Physics 201 - College Physics
(Texas A&M University, Fall 2003)
Addendum to Syllabus for Sects. 525-530
Announcements (updated regularly)
Lectures
Tue+Thu 5:30-6:45pm
Room: Heldenfels 200
(1st class: Tue Sept 02,
last class: Tue Dec 09
Thanksgiving
Holiday: Thu+Fri Nov 27+28 )
Recitations LABS
Room: Heldenfels 121
Heldenfels 219 or 220
Sect. 525: Mon,
5:10 -6:05 pm
6:10-8:00pm (219)
Sect. 526: Mon,
10:20-11:15am
11:20am-1:10pm (219)
Sect. 527: Wed,
5:10-6:05pm
6:10-8:00pm (219)
Sect. 528: Wed,
11:30am-12:25pm 12:30-2:20pm (220)
Sect. 529: Wed,
4:10-5:05pm
5:10-7:00pm (220)
Sect. 530: Fri,
8:00-8:55am
9:00-10:50am (219)
For the
Lab Schedule, see http://faculty.physics.tamu.edu/ford/lab.html
Course Instructor
Dr. Ralf Rapp
Office
: Cyclotron (Building 434) Room 211
Office-Hrs: Mon 11am-12noon,
Wed 2-3pm, Thu 10-11am
Phone
: 845-1411 (ext. 226), home: 268-3164
E-mail
: rapp@comp.tamu.edu
Teaching Assistants
all TA's listed below are
simultaneously responsible for Recitation and Lab
in the respective sections.
For questions on the Lab, Lab-reports or homework/
quizzes outside the standard
Lab and Recitation times, please schedule an
appointment via email.
Sect. 525
Hangil
Lee
Office : Doherty
212
E-mail: hanlee@physics.tamu.edu
Sect. 526
Der
Jong
Office : Engineering-Physics
(ENPH) 437
E-mail: djong@neo.tamu.edu
Sect. 527
Haidong
Liu
Office : ENPH
412
E-mail: HaidongLiu@tamu.edu
Sect.
528
Lei
Wang
Office
:ENPH 423
E-mail: Lei-Wang@physics.tamu.edu
Sect.
529
Feng
Zhu
Office
: ENPH 423
E-mail:
zhuf@physics.tamu.edu
Sect.
530
John
Noel
Office
: ENPH B05 (basement)
E-mail:
jnoel@physics.tamu.edu
Supplemental Instruction (Group Sessions)
The University provides free
Supplemental Instruction (SI) sessions to further
improve your study options.
The name of the SI leader assigned to PHY201 is
Domenic. His 50-minute sessions
are open to all PHY201 students, and have
already started. They are held
in BLOC 105 during the following evening
hours:
Tue
8:00-8:50pm
Thu 9:00-9:50pm
Sun 8:00-8:50pm
A
second set of sessions, conducted by Matt, is provided at the following
locations
and times
Sun HECC
204 7:00-7:50pm
Tue BLOC
111 6:00-6:50pm
Thu BLOC
150 6:00-6:50pm
You are very much encouraged
to take advantage of this additional University
resource.
Personal Tutoring by International Graduate Students
The physics
department provides another learning resource by offering personal
tutoring sessions
with an international physics graduate student (GANT). For our
PHYS 201 course,
the names and email addresses of the GANT's are:
Yunfeng
Li (Dr. Paulus at TR 12:45), email: lyfxun@physics.tamu.edu
Feng Xie (Dr. Ford
at MWF 10:20), email: fxie@physics.tamu.edu
Juntao Chang (Dr.
Rapp at TR 5:30), email: jchang@physics.tamu.edu
Each GANT will
attend the lectures indicated in the parentheses, and solve the
complete homework
assignments. Therefore, they will be well-prepared to help
you with
any class-material related question. Be aware that these GANTs are
not native
english speakers, but they are eager to improve in this respect, also by
the tutoring.
They are available for individual appointments with you for up to 9 hours
per week,
Monday through Friday during daytime (i.e., before 8pm) in Heldenfels
211.
To schedule
an appointment, contact any of the above 3 GANTs at least
one day
(preferably
somewhat more) in advance by email.
Again,
you are very much encouraged to make use of this opportunity. I recommend
that you
try out the tutoring soon to see whether it could improve your PHYS 201
skills.
Make sure
not to miss out on something useful!
Required Material
1.)
TEXTBOOK:
The course will be based on the book
Physics , 6. Edition, by Cutnell and Johnson
2.)
LAB MANUAL:
PHY201
Lab Manual (published by Hayden-McNeil)
3.)
optional:
Student
Solutions Manual; Student Study Guide
Scope
The course will cover the basic concepts
and applications of Newtonian Mechanics,
Thermodynamics and Waves+Sound,
corresponding to chapters 1-16 in the textbook.
Course Grade
The total course grade is decomposed as follows:
Exams
The exams are closed
book; you should only bring a pen and pocket calculator.
formula sheets
will be provided. Special review sessions held by the course
instructor in
ENPH-202 on an evening typically 2-3 days before each exam,
see announcements
on top of page.
For files of
old exams, see http://faculty.physics.tamu.edu/ford/p201.html
.
SCHEDULE:
Intermediate
I: Tue, Sep 23, in class (Held 200, 5:30-6:45pm),
material covered: Chap 1-4
Intermediate II:
Tue, Oct 14, in class (Held 200, 5:30-6:45pm),
material covered: Chap 5-7
Intermediate III:
Tue, Nov 04, in class (Held 200, 5:30-6:45pm),
material covered: Chap 8-11
Intermediate IV: Tue,
Nov 25, in class (Held 200, 5:30-6:45pm),
material covered: Chap 12-15
FINAL:
Wed, Dec 17 (Held 200, 3:30-5:30pm)
material covered corresponds to the entire semester
Notes on Lectures
Attendance
in the lectures , as well as taking notes of the material presented, is
strongly encouraged.
Furthermore, you are responsible for all announcements made
in class (including
information on review sessions, etc.).
The material
discussed in the lectures, together with the homework problems,
esssentially
defines the scope of the exams. Formula sheets to be used in the exams
are handed out
in the lectures at the time the material is started to be discussed
(this will allow
you to get acquainted with the notation well ahead of the exam).
Notes on Homework and Recitation
For the weekly assignment of homework
problems drawn from the texbook, cf. the
main Syllabus or see http://faculty.physics.tamu.edu/ford/syllabus.html
.
Cooperative work and discussions are
encouraged, but every one of you should
generate his/her individual solution
set. Questions can be addressed to your course
or recitation instructor, who will
be happy to help you (preferably during office hours).
Recitation attendance is mandatory;
each
week, a quiz will be given and graded, which
will determine your recitation grade
(the semester-average on your quizzes makes up
5% of your total course grade).
Notes on Laboratory Experiments
Lab attendance is
mandatory.
It follows the recitation session of your section each
week in which an experiment
is scheduled.
Your Lab-instructor
(who is usually the same person as the recitation instructor)
will advice you
on when (typically no more than one week after the experiment)
and where to hand
in the Lab reports which are based on the data you take.
In the weeks
before
each exam, there are no formal Labs scheduled, but this extra
time will be used
by the recitation instructor to provide additional exam preparation
reviews.
The Lab schedule
and information on policies on missed labs can be found at
http://faculty.physics.tamu.edu/ford/lab.html
.
Other Notes
It is strongly recommended that you keep up with the material of the course
by attending the lectures (besides the recitation and Lab) and thoroughly
work
through the weekly homework problems (which, in addition, is the best preparation
for the recitation quizzes). Otherwise, pile-up of not understood material
is likely to
lead to a failing grade.
It is impossible to get a passing grade without serious work in this course.
Any type of cheating (copying homework , lab reports, during exams,
etc.) is
strictly prohibited and seriously penalized.
If you have a physical, psychiatric, medical or learning disability that
may impact
on your ability to carry out assigned course work, you may want to contact
the
staff in the Office of Support Services for Students with Disabilities
(SSD) in the
Department of Student Life. SSD will review your concerns and determine,
with
you, what accomodations are necessary and appropriate. All information
and
documentation concerning disability is kept confidential. For more information
on this, see http://studentlife.tamu.edu/ssd/
, or call (979) 845-3111
Despite
all the above regulations and rules (which are needed for a fair assessment
of your grades), we hope that you will enjoy this course, and that you
will achieve
knowledge that will both be helpful in your further career and provide
deeper
insights into daily-life encounters with physics!
If you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to contact your
course/
recitation instructors who shall be glad to help you!