Department of
Physics
Spring 2009 Prof. Carter Hall Physics 272/272H
Title: PHYS 272/272H Introductory Physics: Fields: Second semester of a calculus based general
physics course. Universal gravitation, electric and magnetic
fields and potentials, simple circuits, Maxwell's equations in integral form.
Continues the application of mathematics to conceptual
models, now with more abstract components.
Instructor:
Prof. Carter Hall, Room
2220B, Phone: 5-6103, e-mail: crhall@umd.edu.
Office Hours:
By appointment. Also feel free to drop by my office. If I'm there, I'll be
happy to talk to you.
Grader: The
grader for the course is Dustin Biser,
dbiser@umd.edu.
Schedule:
Three meetings weekly: T,H.......
12:30 pm- 1:45 pm (PHYS 1402)
F...........12:00pm - 12:50 pm (PHYS
1201)
Required
Texts:
Physics
for Scientists and Engineers (4th Edition) by
Douglas C. Giancoli, ISBN 978-013-227559-0.
Additional Resources: You will need a WebAssign account (www.webassign.com) to turn in your
homework. WebAssign charges a $30 fee for their
service.
Website:
http://www.physics.umd.edu/courses/Phys272/Hall-Spring-2009/index.html
Homework:
The homework assignment will be posted on
the course website each Thursday. It is the student's responsibility to
check the website for the assignment each week.
The homework assignment will consist of
two parts:
1)
Webassign: The first part of the homework
assignment will be graded using WebAssign
(www.webassign.com), a web-based homework utility. Each student will need to
purchase an account from WebAssign for $15.45. The
WebAssign homework will be due each Tuesday morning
at 5 AM, except for the first assignment, which is due Thursday, January 29th
(second day of class).
2)
Handwritten: Additional homework
problems will be posted on the course website each
week, and students will turn in handwritten solutions to these problem. The
instructor will randomly choose several of these problems for grading. The handwritten problems will be graded on a
scale from zero to three: three points if completely correct, two points if
mostly correct, one point if mostly incorrect, zero points for entirely
incorrect or no answer.
The homework grade will be divided 50/50
between the WebAssign portion and the handwritten
portion. No make-up homework will be accepted, but the lowest two homework
grades will be dropped when your final grade is calculated.
WebAssign Instructions:
Detailed instructions for using Webassign are posted on the course website: http://www.physics.umd.edu/courses/Phys272/Hall-Spring-2009/
If you have used Webassign
before, you can re-use your existing username and password. Otherwise, you will
need to create an account.
To enroll in Phys272, you will need this
class key: umd 4001 3021
The charge for using Webassign
is $15.45. You can pay this charge online with a credit card, or by purchasing
an access code at the University Bookstore.
There is a grace period of two weeks, during which you can use Webassign without paying. After the grace period, your
access to Webassign will be blocked until you pay the
charge.
The first Webassign
homework assignment is due on the second day of class, Thursday, January 28th.
Pre-lecture
reading assignment and reading quizzes:
You are expected to do the reading
assignment from the textbook before each class. The assignment for each class is listed in the
class schedule and on the course website.
To encourage you to do the reading, we will
have occasional pop quizzes at the beginning of class. The quizzes should
be easy if you have done the reading assignment. They will be collected ten
minutes after class begins. The quiz will be available for pick-up five minutes
before class starts. No make-up quizzes will be offered, but your lowest quiz
grade will be dropped.
Lecture:
Class time will be spent on a mixture of
lecture material, lecture demonstrations, and multiple-choice conceptual
questions which students will discuss with each other and the instructor. Note
that we do not have enough time to cover all of material during class.
Nevertheless, students will be responsible for all of the material in the
reading, whether it is discussed in class or not.
Exams:
We will have three in-class exam plus a final exam. The final exam will take place on Tuesday May 19, from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm in PHYS 1402.
Honors
Section:
Honors students will be required to
complete the 272 homework plus additional 272H homework problems. There may
also be additional exam questions for students enrolled in 272H.
Honors students will also complete an
honors project, to be approved by the instructor. Honors students will meet
with the each other and the instructor once a month to discuss the status of
their projects. The first meeting will take place the first week of the
semester. Each student will prepare a presentation based on their project to be
given to the other honors students at the end of the semester.
Dropping
the Course:
Note: the last day to drop without a “W”
is February 6. The last day to drop with
a "W" is April 10.
Grading:
Phys272:
|
Three
in-class exams |
|
40%
|
|
Final
Exam |
|
20% |
|
Reading
Quizzes |
|
20% |
|
Homework |
|
20% |
Phys272H
|
Three
in-class exams |
|
30%
|
|
Final
Exam |
|
15% |
|
Reading
Quizzes |
|
15% |
|
Homework |
|
20% |
|
Honors
project |
|
20% |