Syllabus for Roster(s):
- 11F PHYS 2610-100 (CGAS)
In the UVaCollab course site: PHYS 2610 (Fall2011)
Syllabus PHYS2610 - Introductory Physics III
Course information for PHYS 2610 in Fall 2011
Your instructor is Stefan Baessler, room 169 in the new wing of the Physics building, 243-1024, sfb5d@virginia.edu
Office hours: Tuesday, Thursday, 3:30 - 4:30 pm
You should be signed up for one of the discussion sections
- Wednesday 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm Chemistry Bldg 260
- Thursday 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm Physics Bldg 218
Your teaching assistant is Jose Osvaldo Gonzalez Hernandez, jog4m@virginia.edu
His office hours are Wednesday 3:00 pm - 3:50pm and Thursday 4:00pm - 4:50pm..
During office hours, you can find him/her in the Physics Building in room 220, in person, or by phone (924-6592).
Overview
This class is intended to provide an introduction to electromagnetism. We will cover:
- Electric Forces and Fields
- Energy in electrostatics
- Circuits
- Magnetism
- Time-dependent fields
- Light (if time permits)
In Resources->LectureSlides, you will find the lecture notes, as they become available
In Resources->LectureSlides->Introduction.pdf, you find additional information about the class
In Resources->LectureSlides->TableOfContents.pdf, you will find a list of topics, and links to the relevant textbook chapters. I am expecting you to read these (best: before the corresponding lecture). If you have questions which were not answered in class, please ask.
Course Materials
We will follow the textbook of Giancoli, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Vol. 2 with Mastering Physics. Vol. 2 contains chapter 21 to 35. The ISBN number of the textbook is 0-13-613924-8 (bundled with Mastering Physics access), or 0-13-227359-4 (just the textbook).
On Resources->MasteringPhysics->MasteringPhysics_Signup_Instructions.pdf, you find sign-up instructions for Mastering Physics. If you bought the textbook only, you need to buy an access code on www.masteringphysics.com for about $50. The textbook bundle above includes the access code.
On Resources->MasteringPhysics->MasteringPhysics_Signup_Instructions.pdf, you find sign-up instructions for Mastering Physics. If you bought the textbook only, you need to buy an access code on www.masteringphysics.com for about $50. The textbook bundle above includes the access code.
A list of additional literature will be found on collab, in Resources->AdditionalMaterial->Textbooks.pdf. These books will be held at the Brown Science and Engineering Library in Clark Hall.
Prerequisites
PHYS1620, or PHYS2310, or PHYS 1425, or instructor permission.
Pre- or Corequisites
MATH2310, or instructor permission.
Grades
Your course grade will be computed in the following way:
Homework: 30% (the worst and the best homework grade will be discarded)
Mastering Physics Problems: 10% (the worst and the best quiz result will be discarded)
Midterm exam: 15% each
Final exam 30%
If your Final exam grade is better than your course grade as calculated above, and you were at least present at the midterms, your course grade will be replaced by the Final exam grade.
The Honor Code applies to all assignments. I encourage you to discuss homework assignments or the papers with your colleagues, but the final product must be your own. On the homework, the explanation of how to get to a solution is part of the solution. It is a honor code violation to look up homework solutions from previous years.
The worst and the best homework score will be dropped.
Mastering Physics problems have to be solved alone. Grading rules for Mastering Physics Problems are explained in Resources->MasteringPhysics->Readme.txt