook for this course is "Physics for Scientists and Engineers" by R. A. Serway, latest Edition. The course will cover Chapters 23-31, 34-38, 40, 45, and 46. All textbook sections marked with an asterisk (*) will be omitted in this course, unless announced otherwise in the lecture.
For each chapter, selected "Textbook Problems" (TBP) will be assigned which you must study before each lecture. Additional problems, the "Sample Test Problems" (STP), will also be assigned in preparation for each Test and the Final exam. Working all assigned TBP's and all assigned STP's is essential for you to absorb the material and to prepare for the Tests and Final. Your solutions for textbook and sample test problems will not be graded.
Most relevant information and announcements for this course are / will be posted on the web site
http://www.physast.uga.edu/classes/phys1212/schuttler ,
userid: phys1212
password: kelvinØ
where "Ø" in the password is the number "zero". Please note that this web page is domain name protected, i.e., you will be able to access this page from most computers on UGA campus, but not from any computer off campus. The above web page will also contain all assigned TBP's and STP's and all solutions to TBP's and STP's.
Warning: The TBP's and TBP solutions posted on this web site are from an earlier (4th) edition of Serway's textbook. Therefore, do not use/work the problems from your Serway latest Edition textbook: The problems and/or problem numbers in your latest Edition often do not match the solutions posted on the web site. Instead, you must download both the TBP's and the TBP solutions from the above web page !!
For your convenience, you can also access most of the material posted on the above web site (except for TBP's and TBP solutions !) at a mirror site
http://www.physast.uga.edu/classes/hbs-test
which has neither domain name nor password protection and can be accessed from anywhere off campus.
The material to be covered in each Test and test dates will be announced in the lecture and on the above web page, at least one week prior to the test date. It is your responsibility to stay informed about all announcements concerning this course by attending the lecture and by regularly checking the web site. Attendance is mandatory and will be monitored occasionally.
Your overall grade in this course will be determined by your Average Percentage Score (APS) which is computed as the weighted average of the Percentage Scores (PS) of the 3 Tests, the Lab, and the Final, as follows:
| APS | = | 0.20 | * | [ PS(Test 1) + PS(Test 2) + PS(Test 3) ] |
| + | 0.15 | * | PS(Lab) | |
| + | 0.25 | * | PS(Final). |
Herein, PS(Test 1), PS(Test 2), PS(Test 3) are the PS’s of your 3 Tests. In case the PS of your lowest-scoring Test is less than that of the PS of your Final, the PS of the Final, PS(Final), will be substituted for that one lowest-scoring Test only.
In case of an excused absence from any Test, the PS of your Final, PS(Final),
will be substituted for the PS of that Test.
No make-up tests or quizzes will be given !
Your overall letter grade in this course will be:
| A | if | APS | >=95% | |
| A- | if | 95%> | APS | >=90% |
| B+ | if | 90%> | APS | >=85% |
| B | if | 85%> | APS | >=75% |
| B- | if | 75%> | APS | >=70% |
| C+ | if | 70%> | APS | >=65% |
| C | if | 65%> | APS | >=55% |
| C- | if | 55%> | APS | >=50% |
| D | if | 50%> | APS | >=30% |
| F | if | 30%> | APS. |