Instructor:           Aurel Bulgac 

E-mail:                 bulgac@uw.edu  

Class:                   MTuThF 1:30-2:20 pm in PAA A118

                         

Office:                  PAB B-478

Office Hours:      ThF, 4:00-5:00 pm, PAB, B-478

TA:                       Wenjin Zhao

Office Hours:       Th 10:00 am-12:00 pm, Fri 3:00-4:00 pm,  Physics Study Center,  room AM008 

                               In this study room most of the time there are instructors and TA's present



Phys 1xx general course website 

 

Phys 116 Calendar, Autumn 2015


GoPost
  This is a discussion board for students only and it will not be monitored or moderated.


Clicker registration (available 10/10 5pm until 10/24 5 pm), clicker programing, and more clicker programing
, and types of clickers. You can use the clicker even if it is not registered yet.

Panopto    will be used to record lectures (both audio and slides), which can be reached also through Canvas. On Canvas, following the link Files you will also find pdf copies of the lectures slides, which I will try to post before lectures. You will be able to review/scan using  desktop/laptop/tablet/smartphone both the visual and the audio parts, following the link above to panopto. 

GradeBook 116


Webassign  (each week one more HW will be added.)


General Information

Two problems are endemic to physics intended for biology majors. The first is the method of learning. The biology majors are comfortable with memorizing and reproducing. They have not been trained to solve problems. They have a fantastic memory power, and there is no way to make use of it in a physics course. The second problem is an aggressive and obsessive quest for an A. I think the pathological anxiety about grades stands in the way of learning a difficult subject like physics.  (This is an observation of an instructor at a different institution, with whom I completely agree on this issue.)