The 3-credit Virtual University
courses PHY231C
and PHY232C
offer the same subject matter as the lecture-based PHY231
and PHY232 courses. For PHY231C/232C all materials (lecture
notes, solved examples, video clips of lecture
demonstrations, and interactive exercises in the form of
Java applets) are delivered via computer and the Internet.
Sections for on-campus and off-campus students are
available. Access to a computer with at least a modem
connection and a WWW-browser is required; on-campus students
may use any of MSU's computer laboratories to access the
class. No specific prior knowledge of computers or
programming is assumed. Interaction with the professor and
the teaching assistants takes place via email, a virtual
help room/chat room, and a physical help room, 1248 BPS,
which is open during convenient afternoon and evening
hours. The grade is determined via weekly interactive
computer-graded homework assignments, as well as two
midterms and a final exam. All of the exams are
computer-graded multiple-choice exams. For off-campus students,
exams will be faxed to a suitable proctor. Practice exams are
provided.

More Information and
Web-Pages:
Undergraduate Program Director
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-2320
Telephone: (517) 355 9200 ext. 2030
Email: stump@pa.msu.edu