PH 222 – Recitation for PH 212 Syllabus

Fall 2013

Classrooms and Meeting Times:

Tue 2 PM and Thu 4 PM: WNGR 285

Tue 4 PM: WNGR 275

Instructor: Brian Johnson

Office Hours: Tue 12 - 1 PM in Weniger 145 (“The Worm Hole”)

Email: johnbria@onid.orst.edu

TA Box: 23

Course Information

Recitations are not required, but are strongly recommended. This course carries one credit and consists of weekly group problem solving sessions. Recitations are taught by experienced TAs who can address individual problems and provide guidance in a small group session.

You will primarily be working in small groups of 2 to 3 students, working through individual problems with my guidance. We will be tackling a couple of interesting problems each week with examples given as needed. In addition, there will also be short direct question-answer periods where you will be able to ask for clarification on any topic from the main lecture. A single homework problem is assigned each week, due each Monday at 5 PM to my TA box on the second floor of Weniger. While in class work is done in groups, the homework should be done alone. The grading rubric for the homework problems is attached. To pass this class, you must receive 70% of the available homework points, or 49 total points.

My goal is to make the environment of this class much more informal than the main lecture. We will be working through some difficult problems this quarter, designed to be too difficult for a single student to solve in the allotted time. Openness when working in groups will be very important to your success in this course.