Department of
Physics
Spring 2012 Prof. Carter Hall Physics 273/273H
Title: PHYS 273/273H Introductory
Physics: Waves.
Oscillations and
AC circuits using complex variables, Fourier series and integrals, waves on
strings, sound; electromagnetic waves from Maxwell's equations in differential
form; physical optics.
Prerequisites:
PHYS272, and MATH241.
Instructor:
Prof. Carter Hall, Room
4211B, Phone: 5-6103, e-mail: crhall@umd.edu.
Office Hours:
I will not hold scheduled office hours, but you are free to drop by my office
at any time. To make sure that I'll be there when you come by, you can schedule
an appointment with me, either in person or via email.
Schedule:
Three meetings weekly: T,H.......
9:30 am - 10:45 am (PHYS 1201)
F...........9:00 am - 9:50 am
(CHEM 0115)
Required Texts: Vibrations and Waves, A.P. French, ISBN 0-393-09936-9.
(and possibly Introduction to Wave Phenomena, A. Hirose
and K. Lonngren, ISBN 1-57524-231-1.)
Website:
http://www.physics.umd.edu/courses/Phys273/Hall-Spring-2012/
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. Homework will be collected at the beginning of
class each Tuesday (except for exam weeks.) The homework 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. No make-up homework will be accepted, but the
lowest two homework grades will be dropped when your final grade is calculated.
Lecture:
Class time will be spent on a mixture of lecture material, lecture
demonstrations, and conceptual questions for group discussion.
Exams: We will have two in-class exam plus a final exam. The final exam will take place on Monday May 14, from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm in PHYS 1201.
Honors Section: 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. Each student will prepare
a presentation based on their project to be given to the other honors students
at the end of the semester. There may
also be additional homework questions for students enrolled in 273H.
Grading:
Phys273:
|
Two
in-class exams |
|
40%
|
|
Final
Exam |
|
30% |
|
Homework |
|
30% |
Phys273H
|
Two
in-class exams |
|
30%
|
|
Final
Exam |
|
25% |
|
Homework |
|
25% |
|
Honors
project |
|
20% |