Syllabus Phys 131 Fall mon 8 30Word格式文档下载.docx

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CourseLecturer:

CharlesA.NelsonDepartmentofPhysics,AppliedPhysicsandAstronomy

Office:

Room408,ScienceII

TEL607-777-4317

E-mailcnelson@binghamton.edu

Websitehttp:

//physics.binghamton.edu/physics/nelson.html

Classhours（lectures）:

“WoodyAllensaid,“Eightypercentofsuccessisshowingup.”ButWoodyneverwenttocollege.Showup100percentofthetime.…Fallingbehindbyskippingclassesonlyaddsanxiety.”---N.Y.Times,July2009.

Tuesday（T）AcademicBldg.A,RoomG0081:

15–2:

40PM

Wednesday（W）AcademicBldg.A,RoomG0083:

30–4:

30PM

Thursday（R）AcademicBldg.A,RoomG0081:

40PM

DiscussionSections:

Dis–A01（M,W）?

?

LNG859:

40–10:

40AM

Dis–A02（M,W）?

LH0041:

10–2:

10PM

Dis–A03（T,R）?

AAG0214:

25–5:

25PM

Dis–A04（T,R）?

LNG856:

00–7:

00PM

1.AcademicA80.Lec.HallClassroom-wing56.LectureHalls

79.ScienceLibraryClassrooms76.Science2（PhysicsandChemistry）-LaboratorySessions

OfficeHours:

YoumayattendanyoftheofficehoursscheduledforanyofthePhysics131teachers（lecturerand/ordiscussioninstructors）.

CharlesA.Nelson（Science2building-Room247）

Tue/Thur:

2:

40–3:

30PM（ImmediatelyfollowingT/Rlectures.）

Dr.ItsukoSuzuki（Science2building-Room247）

9:

30–11:

00AM

JeremiahDederick（Science2building-Room247）

Mon:

00–3:

30PM

Wed:

20PM

Textbook,andLaboratoryManual:

FundamentalsofPhysics,9thEdition（Weusethe“not-extended”version）,DavidHalliday,RobertResnick,andJearlWalker（JohnWiley&

Sons,Inc.,NewYork,2011）withRequiredWileyPLUSRegistrationcode.Istronglyrecommendthatyoupurchasethe“hardcopyversion”.DONOTpurchasetheawkward“binderform”ofthetextbecausepageswillbedestroyedduetoyourheavyusageover2semesters,andthenyourwell-rememberedhardcopywillbemissingonyourprofessionalbookshelfforquickuseinyourmoreadvancedstudiesandcareers.

Youarerequiredtodoyourhomeworkon-lineusingWileyPLUSwhichisacontemporary-technologyrobotic-computerdoing&

gradingsystem.

RequiredLaboratoryManualentitled“GeneralPhysicsIPhy121/Phy131Fall2010”.ItisavailableintheUniversityBookstore.

Optionsinpurchasingthetextbook:

1.TheUniversitybookstoresellsthehardcopyofthetextbookwiththeWileyPLUScode.

2.OtherstoressuchasMANDOmayormaynothavethebookwiththeWileyPLUScode.

3.Otherbookstoresandon-lineretailersusuallysellthetextbookWITHOUTtheWileyPLUScode.InthiscaseyouwillneedtoseparatelypurchasetheWileyPLUSregistrationcode,directlyfromtheWiley

websiteat

4.AusedbookwillnotcomewiththeWileyPLUScode,sothiscasealsorequiresthisseparatepurchase.

URLtologinandregisteratWileyPlus:

Ourcourseisbasedonthetitle:

Halliday,FundamentalsofPhysics,9thEdition.GotoandCAREFULLYchoosethefollowingWileyPLUSclasssectionANDlogin:

ClassSectionName:

Phys131fall2010

StudentLoginURL:

HowtouseWileyPlusforyourhomeworkassignments:

AfterenteringtheWebsiteofWileyPLUS,“afterscheduled8pm’s”youwillbeabletofindtheassignedhomeworkproblems.Eachproblemisthesameasthatofthetextbook,exceptthatyouaretouseyourspecialon-linenumericalvaluesindoingyourproblems.Youwillhaveaccesstodoingthehomeworksofeachchapterinalimitedtime-window“acceptedperiod”（seetheendofthissyllabus）.Youareallowed5triesforeachquestion（unlimitedin1stHW）.AfteropeningWileyPLUS,ifyoupauseandstopusingitforawhile,youraccesstotheWileyPLUScanbedeniedbecauseofanautomatictimeout.Inthiscase,yousimplyneedtolog-inagain.

Thenumericalanswermustbewithin2%oftheexactanswer.（Doallyourcalculatorworkto6digits,andinputvaluesto4or5digits.Violationsarethecauseofmosterrormessages）

This“roboticsystem”requiresdecimalpointsandscientificnotationintheform9.0E+49

When“units”arerequired,the“correctanswer”isNumber9.0E+49Unitsatoms

NOTE:

Twodifferenttechnicalwords:

thereare“dimensions”suchas“length”,ANDthereare“units”suchas“meters”.

On-lineStudentUserGuide:

Canalsoclickthehelplinkafteryoulogin.Therearealsoon-linehelppagessuchasforenteringmathematicssymbols

P131CourseHomePageison“Blackboard”:

ThisP131HomePagewillbeusedtopostannouncements,mathematicsreviewmaterials,sampleHWproblems,thisyear’shomeworkandexamsolutions（after-due-dates）.Itwillalsobeusedtosendemailstoeachstudents’“binghamton.edu”emailaddress,whenneeded.Eachstudentisresponsibleforreceiptofallsuchemailsincludingthat“Google”hasnotputtheminspamfile,andforall“Blackboard”postedannouncements.

FONT-fix-upforpostedHWsolutions:

Onoccasion,theremaybecorruptedfontsintheWileyPLUSpartofthepostedHWsolutions,sothereare2executablefilesin“CourseDocuments”thatyoucandownloadandinstallwhichwillcorrectthis（<

4minutejob）.

CourseFormat:

Lecturesmeetfourhoursperweek.Attendancewillbetaken.Therewillbenoexcused-absences.Aftera“few”absencesforastudent,therewillbeagradepenaltyforthestudent.DiscussionsectionsmeettwohoursperweekLaboratorysectionsmeetinRoomsS2-248for1.5hoursperweek.

Examinations:

Attests,youmustshowusyourphoto-Identificationcard,e.g.BUID-card.

Threeone-hourexamswillbegivenduringthelecturehour.Arequiredfinalexaminationwillbegivenduringfinal-examsperiod.Youmaybringone3”x5”filecard,handwrittenononesidewithanyphysics-relatedmaterial,toeach1hourexamandthefinalexam.

AllexamquestionswillrequiresymbolicanswerssostudentsWILLNOTBEALLOWEDuseanycalculatorsduringtheexaminations.

FinalGradeDetermination:

Yourfinalgradewillbebasedonanabsolutescale.Itwillbebasedonthe3hour-examinations,thefinalexam,thelabgrade,thehomeworkgrade,thediscussiongrade,…:

200pointsforthethreeone-hourexams（seebelow）

200pointsforthefinalexam（seebelow）

50pointsforthediscussiongrade

50pointsforthehomework（WileyPLUS）

60pointsforthelaboratorygrade

40pointslectureattendance

600pointstotalpossiblepointsforthecourse

Therewillbenomake-upexaminations:

Toaccommodateapersonal"

crisis"

coincidingwiththedayofanexamination,suchthatastudentmissestheexaminationorperformsbelowhisorhernormallevel,oneofthehourexamgradesorone-halfofthefinalscorewillbedropped,whicheverresultsinthehighestscoreforthatstudent.Noexcuseisnecessaryformissingordoingpoorlyononehourexam-youcouldbreakyourleg,be"

sick"

fromaparty,youralarmclockfails,etc.-regardlessoftheexcuse,becauseyourworst100examinationpointswillnotbecounted.THEFINALEXAMMUSTBETAKEN.

Yourfinalgradewillbedeterminedbythepercentageof600totalpointsyoumanagetoattain.

80-100A

75-79A-

70-74B+

65-69B

60-64B-

55-59C+

50-54C

45-49C-

40-44D

0-39F

TextCoverage:

Thissemesterwewillcoverthematerialin

Chapters1-15,18-20.[Chapters16and17on“WaveMotion”willbetaughtinPhys132.]

HomeworkandExams:

TheWileyPLUSWebsiteisusedfordoingthehomeworkassignmentsandfortheirgrading

Becausemuchofthelearningprocessinphysicsoccurswhiledoingproblems,theseareassignedbelowandyoushouldsolvethem.Overtheyears,wehavenotedastrongcorrelationbetweenstudents’homeworkproblemsolutiongradesandtheirfinalgradeinthecourse.

Questionsonallexamswillresemblehomeworkproblemsassigned,examplesdoneinclass,and/orexamplesworkedinthetextbook.Correct,complete-work-symbolicsolutionswillberequiredforeachproblem.Weanticipate3（6）problemsrespectivelyoneachhourexam（finalexam）.Soonaftereach2010exam,solutionswillbepostedonBlackboard.

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TheMenoftheGreatAssemblyhadthreesayings:

“Bepatientbeforereachingadecision;

Enablemanystudentstostandontheirown;

Makeafencearoundyourteaching.”

---EthicsoftheFathers1:

1

ItisveryIMPORTANTtoattendALLlectures/discussions/labs:

Thissubjectis"

dangerous"

tolearnwithoutateacherbecauseyoucaneitherlearnitWRONGoronlyHALF-LEARNitthefirsttime.ThefurtherdangeristhatoftentheindividualstudentDOESNOTREALIZETHATTHEY'

VELEARNEDITWRONGuntilafterthetest!

Itismuchbetterto“worksmart–notstupid”andGETITRIGHTTHEFIRSTTIMEandnothavetoforceone'

sselftoawkwardlyenduremanyneedlessSELF-CORRECTIONS.Wehopethatyo