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Physics 1308 : General Physics - Electricity and Magnetism
Spring 2025 Course Information
- Lecturer:
Professor Randall J. Scalise
- Lecture meeting times and place: TTh 9:30-10:50AM Fondren Science Building 0123
- Office hours: after lecture and by appointment in room 107 Fondren Science Building.
Also TTh before 2pm and after 3:30pm; MWF before 11am and after noon. Please let me know if you are planning to attend office hours.
- Graduate TA Office Hours: MWF 5-6 pm in room 60 FS, Tuesday/Thursday 1-2 pm in room 16 FS
- Contact:
- Text: Halliday, Resnick, and Walker
Fundamentals of Physics, 12th edition, (HRW12) Volume 2.
This is the official textbook for the course. We will cover chapters 21-36.
The version listed includes Wiley Plus which gives you access to an
electronic version of the book and online learning tools. The
homework problems will require Wiley Plus or HWR12.
- Plagiarism
- Objective:
Upon completion of this course students will be able to demonstrate
basic facility with the methods and approaches of scientific
inquiry. In particular, 1) Students will demonstrate basic facility
with the problem-solving methods related to electric fields, magnetic
fields, Maxwell's equations, circuits, and optics.
2) Students will be able to explain how the concepts and findings of
physics shape our world.
- Lecture Notes:
- Practice Exams:
- Exam Dates: Closed book, closed notes, closed other humans, closed Google, closed Chegg, etc. All work must be your own.
- Exam 1 - Tuesday 18 February 2025 in class
- Exam 2 - Tuesday 1 April 2025 in class
- Final Exam (Cumulative) - Friday 9 May 2025 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
- Make-up Exams: You must present me with a verifiable excuse in writing.
- Homework Quizzes: 20 minutes long, at the beginning of lecture,
closed book, closed notes, closed other humans, closed Google, closed Chegg, etc. All work must be your own.
- Reading Quizzes: Unannounced, based on the assigned reading,
very short, very easy (if you have done the assigned reading)
- Homework: On Canvas. Due on the day of the quiz at the beginning of lecture.
- 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%
- Final - 20%
- Quizzes - 20%
- Homework Quizzes - 15% (Drop lowest)
- Reading Quizzes - 5% (Drop lowest)
- Homework - 20% (Drop lowest)
- Syllabus
- Disability Accommodations, Religious Observance, Excused Absences, Covid-19, Campus Carry, etc.
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Official University Calendar
- The Mechanical Universe and Beyond
- The Feynman Lectures
- 8.02x - MIT Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism by Walter Lewin
- MIT Open Courseware (Physics)
- Yale University Opencourseware -
Prof. Ramamurti Shankar - Fundamentals of Physics II
- Khan Academy
- Circuit Construction Kit: DC - PhET
- Lenses and Mirrors applet
- Demonstrations
by Professor Julius Sumner Miller
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