SYLLABUS, PHYSICS 275, CLASSICAL PHYSICS LAB, FALL 2008.

Contact Information:

Teaching Assistant: Jean Walker, jpwalker@eden, ARC 223. Office hour: Wed 3:00-4:00.

Class Meetings (Serin 106):

Section 1: Tue 3:20-6:20; Thomson
Section 2: Wed 12:00-3:00; Thomson
Section 5: Mon 6:40-9:30; Walker
Section 6: Tue 6:40-9:30; Walker
Section 7: Thu 6:40-9:30; Walker

Course Policies:

• Where possible, students will work on experiments in pairs. Each student will do ten experiments in the semester. In many cases, the lab reports can be finished and handed in in class time. If not, they will be due one week after the data is collected.

• Lab reports will be graded on a 10 point scale. Late lab reports will lose one point per week of lateness.

• Each experiment will be set up for a Monday-Thursday period in one week, and only for that time. It will be each student's responsibility to collect his/her data in that time. In case of any problems the student should consult Prof. Thomson before the problem occurs.

• At the end of the semester a histogram of all the points earned by each student will be made, and the grade boundaries (A - B+, B+ - B, etc.) will be drawn to determine each student's letter grade.

Course Schedule: