Homework assigments
Virtual Physics Laboratory Here you will find various
java physics
demonstration programs and I believe that playing with them can help you
understand better various concepts.
The programs cover many of the topics covered in Physics 121-122 and 123.
Yes, you can have a page of notes (not bigger than
a newspaper page though), but no textbooks, lecture,
tutorial or lab notes, no notebooks and no calculators with extensive memory,
where you can store formulas or text or pictures, are allowed. No limit on
the number of pens, pencils and erasers. You can also bring a slide rule
or a calculator.
First midterm, Friday, January 22, 12:30 pm in PAB A118.
Material covered: Chapters 27, 28 and 29.
Second midterm, Friday, February 12, 12:30 pm in PAB A118.
Material covered: Chapters 30, 31, 32 and 33 (but not RC-circuits)
and of course knowledge of the
prior material is assumed.
Third midterm, March 5-th, 12:30 pm in PAB A118.
Material covered: Chs. 33 (RC-circuits), 34, 35 and 36 and
of course knowledge of the
prior material is as usual assumed.
The Lab question in Exam 3 will concern the experiments on "RC circuits"
and "Inductance and RL circuits".
Final Exam, Thursday, March 18-th, 8:30-10:20 am, in PAB A118.
The final exam is comprehensive and it will cover all the topics listed in the
last version of the syllabus, namely, chapters 27-36, 38 and 15.
Exam regrade form. If you believe that the points on the
examination were incorrectly totaled or if there is a gross error in
the grading, you may return an exam for regrading. To do so, you must
resubmit the examination at the beginning of the lecture following the
one in which the exams are returned. Please download this form and
fill it up. Do not make any changes or marks on the original
examination. Portions of each examination are photocopied and will be
checked. You should be aware that any request for a regrade may result
in a regrading of the entire exam. Therefore your total score may
decrease.
Old exam problems with solutions. Please note that in different years
the material was covered at different paces and thus a specific old exam
you are looking at might contain material, which we did not cover
yet in class. Only the material covered prior to the exam week is
going to be included in any given exam. That includes the material
covered before a previous exam as well and, obviously, I shall assume that
you are still familiar with the material covered in Mechanics, Phys 121.
The final exam is comprehensive.
