Textbook: Fundamentals of Physics, 7th Edition, by Halliday, Resnick and Walker
. ... http://ocw.mit.edu, then follow the link to Physics, then to 8.02 Electricity and ...
PHYSICS 212 ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM - 4 credits Fall 2005 Dr. Otto Linsua´ın Lectures: MWF 11:00 - 11:50 Office: O.L. 208 Frable 227 Tel: 412-675-9477 Laboratories: Office hours: MWF 12:00-12:50, W 10:00-10:50 F 8:00 - 9:50 e-mail:
[email protected] Frable 223 www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/o/u/oul1/ Prerequisite: MATH 140, PHYS 211. Concurrent: MATH 141.
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Introduction
Goals and Objectives Besides further enhancing the preparation obtained in PHYS 211 or equivalent, upon successful completion of this course the student should: a) understand the basic laws that govern electromagnetic phenomena and their relation to fundamental physical principles learned in previous courses, b) have developed a good intuitive understanding of the meaning of fields as physical entities, c) have some appreciation of the physical significance of the complex mathematical apparatus of the theory of electromagnetic fields, d) understand the physical principles behind circuits and other applications of electricity Course contents The (ambitious) official description for the course (taken from the online version of the Penn State bluebook at http://www.psu.edu/bulletins/bluebook/long/phys/212.htm) reads: “Calculus-based introduction to classical electricity and magnetism, including such topics as, electric charge and electric fields, Gauss’s law, electric potential, capacitance, current, resistance, and circuits, magnetic fields, and fields due to currents, induction and inductance, magnetism of matter, Maxwell’s equations, and electromagnetic oscillations.” I have designed the course to try to touch upon all of these topics. A tentative outline is given at the end of this syllabus.
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Materials
Textbook: Fundamentals of Physics, 7th Edition, by Halliday, Resnick and Walker. Scientific calculator: Must have scientific notation, trigonometric, logarithmic and exponential functions. Must bring it to every class and laboratory. Optional but strongly recommended - Video lectures: A set of lectures on classical mechanics by professor Walter Lewin, available for online viewing at the open course ware site of MIT (go to http://ocw.mit.edu, then follow the link to Physics, then to 8.02 Electricity and Magnetism, Spring 2002, then to Video lectures). The lectures can be downloaded and stored in your computer’s hard drive, and it is strongly recommended that you do so. For instructions, go to
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http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/OCWHelp/help.htm (or alternatively, go to http://ocw.mit.edu and click the FAQ link), then find question 31.
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Exams, assignments and grades
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Exams
Important notes: • There will be three midterm exams and one final exam. • In case of class cancellation because of whether conditions or any other unforeseen circumstances, any exam scheduled for that day is automatically postponed for the next class meeting. • Please understand that midterm exams are meant to last one class period. • Make-up exams will NOT be scheduled. If you miss an exam for a valid (and documented!) reason, then the weight of that exam will be placed on the final. In no case will the weight be laid on a previous exam. DON’T MISS THE FINAL!! • The final exam will cover material for the entire course and according to university regulations should last 110 minutes.
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Other graded work
In addition to exams, there will be homework and quizzes and labs. The homework will be collected and some of the problems will be graded. The quizzes will be given at the beginning of lectures, so it is crucial that you come to class on time, every time. You will also hand in laboratory reports for the experiments we do in the lab. Those will be graded and will count toward your final grades. I will say more about those in the lab.
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Relative weights of assignments
Your grade will be computed using the following weights: Midterm Exam 1 Midterm Exam 2 Midterm Exam 3 Homework Total Quizzes Total Labs Total Final Exam
15% 15% 15% 10% 10% 15% 20% 100%
One very important point is that 65% of your grade is based on your performance on exams. These exams test your ability to apply what you have learned to new situations. The problems on the exams use the same concepts, but present situations different from those discussed in class or in the homework. This is not some overlook of mine, THE PROBLEMS ARE MEANT TO BE DIFFERENT, as this is 2
the only way to test your readiness to apply your knowledge to new situations. For this reason, it is very important to make sure you can solve all the types of problems that we do in class or homework in many different situations. It is also a good idea to gather as much as possible of the remaining 35% of the grade, as the exams are the real test. Please notice that I cannot modify the grading scheme to accommodate an individual student who did not perform as he or she may have expected in a particular test. This implies that I cannot improvise extra credit projects to help you make up for a bad grade. There are, however, plenty of opportunities to improve your grade in the grading scheme as given above.
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Final letter grade
After computing your total percent grade, your final letter grade will be determined by the following scale: A ≥ 92% > A− ≥ 88% > B + ≥ 84% > B ≥ 80% > B − ≥ 76% > C + ≥ 72% > C ≥ 64% > D ≥ 56% > F
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This syllabus may change . . .
I anticipate that we will follow the schedule given at the end of this syllabus, but I may make adjustments based on what actually happens in class. Be sure to check with a classmate after an absence to see if assignments have changed. I may also change basis for the course grade; if I do so, I will so inform you in writing. Remaining in the course after reading this syllabus will signal that you accept the possibility of changes and responsibility for being aware of them.
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If you need accommodation
Penn State is committed to providing access to a quality education for all students, including those with documented disabilities. If a student has a disability and wishes an accommodation for a course, it is the student’s responsibility to obtain a University letter confirming the disability and suggesting appropriate accommodation. This letter can be requested from the campus Disability Contact Liaison, Victoria Garwood. Students are encouraged to request accommodation early in the semester so that, once identified, reasonable accommodation can be implemented in a timely manner.
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VERY IMPORTANT note on academic integrity
Academic Integrity: All students are expected to act with civility, personal integrity; respect other students’ dignity, rights and property; and help create and maintain an environment in which all can succeed through the fruits of their own efforts. An environment of academic integrity is requisite to respect for self and others and a civil community. Academic integrity includes a commitment to not engage in or tolerate acts of falsification, misrepresentation or deception. Such acts of dishonesty include cheating or copying, plagiarizing, submitting 3
another persons’ work as one’s own, using Internet sources without citation, fabricating field data or citations, “ghosting” (taking or having another student take an exam), stealing examinations, tampering with the academic work of another student, facilitating other students’ acts of academic dishonesty, etc. Academic dishonesty violates the fundamental ethical principles of the University community and compromises the worth of work completed by others. A student should avoid academic dishonesty when preparing work for any class. If charged with academic dishonesty, students will receive written or oral notice of the charge by the instructor. Students who contest the charge should first seek resolution through discussion with the faculty member or the campus Director of Academic Affairs. If the matter is not resolved, the student may request a hearing with the Commonwealth College Committee on Academic Integrity at the campus. Sanctions for breaches of academic integrity may range (depending on the severity of the offense) from F for the assignment to F for the course. In severe cases of academic dishonesty, including, but not limited to, stealing exams or “ghosting” an exam, students may receive a grade of XF, a formal University disciplinary sanction that indicates on the student’s transcript that failure in the course was due to a serious act of academic dishonesty. The University’s statement on Academic Integrity from which the above statement was drawn is available at: http://www.psu.edu/dept/oue/aappm/G-9.html.
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Tentative course outline and exam schedule
Week Dates Chapter(s) Exams scheduled? 1 Aug 30-Sep 2 21 No 2 Sep 6-9 22 No 3 Sep 12-16 22, 23 No 4 Sep 19-23 23, 24 Midterm Exam 1 Sep 23 5 Sep 26-30 24 No 6 Oct 3-7 25 No 7 Oct 10-13 26 No 8 Oct 17-21 26, 27 Midterm Exam 2 Oct 20 9 Oct 24-28 27, 28 No 10 Oct 31-Nov 4 28, 29 No 11 Nov 7-11 29 No 12 Nov 14-18 30 Midterm Exam 3 Nov 16 13 Nov 21-22 31 No 14 Nov 28-Dec 2 31, 32 No 15 Dec 5-Dec 9 32 No 16 Dec12-16 FINAL EXAM Date to be announced
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