Physics 1304 - Introductory Electricity and Magnetism

Summer II 2007 : 2 July - 1 August

Course Information

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• Lecturer: Professor Randall J. Scalise
• Lecture meeting times and place:
  • MTWRF 11:00am-12:50pm in room 158 Fondren Science Building
• Office hours: after lecture in room 107 Fondren Science and by appointment.
• Contact:
  • Call or leave a message at 768-2504, or
  • Leave a note in the Physics Department Office - 35 Fondren Science, or
  • send me e-mail: <scalise@smu.edu>
• Text: Serway, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 6th edition, Chapters 23-39.
• Lecture Notes: Available from the bookstore.
  
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• Practice Exams:
  • Exam 1 - Spring 1998, 8 pages, PostScript (229353 bytes), PDF (56302 bytes), Answers.
• Exam Dates: Open book, notes
  • Exam 1 - Friday 13 July 2007
  • Exam 2 - Friday 20 July 2007
  • Exam 3 - Friday 27 July 2007
  • Final Exam (Cumulative) - Wednesday 1 August 2007
• Make-up Exams: You must present me with a verifiable excuse in writing. No make-up will be given for the final exam.
• Homework Quizzes: 20 minutes long, at the beginning of lecture, closed book, based strongly on the homework.
• Make-up Quizzes: There are none.
• Reading Quizzes: Unannounced, based on the assigned reading, very short, very easy (if you have done the assigned reading)
• Homework: Due on the day of the quiz.
• 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 - 20%
  • Exam 2 - 20%
  • Exam 3 - 20%
  • Final - 20%
  • Homework Quizzes - 10% (Drop lowest)
  • Homework - 5% (Drop lowest)
  • Reading Quizzes - 5% (Drop lowest)
• Grade Summary - All the individual test grades arranged by code number
• University Holiday: Wednesday 4 July 2007
• Syllabus
• Students with disabilities, medically excused absences, absences in general
• Official University Calendar
• Homework Assignments
  • Ch23 - Q:2,14,15,18,21,22; P:7,15,21,33,40,45,54; X:17,26.
  • Ch24 - Q:3,4,11,13; P:4,10,11,28,51,62; X:34,35,55.
  • Ch25 - Q:2,5,8,14,15; P:6,18,38,45,66; X:.
  • Ch26 - Q:2,7,11,14; P:3,7,16,17,23,34,58; X:61.
  • Ch27 - Q:5,17,19,20; P:11,21,36,73; X:.
  • Ch28 - Q:6,7,8,13,16,17,29; P:6,9,21,36; X:67,68.
  • Ch29 - Q:3,7,9,15,20; P:2,11,20,32; X:.
  • Ch30 - Q:7,9,12,30; P:1,6,17,21,23,31; X:.
  • Ch31 - Q:4,6,10,11,15,16,18,19; P:9,19,28,30; X:read, do not solve 16,23,24,54.
  • Ch32 - Q:2,6; P:1,10,17,26,31,48; X:.
  • Ch33 - Q:2,4,5,6,8,11,18,21,22; P:2,8,15,20,21,26; X:62.
  • Ch34 - Q:6,7,10,11,14,15,16,23; P:5,11,15,59; X:Can the electromagnetic fields from transmission lines cause cancer? How about fields from mobile phones?
  • Ch35 - Q:8,9,19,23; P:10,20,36,37; X:.
  • Ch36 - Q:2,3,6,7,17,19; P: 7,21,33,68; X:In William Golding's Lord of the Flies the character Piggy uses his glasses to focus the sun's rays and kindle a fire. Later, the boys abuse Piggy and break his glasses. He is unable to identify them at close range because he is nearsighted. Find the flaw in this narrative. It is still possible to start a fire with Piggy's (unbroken) glasses; how could this have been done?
  • Ch37 - Q:1,2,3,10; P:1,30,31,37; X:.
  • Ch38 - Q:4,6,11,14; P:2,24,42; X:.
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