COURSE OUTLINE
Instructors:
Preliminary Requirements: A sign-up sheet should be completed in detail at the first meeting of the course. It will remain in a folder along with your completed quizzes and will be used to record your progress in the course. A math quiz should also be completed at the first meeting. It will test your math background in order to determine if it is adequate for the course. It will be checked by one of the instructors before you begin working on your first quiz. You can start your regular quizzes concurrently with the math quiz. You should keep the results of your math quiz in your folder to help you with future quizzes.
Quizzes: In order to complete a unit you must pass a quiz consisting of three questions on the material covered in that unit. The quizzes will be closed book but you can bring up to two pages of hand-written (no xerox copies or computer printout) formulas and figures. If you fail a quiz you should review the material and take the quiz again (the questions will in general be different) when you feel you are prepared. If you do not finish a quiz by the end of the class period, you will be given a different quiz the next time.
Class Times: The course meets four periods a week: T4Th4 (1:40 - 3:00PM) and T7Th7 (6:40 - 8:00 PM) in the ARC 333, on the Busch Campus. The first day of class will be Tuesday, Jan. 22 and the last day of class will be Thursday, May 1. To get an A in the course you must complete 10 quizzes by a week before the last day of class, i.e. on or before Thursday, Apr. 24, and pass an oral exam on or before Thursday, May 1.
Topics Covered : There are five basic topics covered in this course: classical mechanics and relativity (units CM1-4, W1, R1,R2), thermodynamics (T1-5), electromagnetism (E1-5, AC), and modern physics (QM1-5, NP, EP,SS). Most of these units can be taken only after other prerequisite units have been completed : for example NP, EP, and SS can be taken only after QM5, which in turn requires QM4, etc. Links to more information on the units can be found below. In 323 you must have completed quizzes in at least 2 topics as defined above, and in 323+324 four topics. In general you have to go up the ladder, one rung at a time, for a given topic, e.g. take E2 before E3. Exceptions can be made in consultation with the instructors.
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Announcements: Special announcements will be posted on the web.
Information for Students with Disabilities
Textbooks:
E.M Purcell,Electricity and Magnetism (Berkeley Physics Course, Vol 2, 2nd Ed.
R. Eisberg and R. Resnick, Quantum Mechaics of Atoms, Nuclei and Particles (2nd Ed.)
F. W. Sears and G.L. Salinger,Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory and Statistical Thermodynamics (3rd Ed.)
D Kleppner and R. Kolenkow, An Introduction to Mechanics
It is your responsibility to either purchase or ensure the availability of the textbooks you need for the units you will work on. Any additional material needed will be furnished by the instructors. Many other books and references which you might find helpful can be found in the Physics Library or LSM.