Physics 218 - University Physics
(Texas A&M University, Spring 2017)
Homepage for Sections 537-542
Announcements
(updated regularly)
For most of the technical info pertinent to the course go to the PHYS-218 main page here
Room Numbers for exam-3: Sec. 537 in MPHY-205, Sec. 538 in HECC-105, Secs. 539-542 in HELD-113/118
The Help Desk is in MPHY ground floor lobby area, open Mon-Thu 9am-4pm and Fri 9am-12noon
Find the class schedule ("Syllabus") here, and the syllabus handout here
The mandatory watching of the online pre-lectures begins with preparation for the 2.class on Thu, Jan 19
Find the formula sheets for each exam here
Jan. 23 is the last day to drop without record, Apr. 18 is the last day to Q-drop
Lectures
Mon+Wed
11:10am-12:25pm Recitations
(MPHY 336/333) LABS (MPHY 233/236)
For the full Lab Schedule, click here Course Instructor Dr. Ralf Rapp Teaching Assistants All TA's listed below are
responsible for Recitation and Lab in the respective sections. Sect.537 Sect.538 Sect.539 Sect.540 Sect.541 Sect.542 Supplemental
Instruction (Group Sessions)
The University provides free Supplemental Instruction (SI) sessions to further improve your study options. Required Material
1.) CO-REQUISITE:
2.) TEXTBOOK:
3.) Pre-Lectures:
4.) LAB ACCESS:
5.) i>clicker: Scope
and Learning Outcomes
The course will cover basic concepts and applications of Newtonian Mechanics, corresponding to Course
Grade The total course grade is decomposed
as follows: Final Exam (comprehensive) : approx. 30% (based on achieved learning objectives)
3 Midterm Exams : approx. 15% each (based on achieved learning objectives) Laboratory Experiments : 9%
Recitation (approx. weekly quizzes) : 4%
Online HW (Mod. Mastering
Physics): 4% Pre-lectures and -quizzes (FlipItPhysics)
: 4% In-class quizzes (i>clickers)
: 4%
Exams
The exams are closed book, and are held as common exams for all PHY-218 sections in room TBA during
SCHEDULE
:
Notes on Lectures
Attendance in the lectures, as well as taking notes of the material presented, is mandatory. Notes on Homework and
Recitation
The weekly assignment of homework problems can be found on your Modified Mastering Physics Notes on Laboratory Experiments Lab attendance is mandatory. It follows the recitation session of your section each week in Strategy
To pass the course, you will have to keep up with the material of the course
by viewing AGGIE Honor Code and Academic Integrity An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or
steal or tolerate those who do. ADA Statement The Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination Despite
all the above regulations and rules (which are needed for a fair
assessment
Room: MPHY 205
1st class Tue Jan 17, last class: Thu Apr 27 (spring break Mar 13-17)
Sect. 537: Mon, 03:00-04:20pm (336) 04:30-05:50pm (233)
Sect. 538: Wed, 10:20-11:40am (336) 11:50-01:10pm (233)
Sect. 539: Wed, 05:20-06:40pm (336) 06:50-08:10pm (233)
Sect. 540: Thu, 08:00-09:20am (336) 09:30-10:50am (233)
Sect. 541: Thu, 02:20-03:40pm (336) 03:50-05:10pm (233)
Sect. 542: Fri, 09:10-10:30am (333) 10:40-12:00noon (236)
Office : Cyclotron CYCL-335
Office-Hrs : Mon+Tue+Fri 10-11am, or by appointment
Phone : 845-1411 (ext. 226)
E-mail : rapp@comp.tamu.edu
For questions on the Lab, Lab-reports or homework/quizzes outside the
standard Lab and
Recitation times, please schedule an appointment via email.
Christapher Vincent
Office: tba
E-mail: c_vincent1@email.tamu.edu
Elham Azadbakht
Office: tba
E-mail: elham.azadbakht@tamu.edu
Ankang liu
Office: tba
E-mail: | liuankang@physics.tamu.edu
Himangshu Neog
Office: tba
E-mail: | himangshuneog@email.tamu.edu
Jia Tuo
Office: tba
E-mail: | tba
Balakrishnan Nagaraj
Office: tba
E-mail: | nbala@physics.tamu.edu
The SI leader assigned to our PHY218 sections is Jessica Eberling,
jessica_eberling@tamu.edu.
Her sessions are held during the following evening hours:
You are very much encouraged to take advantage of this additional
University resource.
MATH-151 (Engineering Mathematics I) or MATH-171 (Analytic Geometry and Calculus);
You are expected to be familiar with basic trigonometry and algebra.
The course will be based on the book
University Physics, 14. edition,
by Young and Freedman,
with Modified Mastering Physics access through eCampus,
see here
for instructions.
Online pre-lectures, which have to be viewed before the pertinent material is discussed in class,
are based on the
Webassign Account
,
see here for instructions.
If you do not already have one, you will need to purchase an
i>clicker (usually available at the bookstore,
often with a discount coupon
in combination with a book purchase). For registering your i>clicker, see
here.
chapters 1-11 and 13-15 in the textbook. This includes kinematics in 1 and 2 dimensions; Newton's laws
of motion; work, kinetic and potential energy; momentum and impulse; rotational kinematics and dynamics
including torque; angular momentum; gravitation and periodic motion. Upon completion of the course
you will understand the basic laws and formulae in the above areas and be able to quantitatively apply
them to pertinent physical situations and problems and solve the latter using algebraic and calculus methods.
The course will also hone your critical thinking, teamwork and science communication skills.
Find a summary of the learning objectives on which the exam grading is based
here.
The conversion to letter grade will follow the standard key of:
A: 90-100%, B: 80-89%, C: 70-79%, D: 60-69% and F: <60%.
The academic student rules can be found here,
specifically rule 7 for excused university absences.
evening hours (07:30-09:30pm), including the FINAL on a non-standard date.
You should only bring a pen and pocket calculator, capable of evaluating trigonometric functions (sin,
cos, tan) and logarithms. Special preparatory review sessions may be held by the course instructor upon
request on an evening ca. 2-3 days before each exam, see announcements on top of the page.
Midterm 1: Mon Feb 13, material covered: Chaps. 1-3
Midterm 2: Mon Mar 20 , material covered: Chaps. 4-7
Midterm 3: Mon Apr 17, material covered: Chaps. 8-11
FINAL: Fri Apr 28, material covered: comprehensive (Chaps. 1-11, 13-14)
Furthermore, you are responsible for all announcements made in class (including information
on review sessions, etc.). The material discussed in the pre-/lectures, together with the homework
problems, essentially 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 exams).
account (through eCampus); the problems are dated. Cooperative work and discussions are ok,
but every one of you should generate his/her individual solution set. Questions can be addressed
to your course or recitation instructors, who will be happy to help you (preferably during office hours).
Recitation attendance is mandatory. Your recitation grade will be determined by your TA based on
your participation and active contributions in the recitation sessions,
see here for more info.
which an experiment is scheduled. You will conduct the Labs using the Webassign system,
for which you need online access, see
here.
It includes a pre-lab assignment, lab experiment
and post-lab analysis.
Your Lab-instructor (who is usually the same person as the recitation instructor) will advise you on
when (typically no more than one week after the experiment) and where the Lab reports are due.
In certain weeks there are no formal Labs scheduled, but this extra time will be used by the
recitation instructor to provide additional exam preparation or discussion of the solutions after
an exam.
You are entitled to one make-up lab if you have to miss a regular one due to a University-allowable
excuse.
the pre-lectures, attending the lectures (besides the recitation and
Lab) and thoroughly work
through the weekly HW problems (which, importantly, is the best preparation for exams).
Otherwise, pile-up of not understood material is likely to lead to a
failing grade.
It is impossible to get a passing grade
without hard work in this course.
Also see http://aggiehonor.tamu.edu/
Any type of cheating (copying
homework, lab reports, during exams, etc.) is
strictly prohibited and seriously
penalized.
statute that provides comprehensive civil rights protection for
persons with
disabilities. Among other things, this legislation
requires that all students
with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides
for
reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you
have a
disability requiring an accommodation, please contact
Disability Services ,
currently located in the Disability Services building at the Student Services
at White Creek complex on west campus.
All information and documentation concerning disability is kept
confidential.
of your grades), we hope that you
will enjoy this course, and that you will achieve
knowledge that will be both 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!