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Physics 1308 - General Physics II - Electricity and Magnetism

Summer II 2015 : 6 July - 4 August

Course Information


Lecture meeting times and place:

Objective:

Upon completion of this course students will be able to demonstrate basic facility with the methods and approaches of scientific inquiry. In particular,

Instructors:

Teaching Assistant:

Office Hours:

Contact:

Help Sesions: M-W-F 2:00 - 3:00 PM FS 26 and T-TH by appointment.

Lecture Notes: Coming Soon

Text:

Supplemental Text: College Physics - OpenStax College

Read and Study:

Homework:

Exam Dates: Open book, notes, homework, etc.

Make-up Exams: You must present me with a verifiable excuse in writing. No make-up will be given for the final exam.
Reading Quizzes: Daily, based on the assigned reading, very short, very easy (if you have done the assigned reading).
Pop Quizzes: Unannounced, 15 minutes long, at the beginning of lecture, closed book, based strongly on the homework.
Make-up Quizzes: There are none.

Goals/Objectives

Laboratory: If you need the one-credit laboratory course, you must register separately for Physics 1106.

Grading: (Absolute, not curved) Letter Grade Break Points

      Exam 1            - 25%
      Exam 2            - 25%
      Final             - 25%
      Homework          - 15% (Drop 2 lowest)
      Reading Quizzes   -  5% (Drop 2 lowest)
      Pop Quizzes       -  5% (Drop lowest)

Grade Summary - All the individual test grades arranged by code number

University Holidays: Saturday 4 July 2015

Syllabus

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