Physics 202: Principles of Physics

Spring 1998

Section 1; Monday, Wednesday 1530-1645, Room 203, Physics Building.

Lecturer:

Craig Dukes, Room 117, High Energy Physics Laboratory
Telephone: 982-5364
E-mail: dukes@uvahep.phys.virginia.edu

Office Hours:

Tues., 1400-1500, Wed., 1700-1800, Room 206, Physics Building, (982-2086), or by appointment.

Text:

Physics, 4^nd Edition, Cutnell and Johnson.

Problem Sessions:

You must enroll in one of the twelve discussion sessions, which will focus on developing good problem solving abilities. The problem assignments for each week are given on a separate sheet. A random selection of two of the problems each week, except the week of Spring Break, will be graded and will count 25% of your final grade. They are due during the week indicated, and are handed in to your discussion section instructor at the start of the class. Homework concepts can be discussed with other students, but copying solutions is not allowed.

Attendance:

You are expected to attend all classes. If for some reason you miss a class, you are responsible for finding from a classmate any announcements that have been made in class. I will not respond to e-mail querries about any information that has been announced in class. If you miss a class you can get my class notes on the World Wide Web either directly by going to:
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/reserve/instructors/dukes.phys202.html
or by accessing VIRGO and clicking on reserves and following the appropriate instructions. (Note that I will not even consider writing letters of recommendation for students who do not participate in class.)

Tests:

There will be three tests of 75 minutes duration each and one three-hour final examination. The tests will only be given at the date and time indicated on the syllabus, without exception. Except in an emergency, there will be no excuse for missing a test. You will be allowed one week after your test has been returned to submit it to the grader for reconsideration.

Grading:

Each of the tests will count 15% toward your final grade, the homework will count a total of 25%, and the final exam will count 30%. For your final grade, the properly weighted numerical scores of your homework, tests and final exam will be summed, and a letter grade will be assigned which will depend on the distribution of scores for the class. Approximately 68% of the numerical grades will fall between the average minus one standard deviation and the average plus one standard deviation. In the past the class average has been approximately a B-, while the average plus one standard deviation an A-, and the average minus one standard deviation a C-.

Studying:

Most of the test and exam problems will be based on problems discussed in the text, assigned problems, problems discussed in class, and class demonstrations. The more problems you do and understand, the better you will do on the tests. Many of you will be surprised to learn that study habits that were successful in other courses will not work well for studying physics. This is because learning physics depends far more on understanding than on memorization. You will find that limiting your studying to cramming before the tests is not effective for developing the understanding needed to do well on the tests.

Physics 202: Principles of Physics, Section 1 (Dukes)

Tentative Spring 1998 Syllabus

Text: Cutnell and Johnson, Physics, 4^nd Ed.

Jan. 14 18.1-18.6 521-536 Coulomb's law

Jan. 19 18.7-18.10 537-550 Gauss's law

Jan. 21 19.1-19.6 557-579 Electric potential

Jan. 26 20.1-20.9 585-607 Current and resistance

Jan. 28 Drop Deadline

Jan. 28 20.10-20.14 607-618 Electric circuits

Feb. 2 21.1-21.5 627-643 Magnetic field

Feb. 4 21.6-21.10 643-660 Magnetic field

Feb. 9 Test 1: 18.1-20.14

Feb. 11 22.1-22.5 669-686 Electromagnetic induction

Feb. 16 22.6-22.9 686-699 Electromagnetic induction

Feb. 18 23.1-23.5 708-729 AC circuits

Feb. 23 24.1-24.6 732-754 Electromagnetic waves

Feb. 25 25.1-25.6 759-777 Reflection of light

March 2 26.1-26.5 781-796 Refraction of light

March 4 Test 2: 21.1-24.6

March 7 - 15 Spring Break

March 11 Withdrawal Deadline

March 16 26.6-26.14 796-819 Optical instruments

March 18 27.1-27.9 829-858 Wave optics

March 23 28.1-28.4 864-875 Relativity

March 25 28.5-28.7 875-884 Relativity

March 30 29.1-29.6 888-906 Particles and waves

April 1 30.1-30.5 910-927 The atom

April 6 30.6-30.10 927-942 The periodic table

April 8 Test 3: 25.1-28.7

April 12 Easter

April 13 31.1-31.9 947-969 Nuclear physics

April 15 32.1-32.5 973-987 Nuclear fission and fusion

April 18 MCAT

April 20 32.6 987-993 Particles

April 22 32.7 993-997 Cosmology

April 27 Review

May 6 (Wed.) Final Exam: 1400-1700 Comprehensive

Physics 202 Problem Assignments Spring 1998

Jan. 19 18.2, 18.6, 18.8, 18.14, 18.19, 18.25

Jan. 26 18.42, 18.44, 18.55, 19.8, 19.32, 19.42

Feb. 2 20.2, 20.44, 20.56, 20.80, 20.90, 20.101

Feb. 9 21.14, 21.34, 21.40, 21.52, 21.56, 21.67

Feb. 16 22.2, 22.3, 22.16, 22.20, 22.23, 22.30

Feb. 23 22.38, 22.54, 22.64, 23.6, 23.18, 23.32

Mar. 2 24.10, 24.26, 24.42, 25.2, 25.12, 25.24 Mar. 9 (Spring Break)

Mar. 16 26.7, 26.14, 26.28, 26.34

Mar. 23 26.54, 26.70, 26.77, 26.99, 27.18, 27.38, 27.62

Mar. 30 28.7, 28.32, 28.44, 28.45, 28.47

Apr. 6 29.10, 29.28, 29.33, 29.46, 30.6, 30.24, 30.58

Apr. 13 30.41, 30.44, 30.54

Apr. 20 31.16, 31.42, 31.43, 31.60, 32.7, 32.15, 32.25 Apr. 27 (no problems)

Note: The problems are due on the week indicated. Two of the assigned problems are graded.