PHYSICS 215  -  Thermodynamics and Modern Physics

Fall 2002

General Information

Lecturer:  Prof. Bernard Pope, 3233 Biomedical Physical Sciences Building (BPS), 353-1695, pope@pa.msu.edu

Lectures: 1:50 – 2:40 p.m.,  MTWTh, Room 1420 BPS

Office Hours:    Tuesdays 10:00 am - noon

Textbooks: Fundamentals of Physics, by Halliday, Resnick and Walker, 6th edition.
  Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers, by Thornton and Rex, 2nd edition.

Course Info: Course information will be posted at http://www.pa.msu.edu/courses/PHY215/.

Homework: There will be a weekly homework assignment.  Homework will be due on Tuesdays (for the previous week’s assigned material).  Late homework will not be accepted.  Solutions to the homework problems will be put in a notebook at the reserve desk of the BPS Library.

Exams: There will be three Midterm exams and one Final exam.

Grades: The final grades will be calculated from the homework assignments (25%), the three midterms (15% each) and the final exam (30%).

More Detail: Plan to spend about 14 hours per week on Physics 215:-

•    lectures 4 hours/week
•    homework 6 hours/week
•    reading  4 hours/week

All exams are closed book. All absences from midterm exams require a written excuse from your doctor, Dean, etc.  The MSU Code of Teaching Responsibilities states that any student not taking the Final Exam will not be permitted to pass the course.