Syllabus for
PHY294H, Spring 2016
Lecturer:
Prof. Joey Huston
email: huston@pa.msu.edu (preferred method of
communication)
Office: 3230 BPS
Phone: 884-5564
Office hours:
12:40-1:30 PM Monday, Tuesday or by arrangement
A few lectures will
be given by other Physics and Astronomy Dept faculty members.
Course website: www.pa.msu.edu/~huston/phy294h/phy294_s16_syllabus.html
A
copy of this syllabus will be available on the website. Any
changes/additions to the syllabus will be noted there. In
addition, at the end of every week, copies of the weeks
lectures will be placed on the website. Solutions to homework,
exams, and quizzes will also be available.
Lectures:
Mon,
Tues, Wed, Thurs,11:30-12:20,
room 1420 BPS (see Course Schedule). Attendance is
required.
Required Textbook:
The textbook is Knight, Physics for
Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach, Vol. 4 (Chs
25-36), 3/E
(0321844297). Most of the homework will
be through the MasteringPhysics website. Access to the
website comes
automatically upon buying the book, or
you can buy the ebook (+access to the website) separately (0321753054).
Course Topics:
Course covers
the topics shown in the Course Schedule (on the next page).
Homework (HW):
There
are 13 homework assignments as indicated in the Course
Schedule. Each
assignment will consist of
approximately 10 problems, mostly through Mastering
Physics, but one extra challenge problem per week
will be hand-graded. The homework will count approximately 15% of the grade.
Unannounced In-class Quizzes: Based on lecture, reading, and/or
homework, quiz questions may be asked at any time during
class, and you will need to answer using an iclicker, or in
some cases I will have you work out the problems.
Approximately 10% of the grade will be determined by these
quizzes.
iclicker scores by iclicker number (pdf
file)
Three
50-minute exams
(120 points each) will be given in lecture on the dates
indicated in the Course Schedule. Each exam covers the
chapters indicated. There will be no make-ups for the
50-minute exams.
There is a 2 hr. final exam (for a total of 240 points); see Course Schedule.
Documented
medical (or other) excuses for ONLY one exam. Your score for the excused
exam 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.
The mean point score (out of ~840
points) 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.
PHY294H Schedule
Spring 2016
|
W |
D |
Date |
L |
Title |
HW, Due |
Read Ch. |
|
1 |
M |
Jan. 11 |
1 |
|
25 |
|
|
|
Tu |
Jan. 12 |
2 |
|
25 |
|
|
|
W |
Jan. 13 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
Th |
Jan. 14 |
4 |
|
25 |
|
|
2 |
M |
Jan. 18 |
|
Martin Luther King Day (no class) |
|
26
|
|
|
Tu |
Jan. 19 |
5 |
|
26 |
|
|
|
W |
Jan. 20 |
6 |
HW 1 due +25.74 |
26 |
|
|
|
Th |
Jan. 21 |
7 |
|
26 |
|
|
3 |
M |
Jan. 25 |
8 |
|
27 |
|
|
|
Tu |
Jan. 26 |
9 |
|
27 |
|
|
|
W |
Jan. 27 |
10 |
HW 2 due + 27.51 |
27 |
|
|
|
Th |
Jan. 28 |
11 |
Electric
Potential |
|
28 |
|
4 |
M |
Feb. 1 |
12 |
|
28 |
|
|
|
Tu |
Feb. 2 |
13 |
|
29 |
|
|
|
W |
Feb. 3 |
14 |
Current
|
HW3 due |
29 |
|
|
Th |
Feb. 4 |
15 |
|
30 |
|
|
5 |
M |
Feb. 8 |
16 |
|
30 |
|
|
|
Tu |
Feb. 9 |
17 |
|
30 |
|
|
|
W |
Feb. 10 |
18 |
Potential and current |
HW4 due |
30 |
|
|
Th |
Feb. 11 |
19 |
|
|
|
|
6 |
M |
Feb. 15 |
20 |
|
30 |
|
|
|
Tu |
Feb. 16 |
21 |
|
31 |
|
|
|
W |
Feb. 17 |
22 |
HW 5 due |
31 |
|
|
|
Th |
Feb. 18 |
23 |
|
31 |
|
|
7 |
M |
Feb. 22 |
24 |
Magnetic Field
|
|
32 |
|
|
Tu |
Feb. 23 |
25 |
|
32 |
|
|
|
W |
Feb. 24 |
26 |
HW6 due |
32 |
|
|
|
Th |
Feb. 25 |
27 |
|
32 |
|
|
8 |
M |
Feb. 29 |
28 |
|
33 |
|
|
|
Tu |
Mar. 1 |
29 |
|
33 |
|
|
|
W |
Mar. 2 |
30 |
Faradays Law
|
HW7 due |
33 |
|
|
Th |
Mar. 3 |
31 |
|
34 |
|
|
|
|
Mar. 7-11 |
|
Spring Break |
|
34 |
|
9 |
M |
Mar. 14 |
32 |
|
34 |
|
|
|
Tu |
Mar. 15 |
33 |
|
35 |
|
|
|
W |
Mar. 16 |
34 |
HW8 due |
35 |
|
|
|
Th |
Mar. 17 |
35 |
|
35 |
|
|
10
|
M |
Mar. 21 |
36 |
|
36 |
|
|
|
Tu |
Mar. 22 |
37 |
|
36 |
|
|
|
W |
Mar. 23 |
38 |
HW9 due |
|
|
|
|
Th |
Mar. 24 |
39 |
Exam 2 (Chapters 30-35) answers |
|
36 |
|
11 |
M |
Mar. 28 |
40 |
|
36 |
|
|
|
Tu |
Mar. 29 |
41 |
Light
|
|
|
|
|
W |
Mar. 30 |
42 |
HW10 due |
|
|
|
|
Th |
Mar. 31 |
43 |
|
|
|
|
12 |
M |
Apr. 4 |
44 |
|
23 |
|
|
|
Tu |
Apr. 5 |
45 |
|
23 |
|
|
|
W |
Apr. 6 |
46 |
HW11
due |
24 |
|
|
|
Th |
Apr. 7 |
47 |
|
24 |
|
|
13
|
M |
Apr. 11 |
48 |
|
22 |
|
|
|
Tu |
Apr. 12 |
49 |
|
22 |
|
|
|
W |
Apr. 13 |
50 |
Diffraction
HW12 due
|
22 |
|
|
|
Th |
Apr.
14 |
51 |
|
22 |
|
|
14
|
M |
Apr. 18 |
53 |
practice exam
solutions |
|
|
|
|
Tu |
Apr. 19 |
54 |
Exam 3
solutions |
|
|
|
|
W |
Apr. 20 |
55 |
|
|
|
|
|
Th |
Apr. 21 |
56 |
HW13 due
|
|
|
| 15 |
M |
Apr 25 |
57 |
Special
topics |
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| Tu |
Apr 26 |
58 |
Special
topics |
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| W |
Apr 27 |
59 |
Special
topics |
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| Th |
Apr 28 |
60 |
Special
topics |
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| May
2-May 6 |
Final
Exams |
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