Physics 116 A, Autumn, 2011

---

---

<--- See sidebar for links to general info, syllabus, and other topics.

Items marked  have been updated recently - read again!

---

Announcements:

  Course grades are posted on Catalyst Gradebook
Your course grade was based on the sum of :

• best 2 of 3 midterm exams, rescaled* (max 200 pts),
• best 6 of 8 homework scores (max 95 pts),
• best 6 of 12 clicker quiz scores (max 18 pts)
• final exam score** (max 100 pts)

Maximum total score: 413 pts
* original exam scores were rescaled, to make all 3 midterm exams have approximately equal score distributions. This way, it does not matter which exam you missed, if you missed one exam. Your rescaled scores preserve your relative rank in the class for each exam, and if you got 100, your rescaled score is 100.
** If you missed the final exam, you will get an I (incomplete) grade, and must take the PHYS 116 final exam at the end of next term; I will recalculate your final grade then. If you do not clear the incomplete next term, you will get the final grade shown now on Gradebook, reflecting a zero score for the final exam.

  Final Exam solutions are posted in the slides directory.
  Final exam scores are posted on Webassign

The Royal Society (UK) has made its archived journals freely open to the public.
Take a look at Isaac Newton's 1671 paper on his experiments with solar spectra using prisms. (Yes, that's right: the pdf file says "(c) 1671" ! )

    Help line for Webassign tech problems (NOT physics questions!): call 1-800-955-8275 and press 1 to get a student call assistant, who can work with you one-on-one to resolve any problems operating WebAssign.

  Please check the UW main home page before setting out for campus any time there is any question of UW being closed. Unless there is an official closure by noon, our class (and exams, quizzes!) will take place normally.

 Office hours:

JW: Monday and Friday, 2:30-3:00pm office (B303)
    (note: changed from earlier posting on website)
Kyle Armour (TA): T 3:30-4:30 office (B442), W 2:30-3:30 in the study center, Th 10:30-11:30 B442 (note change from 11:30!)