PHY 232 Section 002 (3:00-3:50PM) -- Spring 2008

  • homework and exam schedule

  • LON-CAPA

  • PowerPoint Slides from lecture. Note, Lectures are "live:" not all of the PowerPoint slides are actually shown in lecture, and only a little of what is done in lecture is recorded in the slides!
    Chapter 15 (pdf)     Chapter 16 (pdf)     Chapter 17 (pdf)     Chapter 18 (pdf)    

  • Final Exam Thursday May 1, 8:00-10:00pm, in our regular lecture room
    Four "cheat-sheets" allowed (e.g., one from each hour exam + one for new material)

  • ClickerScores

  • Scores

    • rateyourclass.msu.edu (Between now and May 2)
    soct.msu.edu (Results: Student's Opinion of Courses and Teaching)

  • Right Hand Rule

    • Lecture Notes from Spring 2001 (You can use these as a supplementary resource; to obtain a quick overview of the topics; or you can just ignore them entirely.)

    Instructor

    Prof. Jon Pumplin
    e-mail:  pumplin@pa.msu.edu
    Office:  3240 BPS   phone: 355-9200 ext. 2126
    Office hours:  Tuesday 4:00-5:00PM BPS 1248.
    This web page:  http://www.pa.msu.edu/~pumplin/phy232

    Teaching assistants

    Pampa Devi (devipamp@msu.edu)
    Zsolt Rak (rakzsolt@msu.edu)
    Daniel Bruder (bruderda@msu.edu)

    Course Description

    Electricity and magnetism; geometric and wave optics; special relativity; quantum mechanics; atomic and nuclear physics.

    Prerequisites

    PHY 231 or PHY 231B or PHY 181B or PHY 183 or PHY 183B or LBS 271 or PHY 193H or PHY 231C.

    Class Hours

    Room BPS 1410 -- Monday, Wednesday, Friday
    Section 002: 3:00-3:50PM

    Helproom Hours

    BPS 1248.
    Tuesday 9:00AM-9:00PM, Wednesday 9:00AM-9:00 PM.

    Honors Option

    Students in Honors College can do an honors option project by working in the help room for 2 hours each week, helping their classmates with their homework. A 3.0 final grade or higher must also be achieved in the class.

    Exam Information

    Exam #1: Feb 01, Fr, BPS 1410, lecture hour.
    Exam #2: Mar 14, Fr, BPS 1410, lecture hour.
    Exam #3: Apr 11, Fr, BPS 1410, lecture hour.
    Final Exam: May 1st, Thursday, 8:00-10:00 PM. Location: TBA.

    Grading Information

    Percent weights and scores: Clicker questions: 8%. Correct answer: 3 points. Incorrect answer: 1 point. Not present: zero point.
    Homework: 16%. Every homework question is worth 1 point. Some of the problems have multiple parts.
    Midterm exams: 16% each, 3 x 16% = 48% all three. Maximum score on each midterm: 50 points. The midterm exams will have correction exams as a homework. 30% of the positive difference between the correction exam and the in-class exam will be added to your in-class exam score as bonus.
    Final Exam: 32%. Maximum score on the final: 100 points. The final exam will not have correction.
    The percent weights add up to 104%.

    Grading scale:
    4.0 >= 91%,
    3.5 >= 83%,
    3.0 >= 75%,
    2.5 >= 67%,
    2.0 >= 59%,
    1.5 >= 51%,
    1.0 >= 43%,
    0.0 < 43%.

    This grading scale might be lowered, but it will not be raised.

    Textbook

    Serway, Faughn: College Physics, Vol. 2, MSU paperback edition (equivalent to the 7th edition) with H-ITT clicker. (The official hardcover 8th, 7th, 6th or 5th editions are also fine.)