Physics 101: Essentials of Physics, Fall 1999 Schedule: MWF 11-12 AM Instructor: Professor Stephen Hsu, 475 Willamette, hsu@duende.uoregon.edu Office hours: MW 12-1 PM, or by appointment. Teaching Assistant: Alex Denisov, 261 Willamette, 6-5863, denisov@darkwing.uoregon.edu Webpage: http://duende.uoregon.edu/~hsu/101/ Textbook: Conceptual Physics, P.Hewitt Course Philosophy: The purpose of this course is to promote a deeper understanding of conceptual physics, and science and nature in general. We will always emphasize physical ideas rather than mathematics, although a basic level of mathematics and quantitative thinking will be required. It is important to remember that learning is an interactive process and requires effort on the part of the student. New concepts are only absorbed after concentrated thought and consideration. DO NOT BE AFRAID to ask questions in class! My main purpose as the instructor is to help you learn. My role as someone who assigns you a grade or judges your performance relative to others is secondary and less important. Homework: Your homework consists of three parts. A) Reading. Please read the chapter material BEFORE you come to class. Make notes on the things you find confusing, and feel free to ask me about them during class. B) Exercises: I will assign exercises from the book for each chapter. These are for you to ponder and discuss with your fellow students. We will discuss some of the exercises in class. I might even call upon students to lead these discussions (see ``Socratic method'', as used in many Law and Business schools). Again, it is your responsibility to have read the material and looked at the exercises BEFORE class. (See Class Participation, under the section on Grades!) C) Problems: These will also be assigned for each chapter. They are due EVERY FRIDAY during the term, starting at the end of the FIRST WEEK. Please put your problem sets in Mr. Denisov's box in room 261. Quizzes: We will have quizzes on four of the Fridays during the term (see the syllabus for the dates). These will consist of a short problem or problems taken from recent material. I will drop your lowest score on the four quizzes, so if you miss one it will not affect this part of the grade. This is also meant to help those who have to be out of town during one of the quiz dates. Exams: There will be a midterm (Friday, 11/5) and a final exam. The midterm will cover chapters 1-5, and the final will cover the entire quarter, with slightly more emphasis on chapters 6-9. Grades: Your grade will be determined as follows: Homework problems: 30 percent Quizzes: 20 (drop lowest score out of 4) Midterm: 15 Final: 25 Class participation: 10 (this will be based on your participation in class discussion, etc.) Physics 101: Syllabus (10 weeks) WEEK: 1 (9/27) Read: Ch1, Appendix A, begin Ch2 Exercises: CH1: 2,7 CH2: 2,3 Problems: CH2: 1,9 No Quiz 2 (10/4) Read: Ch2, Appendix B Exercises: Ch2: 4,6,10,13,22 Problems: Ch2: 2,4,10 QUIZ! on Friday 3 (10/11) Read: Ch3, Appendix D Exercises: CH3: 1,5,7,11,25 Problems: CH3: 2,6,8 No Quiz 4 (10/18) Read: Ch4 Exercises: Ch4: 4,13,14,16,20,22 Problems: Ch4: 1,2,3,4 QUIZ! on Friday 5 (10/15) Read: Ch4 Exercises: CH4: 35,36,37,39,42 Problems: CH4: 6,7,8 No Quiz 6 (11/1) Read: Ch5 Exercises: Ch5: 3,14,19,28,33 Problems: Ch5: 1,3,5 MIDTERM!! on Friday 7 (11/8) Read: Ch6 Exercises: Ch6: 2,10,12,15,25,31 Problems: Ch6: 1,4,6 No Quiz 8 (11/15) Read: Ch7 Exercises: Ch7: 3,9,18,22,37 Problems: Ch7: 1,5,7 QUIZ! on Friday 9 (11/22) Read: Ch8 Exercises: Ch8: 2,6,8,10,44,47 Problems: Ch8: 4,6,8 (Can be turned in on Monday 11/29) No Quiz (Thanksgiving break: 11/25-26) 10 (11/29) Read: Ch9 Exercises: Ch9: 1,21,24,34,38 Problems: Ch9: 1,2,3 QUIZ! on Friday