PHYSICS 215  -  Thermodynamics and Modern Physics

 

Fall 2003

 

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 1415 BPS

 

Office Hours:    to be arranged.

 

Textbooks:            Fundamentals of Physics, Halliday, Resnick and Walker, 6th edition.

                        Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 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.