PH 213 Syllabus

Winter 2008

 

 

Instructor: David Bannon  Office: Weniger 411  Phone: 737-8962  email: bannond@physics.oregonstate.edu

Office Hours: MTuWTh from 1:00 to 3:00 PM

 

 

 

WEEK    DATE     TOPIC                                   READING             PROBLEMS                                         LABORATORY 

 

01            Jan 07     Introduction                                                                                                                          No Lab

                Jan 09     Electric Force                        21.1-5                      2, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20

                Jan 11                                                     21.6-7                      24, 25, 34, 38, 40, 42, 47

 

02            Jan 14                                                     21.8-10                    48, 54, 56, 84, 87                                    Electric Charge and Force

                Jan 16                                                     22.1-3                      1, 4, 5, 8, 27, 40

                Jan 18     Electric Potential Energy     23.1-3                      4, 11, 24, 27

 

03            Jan 21     MLK Holiday                                                                                                                        Electric Field

                Jan 23                                                     23.4-5                      30, 31, 32

                Jan 25                                                     23.7                         46, 47, 70, 75

 

04            Jan 28     DC Circuits                            24.1-4                      1, 6, 20, 23, 24, 43, 82                            Electric Potential

                Jan 30                                                     25.1-3                      1, 2, 8, 9

                Feb 01                                                    25.4-6                      28, 37, 39, 75

                               

05            Feb 04                                                    26.1-3                      1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 16, 23                                DC Circuits I

                Feb 06    Review (Ch. 21-25)

                Feb 06    EXAM, Ch. 21-25

                Feb 08                                                    26.4-5                      41, 42, 43, 73

 

06            Feb 11    Magnetism                            27.1-4                      2, 9, 13, 14, 19, 22, 24                            DC Circuits II

                Feb 13                                                    27.9                         49, 52

                Feb 15                                                    28.1-3                      2, 7, 10, 14, 15                       

 

07            Feb 18                                                    28.4-5                      21                                                            Magnetic Force

                Feb 20                                                    28.6                         30, 31, 36, 37, 56

                Feb 22    Induction                               29.1-4                      3, 6, 7, 14, 16, 19, 25, 26, 30                 

 

08            Feb 25                                                    29.6-7                      42, 43                                                      Magnetism and Current

                Feb 27    Review (Ch. 26-29)

                Feb 27    EXAM, Ch. 26-29

                Feb 29                                                    30.1-3                      6, 10, 14, 18

 

09            Mar 03                                                    30.4-6                      25, 26, 31, 32, 33, 35, 38                        Induction

                Mar 05    EM Waves                            32.1-3                      5, 7

                Mar 07                                                    32.4-5                      8, 11

 

10            Mar 10                                                    32.6                         12, 14, 16                                                Make-Up Week

                Mar 12                                                    32.7-8                      25, 42, 44

                Mar 14    Review for Final (Ch. 21-30 and 32)

 

 

FINAL EXAM: Wednesday, March 19th, from 8:00 to 9:50 PM

 

Website:  http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~bannond/COURSES/ph213/

 

Solutions to the assigned problems are available on the web.

 

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR PH 213

 

Prerequisites: MTH 111, MTH 112, MTH 251, MTH 252, PH 211 and PH 212. The most important mathematical skills that you will need for this course are solving simultaneous equations, vector analysis, derivatives and integrals. You are advised to review the material from these courses at your earliest convenience.

 

Texts: Required: Physics for Scientists and Engineers (3rd edition) by Giancoli (Prentice Hall, 2000) and PH 213 Lab Manual. Optional: Brandt, Student Solutions Manual and Study Guide. All are available at the OSU bookstore.

 

Personal Response System: Lecture is interactive. All students are required to have and to bring to class a Personal Response System (PRS). Your OSU account will be charged a $10 fee for the use of the PRS per term. If the PRS unit is not returned by the end of finals week in good working order, then an additional $40 will be charged to your account.

 

Calculators: You will need a calculator for lecture, recitation, lab and exams. Graphing calculators (i.e. those with a solver feature and/or graphing window) and laptop or palmtop computers may not be used for exams. You should have a "scientific" calculator that has trigonometric, logarithmic and exponential functions. If you want to know whether or not your calculator is acceptable or not for exams, then consult the instructor well before the first exam.

 

Problem Assignments: The assigned problems on the first page of this document are intended as a minimum set for you to master. Solutions are posted on the course website. It is recommended that you do as many problems at the end of each chapter as possible. Practice is the best way to prepare for exams.

 

PRS Participation: During each lecture, except for the first week and review days, there will be a reading quiz to see if you have done the reading, conceptual questions and practice problems. Correct answers will be awarded two points each. Incorrect answers will be awarded one point each.

 

Laboratory: Original work is required. Read the lab instructions and answer the pre-lab questions BEFORE coming to lab. Lab reports are due by the end of the lab period. You must attend all labs and pass all of them in order to pass the course. If you miss a lab, then try to make it up that week. If you can't, then there will be a make-up week at the end of the term. You can make up at most two labs during the last week. You cannot pass the course unless you pass all of the labs.

 

Help Room: Physics TAs will hold their office hours in the Help Room, Weniger 145. A schedule is posted on the door of the room. You are also welcome to stop by the instructor's office for help at any time.

 

Recitation: It is strongly recommended that you take the recitation. Statistics indicate that students earn a better grade in the lecture course if they take and pass the recitation. The recitation grade will be based on one homework problem assigned at the end of each session. The solution to each problem must be submitted within one week of being assigned.

 

Exams: There will be two midterms and a final. The final will be comprehensive, i.e. it will cover the entire course. Midterms will be from 7:30 to 8:50 PM on the dates shown in the course outline. The final will be on Wednesday, March 19th from 8:00 to 9:50 PM. Exams are closed book, but a sheet of formulas will be provided. Please arrive to the exam room five to ten minutes early and bring your student ID card, several #2 pencils and an approved calculator.

 

Exam Grading: The TAs will grade the exams. (Lots of) partial credit will be given according to the following formula: a good translation of the word problem from english into mathematical equations, including a diagram = one-third of the points, identification of the relevant equations used to solve the problem = one-third of the points, and the correct mathematical solution, including the correct number of significant digits, units and no round-off error due to multiple calculations = one-third of the points. Never leave a problem completely blank! On multiple choice questions, if you don't know the answer, then make your best guess! Also, if you do not want the grader to read and grade something that you have written, then either cross it out or erase it completely. You can use the back of the multiple choice question page as scratch paper. It will not be read by the graders.

 

Academic Integrity: All students are expected to uphold the highest standards of honesty and integrity in their academic work. Lab reports are done as group work, as are problems solved during recitation. All other graded work, including recitation homework problems and exams, is to be done on an individual basis. Any incidence of academic dishonesty will be dealt with in accordance with OSU policies.

 

Students with Disabilities: Students with documented disabilities who need special accommodations should make an appointment with the instructor as soon as possible to discuss the accommodations.

 

 

 

 

Final Grades: No part of this course is graded on a curve! Your final grade will be calculated as follows: Midterms 20% each, Final 40%, PRS Participation (including reading quizzes, conceptual questions and practice problems) 10% and Lab 10%. (The 10% for lab is all or nothing. If you pass all of the labs, then you get the full 10%. If you don't, then you don't pass the course.)

 

Grade Scale: The grade scale is fixed. There is no curve in this course. You are not competing against each other for a grade. Some classes do better than others. Some do worse.

 

                90 - 100% = A

                85 -   89% = A-

                82 -   84% = B+

                78 -   81% = B

                75 -   77% = B-

                72 -   74% = C+

                68 -   71% = C

                65 -   67% = C-

                62 -   64% = D+

                58 -   61% = D

                55 -   57% = D-

                  0 -   54% = F