Syllabus for ISP209, Fall 2012
The Mystery
of the Physical World
Lecturer:
Prof. Joey Huston
email: huston@msu.edu (preferred method of
communication)
Office: 3230 BPS
Phone: 884-5564
Office hours: 11:50 AM-12:40 PM Tues
and Thurs, or by arrangement
Help room hours (Strosacker Help Room, 1248 BPS): TBA
Course website: www.pa.msu.edu/~huston/isp209_f12/index.html
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A
copy of this syllabus will be available on the website. Any
changes/additions to the syllabus will be noted there. The
syllabus version on the website will be the official
version. In addition, at the end of every week, copies of
the week’s lectures will be placed on the website. Solutions
to the exams and quizzes will also be available there.
Prerequisites:
MTH 103 or MTH 110 or MTH 116 or LBS 117 or MTH 106 or
concurrently or MTH 124 or concurrently or MTH 132 or
concurrently or MTH 201 or concurrently or STT 200 or
concurrently or STT 201 or concurrently)or designated score
on Mathematics placement test.
Lectures:
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Tues, Thurs
10:20-11:40 AM: Room 1410 BPS
(see Course Schedule). Attendance is required. If you are more than 10
minutes late, you must come in from the rear entrance of
the lecture hall. No exits through the front entrance
during the lecture.
Help Room hours:
The name of the TA is
Ian La Valle. He will be in the Strosaker help room (1248
BPS) Mon 4-6 PM, Tues 12-3 PM, Wed 6-9 PM,
Fri 10 AM-noon.
Required Textbook: Conceptual Physics
Paul G. Hewett (0-321-50136-5). Copies should be available in the
university bookstores. This was published in 2008 in
paperback. Used copies should be available. In
addition, I will occasionally post additional readings
from the web. You will
also need an ICLICKER remote (http://www.iclicker.com
) and a calculator with scientific notation. You must
bring your iclicker to class every day. Attendance will
be monitored by clicker.
Course Topics:
·
Course
covers the topics shown in the Course Schedule (see below).
Homework (HW):
· There are homework assignments as will be indicated in the Course Schedule. Each assignment will consist of a small number of problems, mostly through LON-CAPA. You are encouraged to work together on the homework, but each student's answers will be different and must be entered individually. A scientific calculator will be required for some of the questions. The homework will count approximately 15% of the grade. Homework sets are typically due Thursdays at 10 AM. A brief introduction to LON-CAPA can be found at the website below:
http://www.loncapa.msu.edu/gettingstarted.html
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Unannounced
In-class Quizzes: Based on lecture, reading, and/or homework, quiz
questions may be asked at any time during class, using
the ICLICKER. Approximately 10% of the grade will be
determined by these quizzes. Your worst quiz during the term
will not count. If you miss a quiz for any reason, you will have used up
your one worst quiz. After that, only one additional quiz can be excused
(see below) during the semester. There are no make-ups for
missed quizzes.
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Three mid-term
exams
(multiple choice) will be given in lecture on the dates
indicated in the Course Schedule. Each exam covers the
chapters and materials indicated on the web version of the
syllabus. There will be no make-ups for the mid-term
exams. You may bring a 8.5" X 11 " hand-written
sheet of notes (both sides) to each of the hourly
exams and 3 such sheets to the final. Any sheet
in which material has been xeroxed will be taken away. No
cell phones can be visible during the exam. Turn off your
cell phones and put them away inside your backpack before
the exam begins.
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The final exam will be Tuesday Dec.l 11 from
7:45 AM to 9:45 AM. Room to be announced.
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Documented
medical (or other) excuses for ONLY one exam and one quiz. Your score for the
excused exam or quiz will be based on your performance on
the exams (other midterms & final) or on other quizzes,
respectively. You must send me
an email within 48 hours of missing the
exam or quiz.
·
The mean point score will
receive at least a 3.0. 45% of the grade will be based on
the 3 hourly exams, 30% on the final exam, ~15% on the
homework and ~10% on the in-class quizzes.
New: FINAL iclicker scores
New: FINAL SCORES
ISP209 Schedule
Fall 2012
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W |
D |
Date |
L |
Title |
HW, Due |
reading
assignment |
|
1 |
Th |
Aug.
30 |
1 |
|
Chapter 1 |
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|
2 |
T |
Sep. 4 |
2 |
|
Chapter 2 |
|
|
|
Th |
Sep.
6 |
3 |
|
Chapters
2- 3 |
|
|
3
|
T |
Sep. 11 |
4 |
|
Chapter 4 |
|
|
|
Th |
Sep. 13 |
5
|
Force
and Acceleration |
CAPA
#1 due |
Chapter
4 |
|
4 |
T |
Sep. 18 |
6 |
CAPA
#2 due |
Chapter 6 |
|
|
|
Th |
Sep. 20 |
7 |
CAPA #3 due |
Chapter 6 |
|
|
5 |
T |
Sep. 25 |
8 |
Energy
and momentum (guest lecturer) |
|
Chapter 5 |
|
|
Th |
Sep. 27 |
9 |
CAPA #4 due
|
|
|
|
6
|
T |
Oct. 2 |
10 |
Exam #1 (Chapters 1-6 and
related lectures) |
|
|
|
|
Th |
Oct. 4 |
11 |
|
Chapters
8-9 |
|
|
7
|
T |
Oct. 9 |
12 |
|
Chapters
8-9 |
|
|
|
Th |
Oct. 11 |
13 |
Electricity
and magnetism |
CAPA #5 due |
Chapter 10 |
|
8 |
T |
Oct.
16 |
14 |
Electricity and
magnetism |
Chapter
10 |
|
|
|
Th |
Oct. 18 |
15 |
Electricity
and magnetism |
CAPA #6 due
|
Chapter 11 |
|
9
|
T |
Oct. 23 |
16 |
Electromagnetic
waves |
|
Chapter 11 |
|
|
Th |
Oct. 25 |
17 |
Electromagnetic
waves |
CAPA #7 due |
Chapters
12,13 |
|
10 |
T |
Oct. 30 |
18 |
Electromagnetic
waves/special
relativity |
|
Chapter 13 |
|
|
Th |
Nov. 1 |
19 |
CAPA #8 due
|
|
|
| 11 |
T |
Nov. 6 |
20 |
Exam 2 (Chapters 7-13 and
related lectures) blue exam answers pink exam answers |
|
|
|
|
Th |
Nov.
8 |
21 |
Special
relativity/general relativity |
|
lecture note |
|
12
|
T |
Nov. 13 |
22 |
General
relativity/quantum physics |
|
lecture note |
|
|
Th |
Nov. 15 |
23 |
Quantum mechanics
|
CAPA #9 due |
Chapter 15 |
| 13 |
T |
Nov. 20 |
24 |
Quantum mechanics |
Chapter
15 |
|
|
13 |
Th |
Nov. 22 |
24 |
Thanksgiving |
|
|
|
|
T |
Nov. 27 |
25 |
Particle Adventure |
CAPA #10
due |
Chapter 16 |
|
|
Th |
Nov. 29 |
26 |
Particle Adventure |
|
Chapter 16 |
|
14 |
T |
Dec. 4 |
27 |
catch-up
and review |
CAPA # 11 due |
|
|
|
Th |
Dec. 6 |
Exam 3 (Chapters
15-16 and related lectures) |
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
Dec. 10-14 |
28 |
Finals
week: ISP209 7:45-9:45 AM Tuesday Dec 11 |
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