PHYS 154 - INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS III
SPRING 2012
Course Director: Dr. R. Steinberg
email: steinberg@drexel.edu
office: Disque 707 office hours: Thurs 11:00 - 12:15 or by appointment
Section Meeting Times and Instructors
The homework assignments are as follows:
HW#1: Ch.16 prob. 13, 25, 36 - due Friday, Apr. 13
HW#2: Ch.17 prob. 6, 19, 35 - due Friday, Apr. 20
HW#3: Ch.18 prob. 9, 11, 22 - due Friday, Apr. 27
HW#4: Ch.19 prob. 8, 17, 23 - due Friday, May 4
HW#5: Ch.20 prob. 7, 11, 33 - due Friday, May 25
HW#6: Ch.21 prob. 13,17,32 - due Friday, June 8
Please neatly write up the solutions to each of these problems and hand in your work to the recitation instructor on or before the due date. The homework/recitation grade will count 15% of your final score.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: (Please review the following at least every week for new information)
04/28/2012:
The midterm will take place on Thursday, May 3 at 9:30 AM in Disque 108. Chapters 16-18 will be covered (sections without *'s only), with a possible question on the material in Chapter 19 which will have been covered in the lecture. An 8.5 x 11" formula sheet (use both sides) that you make up yourself will be permitted. Bring a calculator, a pencil and an eraser. Expect to complete 6 problems in 80 minutes.
04/04/2012:
Welcome to the class! All work handed in (including exams) must have your printed name clearly written. You will hear and see better by taking seats near the front of the room. Sitting near the rear of the room will be interpreted as an attempt to engage in activities unrelated to the course.
Labs will start on April 24/25 with the experiment on Electric
Fields. See
calendar.
USE OF LAPTOPS, CELL PHONES AND TEXT MESSAGING is NOT permitted either in lecture or in exams.
Violators will be required immediately to leave the room. Laptop/cell phone use during lectures is distracting to others and is often abused (texting, checking email, etc.) To take notes, use pencil and paper. All information storage and communication devices are forbidden during exams. Use of calculators no more advanced than the TI85 is permitted and recommended.
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Required
books:
"Physics" 6th edition, D.C.Giancoli, ISBN
0-13-060620-0 (Pearson Prentice Hall) from bookstore or elsewhere
"Physics II & III Laboratory Manual
(2004)", diNardo, Venkataraman and Lane, available at bookstore (or elsewhere?).
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