Winter 2001
Instructor:
Aurel Bulgac
E-mail:
bulgac@phys.washington.edu
Class:
MTuThF, 2:30-3:20, PAB A102
Office:
PAB B478
Phone:
(206)685-2988
Office Hours: ThF 1:30-2:20
pm, PAB Study Center AM018 and by appointment.
TA:
Steven Burkhart
E-mail:
sjb@u.washington.edu
Office:
PAB B147
Phone:
(206)543-6108
Office Hours: TuWThF 3:30-4:20
pm, PAB Study Center AM018.
Course web page: http://faculty.washington.edu/bulgac/114/welcome.html
Textbook: Giancoli, Physics, 5th Edition.You might find the following link of interest and helpful: http://cw.prenhall.com/giancoli/
Homework assigment: You must have a
computer account for email and work. Your homework will be done on the
web using a web site called
http://www.webassign.net
Many items of interest will be put on the web in pdf format. This requires
your browser (Netscape or Internet Explorer) to have an Adobe Acrobat Reader
plugin. If your browser does not have that plugin you can download it here
.
You will be given a handout in class with instructions on how to use WebAssign
or you can click
here
for
a copy. When the homework is announced (usually each Friday) it will
appear in the syllabus below and at http://www.webassign.net
and the solutions will be posted after the due date (usually a week later)
in the syllabus below as links.
Exams: EXAMS
MAY NOT BE TAKEN LATE
There will be two one-hour mid
term exams and one final exam. Each hourly exam will consist of multiple-choice
questions and these will be machine graded. No partial credit will be given.
The exams are closed book, but you will be permitted to have one
8 1/2" x 11" sheet of notes to aid you. The final exam will be over all
the material covered during the quarter.
Grading:
Grading will be done on a curve with the class average being about 2.7. This will vary depending on the performance of the class as a whole. Approximately 5-10% of the class will receive 4.0.
Homework will count for 25% of the grade. Each hourly exam will also count for 25% of the grade, while the final two-hour exam will count for 50% of the grade. Thus the final exam score will be treated as two exams.Your score on each exam will be normalized so that each exam, regardless of the number of questions or the difficulty of the exam, will count the same. This score will be converted to an exam grade point (2.3, 3.2, etc.). At the end of the quarter, your lowest exam grade will be dropped and your course grade will be the average of the remaining three exam grades and the homework grade.
The instructor reserves the right
to modify this grading procedure in any way as long as no student receives
a course grade lower than one calculated by the method described above.
Tentative Syllabus