Instructors:
David McIntyre, Weniger 463, tel. 737-1696,
mcintyre@ucs.orst.edu
Prerequisites: PH 212 requires completion of PH211, MTH 252 and concurrent enrollment in MTH 254.
Texts:
Serway & Beichner, Physics for Scientists and Engineers,
5th Edition (Saunders 2000): Required
Gordon, McGrew, & Serway, Student Solutions Manual and Study Guide, Vols. 1 & 2: Optional
Core Concepts in Physics CD-ROM & Workbook (Archipelago Productions, 1998): Optional
Physics 212 Lab Manual: Required
Physics 211/212/213/314 Lab Guide: Required
Office Hours:
D. McIntyre, M 10-11, W 9-10, F 10-11
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.
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/ph212.
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.
Lectures:
Lecture attendance is important for successful completion of the
course. Though attendance is not required, you will be responsible
for all material covered as well as any announcements made during the
lectures. Asking questions in class is encouraged. The 7:30pm
Wednesday time slot will only be used twice for midterm exams.
Homework:
It is important to solve many problems. 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
Serway. We recommend that you solve as many of these as you
can. The course web site has a selection of practice problems chosen
from Serway. 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. Clicking on the REGISTER button on the local web
site will take you to the registration page. Follow the directions.
You will be asked for a unique number for this course (five digits)
and the access password. Both of these will be provided in class.
Please enter your student ID correctly (with no dashes), so that the
homework scores can be recorded properly. Please do not forget your
LOGIN NAME and PERSONAL PASSWORD, since you will need these to access
your homework. If you do forget them, do not reregister -- see the
instructor. There will be one homework set due each week of the term.
You may download and print out the homework as soon as it is
available and work on it offline at your convenience. Once you have
completed the homework, log back on to submit the answers. Each
answer is submitted independently by pressing the OK button next to
your answer choice. You can access the submit page as often as you
like before the deadline, submitting as many or as few of the answers
as you wish. You can resubmit answers that were incorrect; your score
is decreased accordingly (be careful, it is possible to get a
negative score). The deadlines for submitting the homework are listed
on the site and at the top of each homework set. The site is in Texas
and therefore the listed deadline time is in the Central Time Zone,
not the Pacific Time Zone. Each student will receive the same
problems, but will have different numbers. You may discuss the
homework with your peers, but you are expected to solve and submit
your particular problem on your own. Solutions to each homework set
are available on the remote site as well as the course site after the
deadline for that set. Point values are listed for each problem.
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. 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, make-up labs
may be completed during the week listed in the course outline.
Grading:
In principle, students who have the prerequisites should be able
to master the material in the course and therefore earn an A. We
believe that a student who scores 80% or higher in the course
has essentially mastered the material and will earn an A.
Lower grades are assigned as follows: 65-79% is a B, 50-64% is a
C, 35-49% is a D and 0-34% is an F. We reserve the right to move
the boundaries down; however, they will not be moved up.
Grading will be based on a 500 point scale. The point values for coursework are as follows: MT1: 100, MT2: 100, Homework: 100, Final: 200. If you do not satisfactorily complete all the labs, your total course score will be multiplied by the fraction of the labs that you do complete (e.g. 6/7). No +/- grades will be assigned.
Examinations:
Recitations:
You are encouraged to enroll in the recitation section PH222.
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.
Academic Integrity:
All students are expected to uphold the highest standards of
honesty and integrity in their academic work. Section 1 of OAR
576-015-0020 in the Student Conduct Regulations lists some examples
of violations of standards of academic honesty, and Section 15 of the
Academic Regulations specifies the consequences.