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Physics 227, Fall, 2007COURSE INFORMATION AND REQUIREMENTSStudents registered for this course are assumed to have read
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understood
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Textbook:Required: Young and
Freedman, University Physics
Volume 2, 12th Edition, Pearson/Addison Wesley, San
Francisco, 2007. (If you are continuing onto Physics
228,
then you may consider buying the combination of Volume 2 and Volume 3
together. Although bulkier, it will be cheaper). |
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Registration ProblemsStudents with registration questions or problems are urged to consult Ms. Sotory in Serin Lab, Room 201W, or call her at 445-2511. |
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Analytical Physics Lab
Course 229 A parallel lab course Analytical Physics 229 will be provided. The lab course will start on the week of 10 Sept. For more information visit the website. |
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LecturesLectures will be given in the Physics Lecture Hall (correctly labeled on map). Monday-1 Thursday-1, 8:55-9:50
The two Monday lectures are equivalent, as are the two Thursday
lectures. As long as there is adequate room,
you may attend either Monday lecture, and either Thursday
lecture, regardless of which you are officially registered for, but
this will change if the room becomes overcrowded. You are expected to
arrive on time for the beginning and stay through the end of the
lecture, and you are responsible for being aware of any
information given out at the lectures.
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Recitations, Homework, and QuizzesYour registration for this course includes an assignment to a recitation section. All recitation sections meeting once per week (either Tuesday or Wednesday), starting on Tuesday, Sept. 12th. There will be computer-based homework assignments each week
using Mastering Physics.
The Mastering Physics course ID for Fall 2007 is RABEFALL07. Currently the
deadline each week is set at 10:00 PM on Monday nights,
though we encourage you to complete the assignment before the weekend.
Certainly you should have looked at the problems before your
recitation section, so you are prepared to ask questions and
understand the discussion. If you buy a new copy of the text, a license for Mastering Physics should be included. If you acquired a license last year (in 115-116) it should still be valid. Otherwise you will need to buy a license. For more information see the homework link. Your course grade is based partly on these weekly homeworks. There will be 13 weekly assignments. To allow for possible excused missed assignments, we will drop the two lowest homework grades. There will be no other makeups on the homework. You must attend the recitations for which you are registered. You are not permitted to attend any other recitation meeting unless you obtain permission from the instructors of BOTH recitations. However, this must not become habitual without officially registering for the alternate section. A short quiz based on material covered will be given each
week. Your recitation grade will be based on your performance on the
quizzes and your activity in recitation. You are strongly
encouraged to participate in the discussion of problems and ask
questions about aspects that you have not completely mastered.
Each week's score will be of a maximum of 15 points, and the lowest
two scores (of 12) will be discarded. This should cover any excused
absenses, so there will be no makeup quizzes or recitations. |
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Instructor Office HoursTop
A key component of learning is one-on-one interaction with
your
instructor. This is your chance to ask questions and get valuable
tutorial instruction. Your instructor will be available once per week
at an office hour posted on the instructors
page. If it is not possible for you to attend that office hour, or
just want additional help, you may attend the office hour of any other
instructor. Often it is also possible to arrange a special session by
email or
phone, also. Don't be afraid! The instructors are there to help you! |
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ExaminationsTop
The table gives times and locations for the two 80-minute common hour (CH) examinations and the three-hour final examination in this course. The CH exams will be conducted in three locations, and students are assigned to locations alphabetically according to family name. A label with your name on it will be pasted on one of the several versions of the exam and sent to the appropriate location. If you go to the wrong location, you will not find your exam. All exams will be closed-book. The questions will all be multiple choice. For the midterms, you may bring with you a single "formula sheet", one and only one 8.5 x 11 inch sheet of paper (OK to use both sides) on which you may write any formulae or notes that might be helpful to you during the exam. Information on the sheets must be handwritten (not duplicated or printed) and have no attachments. For the final, you may bring two such "formula sheets". The numerical values of relevant constants will be provided to you. You should certainly bring a calculator to the exams, as well as #2 pencils for the computer forms. To help you in studying for exams, the MSLC offers free
one-on-one
tutoring and copies of exams given in this course in the last three
years, along with solutions to those exams. In addition, you can
consult any of the course instructors either during their
office hours or by appointment or by email. |
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Makeup ExamsA makeup exam will be given after each common hour exam and
the
final, at a different time so as to avoid weekly conflicts. This
exam will be of equivalent difficulty and content as the regular
exam. In order to take the makeup exam, you will need a note
from the Dean's Office documenting the reason for your absence and
requesting Prof. Rabe to allow you to take the makeup exam. This
policy will be enforced with no
exceptions. The
Dean's Office has a form to fill out in the case of a conflict with
another class or exam. |
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GradesTop
Your
recitation instructor will
assign your final grade, and may take into account factors like your
class participation and your improvement (or deterioration) during the
term. |
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Academic IntegrityTopPlease review the Rutgers Policy on Academic Integrity for Undergraduate and Graduate Students. As this document makes clear, cheating can take many forms, none of which are acceptable. This includes (but is not limited to):
However, we do ecourage certain activities, such as
Ultimately, cheating in any form will not work in your favor:
you
will not learn the material for yourself. This can only have a
deleterious effect on your own future performance prospects in other
classes and in the world at large. Also, if you have any sort of
conscience, you will live with the knowledge that you cheated the rest
of your life. Maybe you will feel that you have "beaten the
system" but you have only degraded yourself. Don't do it! |
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Piers Coleman (coleman@physics.rutgers.edu) Last modified: Wed Sep 5 16:39:21 EDT 2007 |