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PHYSICS
111 Fall 2002 |
Instructor: Dr. Carroll
Alley/ Dr. Jordan Goodman
Announcements:
Final
Grades have been submitted. The distribution may be found here
The Grading scale is as follows with a class average of 70.
| 0 | 40 | 44 | 54 | 58 | 60 | 66 | 67 | 70 | 78 | 80 | 82 | 90 |
| F | D- | D | D+ | C- | C | C+ | B- | B | B+ | A- | A | A+ |
The
Final Exam and Solutions can be found here
The average on the final was 104/200.
Online Course evaluations -
Please fill out the online evaluation of this class.
(The
results are anonymous and I won't have access to them until after grades
are turned in).
Go to : www.webspace.umd.edu/Physics
You will need to login using
your University ID,
which is different from your social security number.
A link providing login instructions is provided on
the website.
Students
who complete all of their teacher and TA
evaluations will be entered into a drawing for a
$50 gift certificate to Barnes & Noble.
Exam
3 solutions are available
Exam 3 Score Distribution - Average was 70
How will final grades be assigned?
This is the season where everyone begins to wonder: how the professor will assign final letter grades? The way I do it is this: I will try and adjust the three exams so that they have approximately the same average. This way we can figure out which exam to drop. Then I will apply the formula listed below. Then I will make a plot of the grade distribution and look at it and make a preliminary guess at the grade cuts. Typically, I choose the B/C line at the class average. (Remember that getting average on all three exams, will put you slightly below average after one exam is dropped). Then I look at everyone's scores carefully that are around the lines and decide how to move the lines. The result of this process is the final lines and grades. I will (for the first time) use pluses and minuses, but they don't really count. (See UM policy).
Note: The average on exam 2 was 60 - 10 points below exam 1 . As a result, 10 points will be added when computing grades (and figuring out which exam to drop).
Quiz 2 grade distribution available here
First Hour Exam - Solutions and Grade Distribution Available Here
The in-class exercises are available : Exercise 1&2, 3
You may use the Java Applets we used in class yourself
Information about Dr. Goodman:
| Dr. Jordan Goodman |  |
| Office: room 1117 Physics (main Physics Office) | |
| Phone: 301-405-5946 | |
| Email: goodman@physics.umd.edu | |
| Research Area: Particle Astrophysics | |
| Dr. Almaz Mustafin | Mr. Felix Adusei |
| Room 4221 | Room 4221 |
| Office Hours: Tu, Th 1-2 | Office Hours: M, F 12:45-1:45 |
| Phone: 301-405-7279 | Phone: 301-405-7279 |
| Email: mustafin@wam.umd.edu | Email: fkadusei@wam.umd.edu |
Information about the course: (for complete syllabus click here)
TEXTBOOKS REQUIRED:
Physics, A World View, by Kirkpatrick and Wheeler, 4th Edition, Harcourt College
Publishers (2000).
Physics, A Numerical World View, by Kirkpatrick and Wheeler, 4th Edition,
Harcourt College Publishers (2000).
Knowledge and Wonder, by V.F. Weisskopf, 2nd Edition, MIT Press (1979).
(Out of print. Xerox copies will be distributed to students.)
Powers of Ten, by Philip & Phylis Morrison and the Office of Charles and
Ray Eames, Scientific American Library, 3rd printing, 1999.
TESTS:
Three (3) 50-minute tests will be given. It is required that you take each
test. Only for verifiable medical or other valid reasons will exceptions be
made. No make-up tests will be given.
FINAL
EXAMINATION:
The final exam is scheduled for Thursday, 19 December 2002, from 8:00 to 10:00
AM. The location will be announced. Please verify this schedule during the
last week of classes as it sometimes changes. In order to pass this course
you must take and pass the final examination.
Your course grade will be computed on the following basis:
30
points - Final exam.
35 points - Best two out of three tests.
25 points - Homework problem sets.
10 points - Quizzes.
Homework
Solutions
to the homework will be posted on this web site. Once they are available you
may view them by clicking on the assignment number. The solutions are posted
in PDF format. (If you don't have the Adobe Acrobat Reader it is available
for free) - 
| Current
Homework Assignments for the Week of December 9 |
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| Due | Assignment |
(Conceptual Questions & Exercises from Text - Physics, A World View) (Numerical Problems from Physics, Numerical World view) |
| Monday 12/9 | Chapter
8 in Physics, A World View, by Kirkpatrick and Wheeler: |
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Wednesday 12/11 |
Exam3 |
Exam 3 - Chapters 6-8 (see above description) |
| Friday 12/13 |
Review |
Review of Exam 3 and for Final Exam - Have questions to ask in class. |
| Homework
Assignments for the Week of December 2 |
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| Due | Assignment |
(Conceptual Questions & Exercises from Text - Physics, A World View) (Numerical Problems from Physics, Numerical World view) |
| Monday 12/2 | Chapter
7 in Physics, A World View by Kirkpatrick and Wheeler Chapter 7
in Physics, A Numerical World View, by Kirkpatrick and Wheeler:
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| Wednesday 12/4 |
Chapter
7 in Physics, A World View, by Kirkpatrick and Wheeler: Chapter 7
in Physics, A Numerical World View |
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| Friday 12/6 |
Chapter
7 in Physics, A Numerical World View Problems 20, 21, 22, 28, 29 Chapter
8 in Physics, A World View, by Kirkpatrick and Wheeler: Problems 4, 6, 15, 16 |
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Applets Used in Class (try them yourself)
Links to Interesting Physics Applets:
http://www.physics.umd.edu/courses/Phys111/goodman/java/phe/phe.htm
http://home.a-city.de/walter.fendt/phe/phe.htm
http://webphysics.ph.msstate.edu/jc/library/