PHY231 : Introductory Physics I

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Section 1	8:00 - 8:50 am	MWF 118 PA	Prof. Alex Brown
Section 2	9:10 - 10:00 am	MWF 118 PA	Prof. Alex Brown
Section 3	10:20 - 11:10 am	MWF 118 PA	Prof. Wu-Ki Tung

Textbook:
College Physics, 5th edition, R. Serway and J. Faugn

Reading and Homework assignments:

Course web-site:
http://www.pa.msu.edu/courses/2001fall/PHY231

Homework:
web-site: http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu

• There are weekly homework assignments provided for you on the internet. The problems are individually tailored and computer graded. You may try each problem up to ten times to get the correct answer.  Bonus points will be given if the problem is solved in four or less tries. All homework for the week is due on Saturday at midnight. After this time the correct solution will be displayed on the screen and no credit will be given. 
• The sign-on will ask you for your username and password.  Use your pilot username and password. The class is phy231. 
• Email about the homework may be sent from the homework web site. It will usually be answered by one of the Teaching Assistants within 24 hours.

Help-room:

There will be a help-room for the course in 346 Giltner Hall. Teaching Assistants and Honors tudents will be able to answer questions concerning the course material or the homework.
The  Hours of the help-room will be posted on the course website.

Exams:

There will be two one hour midterm exams: on Monday, October 1 and Monday, November 5 starting at 7:30 p.m. On those days the exams will be given at common locations (to be announced) and the regular classes will not meet. Makeup exams due to class conflicts and personal exigencies can be arranged by contacting Professor Brown.

The two hour final exam is scheduled for Tuesday, December 11, 8:00 - 10:00 p.m.

In addition, there will be short quizzes given at the end of most lecture hours. The quiz will be based upon the reading assignment for that day or on material presented in the lecture of that day. There will be no makeups for the quizzes. To allow for personal exigencies, 4 worst scores among the quizzes, including absences, will be dropped in the final tally of quiz results at the end of the term.

Grades:

Your grade will be determined on the basis of your performance on homework, quizzes and the three exams. We will follow the University policy on integrity.