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Formula Sheet for the Final Exam.
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Goals
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The goals of this course are to teach you to understand basic classical
mechanics at the conceptual level, and to make you adept in solving relevant
problems. The approaches used to achieve these goals involve
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lectures to discuss and demonstrate the principles
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laboratory experiments allowing you to explore actively these principles
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electronic homework on the Web to engage you in problem solving
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interaction with instructors to help with concepts and problem solving.
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Good Advice
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Here is some good advice.
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Pre/Co-requisites
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MATH1502 is a "prerequisite with concurrence allowed" for this course.
This means that you must already have taken MATH1502 or be registered in
it for the summer term.
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Text
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Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Randall D. Knight
Chapters 1-14, will be covered. You need only Volume 1 for this
class.
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Grading Policy
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Points |
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| Quizzes, Best 3 of 4 (100 pts each) |
300 |
| Laboratory |
75 |
| Web-Based Homework |
75 |
| PRS |
50 |
| Final Exam |
200 |
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| Total |
700 |
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Letter grades
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Points |
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| A |
90% |
| B |
80% |
| C |
70% |
| D |
60% |
| F |
59% or less |
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Lectures
Attendance for all lectures is strongly encouraged.
Lectures will complement material in the text rather than repeat it.
The pace of the course starts out slowly but picks up. A large amount
of material will be covered in a short amount of time. Successful completion
of this course will require a sustained effort on your part to keep up
with the material and understand the topics as they are presented. You
are strongly encouraged to read the indicated portion of the text prior
to the lecture.
If you have a question ask it in class rather
than E-Mailing me. Others may have the same question.
Please turn off all cell
phones during lecture.
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Laboratory
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Labs begin the first week of class. You are responsible for reading all
the lab policy and administrative pages at www.physlab.gatech.edu,
before your first lab. Check the "Lab
Hours, Rooms, and TAs" page shortly before your first lab meeting,
in case the room has been changed.
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Attendance in lab is a course requirement. To pass this course, you must
pass the laboratory portion with an average of 60% or more. Three unexcused
absences from lab will result in automatic failure of the lab, and therefore,
of the course.
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Students who have passed PHYS 2211 and are repeating the course may request
a permit to enroll in the
exempt
lab section L0 from your instructor
in Howey Physics Room E-101. These permits MUST be requested and used
before the close of business on Wednesday, May 17.
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No student is automatically exempt from lab. Only those students
enrolled in L0 as their sole lab section are exempt. Students enrolled
in any other lab section must attend lab.
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Homework
Electronic homework will be assigned and
graded through the internet-based system called Masteringphysics.
Your class ID is
PHYS2211S06 . You will be given instructions on how to submit electronic homework during
the first week of class. All assignments will be due at 11:00 PM on
the dates indicated on the course schedule. After the due date and
time you can still submit answers. The credit awarded decreases linearly
to zero over a period of 48 hours after the deadline.
You are permitted and
encouraged to work together on the homework. However simply cutting
and pasting solutions is considered an honor code violation.
Masteringphysics provides hints to help you
work thru problems. This takes the form of addition questions such
that the final solution is achieved by a number of smaller steps.
There is no penalty for using the hints but the hints must be answered
correctly. There is a 2% bonus for not using the hints.
Your lowest homework score will be dropped at the end of the term and the
remaining scores scaled to 75 points (plus any bonus).
PRS Questions
Everyday in class several questions will be asked for which your individual
answers will be recorded using the PRS (Personal Response System).
Each correct answer receives two points, each incorrect answer receives
one point. At the end of the term scores will be totaled and scaled
to a maximum of 50 points. Using a PRS
transmitter other than your own is an honor code violation.
Attendance may periodically be taken by sign in sheet.
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Tests and Final
Four regular quizzes and one final exam will
be administered in this course. The regular quizzes will be held in class
on the Fridays indicated in the
course
schedule. The final is scheduled for
11:30 am on Tuesday, Aug 1, 2006. This time is tentative and
may change. Makeup quizzes will only be provided for students excused
by the Institute under section IV.B.3 of the Student Rules and Regulations,
or whose presence elsewhere is required by a court of law, or when accommodation
for an absence is requested by the Office of the Dean of Students.
Note
that the Office of the Dean of Students will not make such a request for routine
matters such as short-term illness, doctor appointments, wedding attendance, job interviews, and the like.
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You are responsible for reading and following the Rules
and Procedures for Quizzes and Final before coming to the first regular
quiz.
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Academic Integrity
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The policy on academic honesty as stated in the GIT
Honor Code will be fully enforced during this course.