Instructor: Professor Daniel Kim-Shapiro, Phone: 758-4993, Office: 302 Olin,
e-mail:shapiro@wfu.edu, http://www.wfu.edu/~shapiro/
Office hours: MWF 2-4 PM , By appointment.
Text: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, by Serway, 4th edition
Optional Software: Interactive Physics
Look here for homework assignments.
Grades will be available through this.
Grading:
3 hour exams* ..........................................................45%
Final Exam................................................................30 %
Problem Sets............................................................10%
Laboratory work.......................................................10%
Warm-UP Exercises ...................................................5%
Class Participation....................................Up to 2% extra credit
Emphasis in grading will be placed on how each problem is solved. All work showing how the solution was obtained must be shown. An answer with the correct answer but poor method is inferior to one with the wrong answer but good method.
*Students will be allowed to drop the lowest of three scores obtained for the hour exams.
The lowest score on a problem set will also be dropped. Problem sets will generally be assigned on a weekly basis and the students will have one week to complete them. Students may help each other on problem sets but each student must write their own solution to each problem.
Students must complete the laboratory part of this course to receive credit. The labs will begin January 20. Laboratory manuals may be purchased at the Bookstore for 6.75 dollars.
Warm-up exercises are to be completed and handed in by 7:00 AM on the day of each class. They will be available by noon each class day. You must have done the reading to perform the Warm-up exercise. You are not allowed to get help on the Warm-up exercises. The warm-ups will be graded according to the number completed. If all of them are completed, that is worth five points. Submission of a warm-up exercise without having done the reading (as evidenced by nonsensical answers) is cheating and hence an honor code violation.
Hour Exams: February 9, March 18, April 22; Final Exam: May 4 (9 AM)