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Goal
The goals of this course are to teach you to understand basic classical mechanics
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conceptual level, and to make you adept in solving relevant problems.
The approaches
used to achieve these goals involve
1) lectures to discuss and demonstrate the principles,
2) laboratory experiments allowing you to explore actively these principles,
3) homework of the hand-graded variety to engage you in problem solving, and
4) interaction with the instructor and PhysicsHelp to assist with concepts
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Textbook |
| An Introduction to Mechanics, by Kleppner
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Course pre/co-requisite |
| By permit |
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Grades
Quick quizzes lasting 10 minutes will be given every Friday at the start
of class.
This will involve answering a straightforward question related to the material
of that week. Either the quick quiz, or one of the other quizzes will be
dropped
in determining the final grade.
Make up exams are given for documented Institute recognized
reasons only.
The Instructor should, if at all possible, be informed in advance.
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Three 1-hour quizzes
Quick quizzes
Homework
Laboratory
Final
Maximum |
300 points
100 points
200 points
100 points
300 points
900 points |
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Syllabus
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Laboratory
Begin week of August 27th. All students must attend laboratory. Please go
to the webpage, http://www.physlab.gatech.edu
to read about policies and administrative arrangements
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Homework
Problem solving is essential to learning the material and preparing you for
the quizzes and final. The more problems you attempt, the better your conceptual
and technical understanding will become. It is essential that you set out
your work clearly and draw large diagrams whenever possible. This is one
of the first and most important lessons a new mechanic should learn !
Homeworks will be assigned throughout the course ( click on the link above
). These will be collected on Monday mornings and selectively graded.
Academic Honesty
The policy on academic honesty as stated in the
GIT Honor Code
will be fully enforced during this course.
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General Curriculum
