Syllabus for PHY294H,
Fall 2007
Lecturer: Prof.
Joey Huston email:
huston@msu.edu
(preferred method of communication)
Office:
3230 BPS
Phone:
355-9200 X2124
Office
hours: 10-11 AM Monday thru Thurs or by arrangement
Some
lectures will be given by Prof. Dan Stump (stump@msu.edu).
Course website: www.pa.msu.edu/~huston/phy294h/index.html
·
A copy of
this syllabus will be available on the
website. Any changes/additions to the syllabus will be noted there. In
addition, at the end of every week, copies of the week’s lectures will
be
placed on the website. Solutions to homework, exams, and quizzes will
also be
available.
Lectures:
·
Mon,
Tues, Wed,
Thurs,9:10-10:00, room 1420 BPS
(see Course Schedule). Attendance is required.
Required
Textbook: Physics for
Scientists and
Engineers Vols 3 and 4, Randall D. Knight
(available from SBS). There
is a student workbook included
with your copy of Knight Vols. 3 and 4. In addition, you will have
access to two
websites: Mastering Physics( www.masteringphysics.com
), a Socratic tutoring system and ActivPhysics OnLine (www.aw-bc.com/knight), with
lots of neat
applets, simulations, etc. I recommend making use of both.
Course Topics:
·
Course
covers the
topics shown in the Course Schedule
(on the next page).
Homework (HW):
·
There are
13 homework
assignments as indicated in the Course Schedule. Each assignment will consist of approximately 10-15 problems, mostly
through LON-CAPA, but there will also be some
(more challenging) problems to
be hand-graded. The homework will count approximately 15%
of the grade.
·
Unannounced
In-class
Quizzes: Based on lecture,
reading,
and/or homework, quiz questions (multiple-choice, 5 points each) may be
asked
at any time during class. Approximately 10% of the grade (~ 70 points)
will be
determined by these quizzes. Your worst quiz during the term will not
count. If
you miss a quiz for any
reason, you will have used up your one worst quiz. After that, only one additional quiz can be excused (see
below) during
the semester. There are no make-ups for missed quizzes.
·
Three 50-minute
exams (120 points each)
will be
given in lecture on the dates indicated in the Course Schedule. Each
exam
covers the chapters indicated. There will be no make-ups for the
50-minute
exams.
·
There is
a 2 hr. final
exam (for a total of 240 points); see Course Schedule.
·
Documented
medical (or
other) excuses for ONLY one exam
and one quiz. Your
score for the
excused exam or quiz will be based on your performance on the exams
(other
midterms & final) or on other quizzes, respectively. You must send me an email within 48 hours of
missing the exam or quiz.
·
The mean
point score
(out of ~840 points) will receive at least a 3.0. 45% of the grade will
be
based on the 3 hourly exams, 30% on the final exam, ~15% on the
homework and
~10% on the in-class quizzes.
PHY294H
Schedule
Fall
2006
|
W |
D |
Date |
L |
Title |
HW, Due |
Read Ch. |
|
1 |
M |
Aug. 27 |
1 |
Electric
charge |
|
25 |
|
|
T |
Aug. 28 |
2 |
Coulomb’s law |
|
25 |
|
|
W |
Aug. 29 |
3 |
Fields |
|
25 |
|
|
Th |
Aug. 30 |
4 |
Electric Field |
|
26 |
|
2 |
M |
Sep. 3 |
|
Labor Day |
|
|
|
|
T |
Sep. 4 |
5 |
Electric Field |
|
26 |
|
|
W |
Sep. 5 |
6 |
Electric Field |
|
26 |
|
|
Th |
Sep. 6 |
7 |
Electtric
Field |
|
26 |
|
3 |
M |
Sep. 10 |
8 |
Gauss’ Law |
HW 1 due |
27 |
|
|
T |
Sep. 11 |
9 |
Gauss’ Law |
|
27 |
|
|
W |
Sep. 12 |
10 |
Gauss’ Law |
|
27 |
|
|
Th |
Sep. 13 |
11 |
Current |
|
28 |
|
5 |
M |
Sep. 17 |
12 |
Batteries |
HW 2 due |
28 |
|
|
T |
Sep. 18 |
13 |
Conductivity |
|
28 |
|
|
W |
Sep. 19 |
14 |
Electric Potential
|
|
29 |
|
|
Th |
Sep. 20 |
15 |
Electric
Potential |
|
29 |
|
6 |
M |
Sep. 24 |
16 |
Electric
Potential |
HW 3 due |
29 |
|
|
T |
Sep. 25 |
17 |
Potential and
Field |
|
30 |
|
|
W |
Sep. 26 |
18 |
Potential and
current |
|
30 |
|
|
Th |
Sep. 27 |
19 |
Exam 1
(Chapters 25-29) |
|
|
|
7 |
M |
Oct. 1 |
20 |
Capacitors |
HW 4 due |
30 |
|
|
T |
Oct. 2 |
21 |
Resistors and
Ohm’s law |
|
31 |
|
|
W |
Oct. 3 |
22 |
Circuits |
|
31 |
|
|
Th |
Oct. 4 |
23 |
RC Circuits |
|
31 |
|
8 |
M |
Oct. 8 |
24 |
Magnetic Field
|
HW 5 due |
32 |
|
|
T |
Oct. 9 |
25 |
Magnetic
Field of Current |
|
32 |
|
|
W |
Oct. 10 |
26 |
Ampere’s Law |
|
32 |
|
|
Th |
Oct. 11 |
27 |
Magnetic
Forces |
|
32 |
|
9 |
M |
Oct. 15 |
28 |
Induction |
HW 6 due |
33 |
|
|
T |
Oct. 16 |
29 |
Magnetic Flux |
|
33 |
|
|
W |
Oct. 17 |
30 |
Faraday’s Law
|
|
33 |
|
|
Th |
Oct. 18 |
31 |
EM Fields and
Waves |
|
34 |
|
10 |
M |
Oct. 22 |
32 |
EM Fields and
Waves |
HW 7 due |
34 |
|
|
T |
Oct. 23 |
33 |
Maxwell’s
Equations |
|
34 |
|
|
W |
Oct. 24 |
34 |
AC Circuits |
|
35 |
|
|
Th |
Oct. 25 |
35 |
AC Circuits |
|
35 |
|
11 |
M |
Oct. 29 |
36 |
AC Circuits |
HW 8 due |
35 |
|
|
T |
Oct. 30 |
37 |
Relativity |
|
36 |
|
|
W |
Oct. 31 |
38 |
Relativity |
|
36 |
|
|
Th |
Nov. 1 |
39 |
Exam 2
(Chapters 30-35) |
|
|
|
15 |
M |
Nov. 5 |
40 |
Relativity |
HW 9 due |
36 |
|
|
T |
Nov. 6 |
41 |
Relativity |
|
36 |
|
|
W |
Nov. 7 |
42 |
Light
|
|
23 |
|
|
Th |
Nov. 8 |
43 |
Mirrors |
|
23 |
|
16 |
M |
Nov. 12 |
44 |
Lenses |
HW 10 due |
23 |
|
|
T |
Nov. 13 |
45 |
Optical
Instruments |
|
23 |
|
|
W |
Nov. 14 |
46 |
Wave model of
light |
|
22 |
|
|
Th |
Nov. 15 |
47 |
Interference |
|
22 |
|
17 |
M |
Nov. 19 |
48 |
Interference |
HW 11 due |
22 |
|
|
T |
Nov. 20 |
49 |
Diffraction |
|
22 |
|
|
W |
Nov. 21 |
50
|
Diffraction |
|
22 |
|
|
Th |
Nov. 22 |
|
Thanksgiving |
|
|
|
18 |
M |
Nov. 26 |
51 |
Modern optics
and matter waves |
HW 12 due |
24 |
|
|
T |
Nov. 27 |
52 |
Modern optics
and matter waves |
|
24 |
|
|
W |
Nov. 28 |
53 |
Modern optics
and matter waves |
|
24 |
|
|
Th |
Nov. 29 |
54 |
Exam 3
(Chapters 36,22-24) |
|
|
|
19 |
M |
Dec. 3 |
55 |
Special
topics/review |
HW 13 due |
|
|
|
T |
Dec. 4 |
56 |
Special
topics/review |
|
|
|
|
W |
Dec. 5 |
57 |
Special
topics/review |
|
|
|
|
Th |
Dec. 6 |
58 |
Review |
|
|