General Physics II

To Physics Department

Instructors

Professor William Friedman, 5281 Chamberlin Hall, 262-3051, and Jo van den Brand, 1416 Sterling Hall, 262-9107.
Feel free to send Email to friedman@nucth.physics.wisc.edu and joelle@uwnuc3.physics.wisc.edu. Course info is posted to WWW page http://www.physics.wisc.edu/undergrads/courses/202/syllabus202.html .

Text

D. Halliday, R. Resnick, and J. Walker, Fundamentals of Physics, 5th edition.

Lab manual

Rollefson and Richards, Laboratory Experiments in General Physics, 1996 (or 97) edition.

Other materials

• Lab notebook spiral bound with cross-hatched ruling. Bring it to your first laboratory meeting.
• Calculator with trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions.

Lectures

1:20 pm and 2:25 pm T,R in 1300 Sterling Hall. Read the assigned material before lecture. Honors students must attend the 12:05 Friday Honors Lecture Series. Everyone is encouraged to attend. Contact Prof. Cox for more information.

Discussion sections

Your discussion section will be led by your Teaching Assistant (TA). Quizzes will be given in your discussion section and will count toward your grade.

Sections

Laboratory

Follow the "General Instructions" in the laboratory manual (pages 1-3). The experiments are to be written up during the laboratory period in the lab notebook. Do not take your lab notebook home except with permission of your instructor.YOU MUST COMPLETE 10 OF 11 LABORATORY ASSIGNMENTs TO RECEIVE COURSE CREDIT! You must arrange with you TA any laboratory make-up during the weeks indicated in the syllabus. During each laboratory make-up week, only those setups since the last makeup will be available.

Homework

Weekly homework problems and should be handed in at the first discussion section the following week. Late problem sets will not be accepted. Homework will count toward your grade. You may work with others on the homework, but do not simply copy someone's solutions. The solutions will be explained in your discussion section and placed on reserve in the Physics Library (4220 Chamberlin Hall).

Hour Exams

Hour Exams will be given at 7:15 pm on the following dates.

1. Monday September 29, Chapters 22-26
2. Monday October 27, Chapters 27-32
3. Monday November 17, Chapters 17,18,33-34.6
4. The exams will be closed-book, but you will be allowed one 8 1/2 x 11-inch sheet of notes. Solutions will be discussed and placed on reserve in the Physics Library (4220 Chamberlin Hall).(There will be no makeup exams.
   

Final Exam

The final exam will be at 5:05 pm on Sunday, December 14 . It will cover the entire course with equal weight. You will be allowed two 8 1/2 x 11-inch sheets of notes.

Grading

The course grade will consist of the following components

• hour exams 50 points
• Final exam 25 points
• Lab, HW, disc. 25 points

Lab, homework and discussion grades will be assigned by your TA and will be normalized to the distribution on the hour exams. The hour exam grade will be made up of 20%+20%+10%Ê(your worst exam will count least). Course grades will be assigned based on the total number of points accumulated.

Consultation Room

Room 2312 Sterling is staffed by TA's. See the schedule card on the door. You may ask questions of any of the TA's or come during the hours that your TA is there. You may also make an appointment with your TA at any mutually convenient time and place.

Complaints and Concerns

If you have a non-subject matter question or concern that cannot be resolved by your TA or professor, contact Jean Buehlman, Instructional Program Manager (afternoons in 2520 Sterling Hall, 262-2629).

General Advice

There is no substitute for confronting and solving problems.

Physics 202 Fall 1997Syllabus

Problems in Halliday, Resnick and Walker, Fundamentals of Physics, 5th edition. Labs in Rollefson and Richards, 1996 edition.