PHYSICS 231C Calendar

Online lectures and the associated homework sets will become available in Lon-Capa

two weeks prior to the due date for the homework

Week
Chapter(s) from Text
Online Lecture
Topic
Homework/Exams

1

1/11-1/15
1

1

Math Review

Units

HW Set 1 due Tues. 1/19

1

1/15-1/18
--
--

Optional Pre-course diagnostic and pre-course survey*

50 minute timed online - 0.5% participation bonus given to students who take the diagnostic and give it a serious** effort and 0.5% participation bonus given to students completing the survey

1/15 through 1/18

1

1/11-1/15
2
2
Motion in One Dimension

HW Set 1 due Tues. 1/19

(covers math review, units and 1D motion)

2

1/19-1/22
3
3
Vectors and Motion in Two Dimensions

HW Set 2 due Tues. 1/26

(covers vectors and motion in 2D)

3

1/25-1/29
3
4
Force and Newton's Laws of Motion

HW Set 3 due Tues. 2/2

(covers force and Newton's laws)

4

2/1-2/5

  

Practice #1: Questions 1-17, Practice #2: Questions 8,9,13

 

Midterm 1

 

Midterm Exam 1 Thursday, Feb. 4 at 8:00 PM Loc 1410BPS

Last day to drop with refund 2/5 at 8PM

Correction due Tues. 2/9

5

2/8-2/12
5, 6
5 and 6
Work, Energy and Momentum

HW Set 4 due Tues. 2/16

(covers work, energy and momentum)

6

2/15-2/19
7, 8.1-8.3
7 and 8a
Oscillations and Rotational Kinematics

HW Set 5 due Tues. 2/23

(covers oscillations and rotational kinematics)

7

2/22-2/26
8
8b
Rotational Motion and Static Equilibrium

HW Set 6 due Tues. 3/1

(covers rotational motion and static equilibrium)

Last day to drop with no grade reported: 3/2 at 8PM

8

2/29-3/4

Practice #1: Questions 18&19

Practice #2: Questions 1-7 & 14-20

Practice #4: Questions 1-7,9
Midterm 2

Midterm Exam 2 Thurs, Mar 3 at 8:00 PM Loc 1410BPS

Deadline to sign up for alternate final exam session for University approved reasons only Fri. 3/4

Correction due Tues. 3/15

3/7-3/11

    

SPRING BREAK

  

9

3/14-3/18
9 and 10
9 and 10
Orbits, Gravity, Solids and Fluids

HW Set 7 due Tues. 3/22

(covers orbits, gravity, solids and fluids)

10

3/21-3/26
11
11
Waves and Sound

HW Set 8 due Tues. 3/29

(covers traveling waves, sound and superposition)

11

3/28-4/1

  

Practice #3: Questions 1-6

Practice #4: Questions 8, 10-12

 
Midterm 3

Midterm Exam 3 Thursday, Mar. 31 at 8:00 PM Loc. 1410BPS

Correction due Tues. 4/5

12

4/4-4/8
12

12
Ideal Gases and Temperature

HW Set 9 due Tues. 4/12

(covers Ideal gases and temperature)

13

4/11-4/15

13
13
Heat

HW Set 10 due Tues. 4/19

(covers heat)

14

4/18-4/22
14
14
Thermodynamics

HW Set 11 due Tues. 4/26

(covers thermodynamics)

15

4/25-4/29
--
--

Optional Post-course diagnostic and separate post-course survey*

50 minute timed online - 0.5% participation bonus given to students who take the diagnostic and give it a serious** effort 4/29 through 5/1

0.5% participation bonus given to students who complete the survey
         

16

5/1-5/4

New material: Practice #3: Questions: 7-19

Plus all other practice exam problems
Final Exam

Final Exam Monday, May 2 8:00PM Loc. 1410BPS
      ***Alternate final exam only for University approved reasons and documentation is required (i.e. letter from Dean's Office)

Alternate Final Exam, Tuesday, May 3: 7:45AM-9:45AM

Loc. TBA
*- a 0.5% participation bonus will be added to the final average of any student taking the pre-course or post course diagnostic. If you participate in both 1% will be added to your final average. If you only participate in one, 0.5% is added and if you do not participate (or don't give a serious** effort) no bonus will be added. Additionally, a pre-and a post course survey will be offered at the same time as the two diagnostics are offered. Students participating in these surveys will receive a 0.5% participation bonus added to their final average for each survey in which they participate. If you seriously participate in all four of these optional assignments, 2% will be added to your final average; if you seriously participate in three of them, 1.5% will be added to your final average; if you seriously participate in two of them, 1 % will be added to your final average, if you seriously participate in one of them, 0.5% will be added to your final average.
 
**-simple submission patterns(like AAA..., or BBB...) or rapidly clicking on any response throughout the diagnostic are not considered serious efforts and no bonus will be given
 
*** The alternate final exam time is for students having three verified final exams on the scheduled date or for students having a verified final exam at the same time as our scheduled (common) final exam time.

Physics 231C HOME

Last updated January 4, 2016