Course Description:
This course is a general survey of physics: laws of motion, mechanical energy, work and wave phenomena.
Instructor: Professor Jim Chelikowsky
Office: ACE 4.324
Office Hours: MW 10-11 am and F 3 pm (or by appointment)
Phone: 232-9083 Email: jrc@ices.utexas.edu (email is better)
Teaching Assistant : Tom Mainiero (mainiero@physics.utexas.edu ), Office Hours: 3:30-5 p.m. on Wednesday, RLM 9.222.
Class Meeting:
Lectures: Tuesday, Thursday
3:30-5:00 p.m. in PAI 2.48
TA Sessions: Monday
4-5 pm (59005, ETC 2.102)
5-6 pm (59010, RLM 5.114)
7-8 pm (59015, RLM 5.118)
8-9 pm (59020, RLM 5.116)
Prerequisites: A very good high school physics course, Physics 306, or consent of the undergraduate advisor. Mathematics 408C, or 408K, and concurrent enrollment in 408L, and credit or registration for Physics 103M.
Text: Physics for Engineers and Scientists, third edition, H.C. Ohanian and J.T. Markert, (Norton, NY), 2007.
Evaluation:
4 Mid-Term Exams: 56 % (14 % each)
Final Exam: 28 %
Homework/quizzes 16 % (most likely just homework)
Exam schedule: All exams are from 7-8:30 p.m. Exam dates are on Wednesdays: September 16, October 14, November 11 and December 2. The exams will be held in WEL 1.316. The final exam will be held on Wednesday, December 9, 2:00–5:00 pm. The location of the final will be given later in the term. The final exam will be comprehensive; other midterm exams will focus on the most recent material covered.
Homework: Homework assignments will be made on weekly basis (more or less) using the QUEST system: https://quest.cns.utexas.edu. This system is web based and will allow you to work at your own pace, save the deadline for completion is absolute.
Exam policy:
There is normally no make-up offered for any mid-term exams. If you have a legitimate excuse for missing an exam, you must have permission from the instructor beforehand. Legitimately missed exams will be replaced by rescaling the final exam. For all exams, you can use a calculator and one page of notes.