Instructors:
David McIntyre, Weniger 463, tel.
737-1696, mcintyre@ucs.orst.edu
Prerequisites: PH 211 requires completion of MTH 251 and concurrent enrollment in MTH 252.
Texts:
Giancoli, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 3 rdEdition (Prentice Hall
2000): Required
Brandt, Study Guide and Student Solutions Manual: Optional
Physics 211 Lab Manual: Required
Office Hours:
D. McIntyre, M 1-2, W 9-10, F
9-10
The office hours for the teaching assistants are held in Weniger 145. A schedule will be posted on the bulletin board outside that office. Please make good use of this resource, and note that any of the TA's in that room should be capable of assisting you with any questions you might have.
Lectures:
Lecture attendance is important for
successful completion of the course. Though lecture attendance per se
is not required, you will be responsible for all material covered as
well as any announcements made during the lectures. To facilitate a
more interactive lecture experience, we will use Personal Response
Systems (PRS). Each student will be issued a PRS unit at the
beginning of the term, which must be returned at the end of the term.
The course outline has a detailed reading list for each lecture. You
are expected to read the material before coming to lecture. A graded
reading quiz will be given in each lecture using the PRS units. The
PRS units will also be used for non-graded discussion questions and
other graded quizzes. The 7:30pm Wednesday time slot will be used
only twice for midterm exams.
Web Site:
This course makes extensive use of the
World Wide Web. The homepage for the course is located at
http://www.physics.orst.edu/ph211. On the web site you will find this general
information, the course outline, links to the online homework site,
and other information. Access to the web is available from any of the
student computing facilities on campus. If you need assistance,
contact the computer consulting desk in the Valley Library.
Homework:
Physics is as much about learning to
solve problems as it is about learning physical concepts. You can
find many problems at the end of each chapter in Giancoli. We recommend
that you solve as many of these as you can. The course web site has a
selection of practice problems chosen from Giancoli. In addition, you
are required to submit weekly homework that will be part of your
course grade. These homework problems are available at a remote web
site accessible through the course site. To access the homework, you
must first register with the homework server. The two sections have
different homework systems, which were explained on the class
handout. On the course web site there are separate links for the two
sections. Make sure you use the homework system appropriate to your
section.
Laboratory:
The lab is intended to assist you with
learning physics concepts by involving you in hands-on observations
and measurements. The schedule of experiments is on the course
outline. Please study the lab manual in advance of the
laboratory. Each lab has a set of questions to be completed before
the lab and then turned in at the beginning of the lab session.
Laboratory reports following a format to be explained by your lab
instructor are due at the end of the lab period. Lab attendance and satisfactory performance are
mandatory. You must attend all labs,
and satisfactory work must be submitted on all lab reports to get
full credit for the course. If you know in advance that you will miss
a lab section, please arrange to attend another section during that
week. Otherwise, you may make-up at most 2 missed labs during the
make-up week listed in the course outline.
Grading:
Course grades will be based upon
a 500
point scale. The point values for coursework are: MT1: 100, MT2: 100, Homework: 50, Quizzes: 50, Final:
200. The lowest 10% of homework and
quiz scores will be dropped, so please do not waste valuable time by
requesting to make-up any missed homeworks or quizzes. If you do not
satisfactorily complete all the labs, your total score will be
multiplied by the fraction of labs that you do complete
(e.g.,7/8). Course grades will be assigned using the following
point scale: A: 400-500, B: 325-399, C:
250-324, D: 175-249, F: 0-174. No +/-
grades will be assigned. I reserve the right to move the grade
boundaries down, but I will not move them up.
Examinations:
Recitations:
You are encouraged to enroll in the
recitation section PH221. This course carries one credit and consists
of weekly group problem solving sessions. They are taught by
experienced TA's. Grading is P/N with grades determined by the TA. An
honors section is also available.
Students with Disabilities:
Students with documented disabilities
who may need accommodations, who have any emergency medical
information the instructor should know about, or who need special
arrangements in the event of an evacuation, should see the instructor
as soon as possible.