Dear Physics 609 Students,

Welcome to Galileo and Einstein.

The lectures are on CD Roms and will be sent via UPS to the address you provided when you registered. The lectures are not rehearsed, but are edited versions of live lectures given in Phys 109 at UVa. Assignments and administrative information related to the course have been edited from the CDs. Most of the students in the class take it as an elective to fullfill a science requirement. Although the class that is taped is an undergraduate class, you will still find the lectures interesting and stimulating. Some of the historical material on the sun and the solar system is useful for your own physical science and physics classes. Some knowledge of geometry and math will be helpful in understanding the material, particulary with regard to epicycles and special relativity. Homework and examinations will be given at the level expected for teachers taking 600 level graduate courses in physics education.

After I get confirmation from the School of Continuing and Professional Studies that you have registered, I will set up a user name and password on WebAssign for you. I will notify you by email and you will be able to log on to WebAssign. You then should learn how to submit homework by taking the "test" on Webassign that teaches you how to use the system. You will have to activate your UVa email since all correspondence will be through your UVa email address. After you have activated your email address you will also receive by email a username and password to use features of Blackboard at UVa.  Blackboard will be used as a discussion board, chat room, and drop box for this course. The CD's will be sent by UPS  to the address on your registration form.  Please RSVP via email when you have received the CD's.  
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