Physics 111
Text: Randall Knight, Physics for Scientists & Engineers
Laboratory text: Introductory
Laboratory Physics (tan cover).
Instructor: Maarij Syed
(MMS) Office: DL107/108
Phone/Mail: 8957 /
Office Hours: 6th period every day except Wednesday.
Grade Details:
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Homework |
I
will give you a list of problems every week
[8 %] (solutions in the
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|
Quiz |
Unannounced,
once or twice a week. [15 %] |
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Exams |
3
class exams
[42 %] |
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Labs |
I
will receive your lab grade from your lab instructor. Incomplete or failing lab grade will result in a failing grade for the whole course. [15 %] |
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Final |
Common
final exam (comprehensive).
[20 %] |
*Exams (tentative details):
Exam 1: Chapters 1,
2, 3, and 4 (week 3).
Exam 2: Chapters 5, 6, 12, 22, and
28 (week 6/7).
Exam 3: Chapters 6,
7, and 8 (week 9/10).
You can not make up missed quizzes and exams without a
legitimate excuse. If you can not make
it to an exam or a quiz due to exceptional circumstances, please let me know
well in advance (at least a week).
Employing unfair means (cheating) during a quiz or an
exam will result in a course grade of "F" (among other things). Please refer to the rules and regulations
listed in RHIT Academic Rules and Procedure Manual.
Please refrain from tobacco use, web surfing, e-mail
correspondence and other non-class-related computer activities during class.
If you are having problems with the subject matter,
please discuss these problems (general or specific) with me at the earliest
available opportunity. Please do not wait till the second or
third exam.
In-class activities will primarily be simple
demonstrations/experiments that will help illustrate the principles that we
study in class. Sometimes you will work
in groups of three or four but you will still be responsible for maintaining an
individual portfolio (informal). I will
collect the portfolios twice or thrice during the term. Every entry in your
portfolio has to have an abstract (one paragraph) and a conclusion (one
paragraph) in addition to the necessary data and analysis for a given activity.
Loose pages are not acceptable.
Please get a thin binder for your portfolio and make sure that all the pages
are secure.
We will also carry out four more detailed
experiments. For these you will work in
groups of two and only one formal
report per group will suffice. These groups will be established on the day of
our first lab and will be considered permanent for the remainder of the term.
These formal reports are to be written in your (or your partner’s) lab book.
Syllabus