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Physics 1304 (Section 001) 1404 (Section 801)
Introductory Electricity & Magnetism - Spring 1999
Course Information
- Lecturer:
Professor Randall J. Scalise
- Lecture Times: TR 9:30-10:50am
- Lecture Room: 123 Fondren Science
- Office hours: Wednesday 12:00-2:00pm in 104 Fondren Science
and by appointment
- Contact:
- Call or leave a message at 768-2504, or
- Leave a note in the Physics Department Office - 106 Fondren Science, or
- send me e-mail:
<scalise@mail.physics.smu.edu>
- Text: Serway, Physics for Scientists and Engineers,
4th edition, Chapters 23-39 (Split $60, Full version $104)
- Lecture Notes: Available at Impressions and on reserve
at the Science Information Center ($9.02)
- Practice Exams: Bundled with the lecture notes -
available at Impressions and on reserve
at the Science Information Center
- Homework Solutions: Available at Impressions and on reserve
at the Science Information Center ($5.70)
- Review Sessions:
- for Exam 1 - Wednesday 10 February 1999 4:00-6:00pm in 123 Fondren
Science
- for Exam 2 - Wednesday 24 March 1999 4:00-6:00pm in 123 Fondren Science
- for Exam 3 - Wednesday 21 April 1999 4:00-6:00pm in 123 Fondren Science
- for the Final Exam - Tuesday 4 May 1999 6:00-8:00pm in
123 Fondren Science
- Exam Dates: Open book and notes.
- Exam 1 - Thursday 11 February 1999 in class
- Exam 2 - Thursday 25 March 1999 in class
- Exam 3 - Thursday 22 April 1999 in class
- Final Exam - (Cumulative) Wednesday 5 May 1999, 8:00-11:00am in
123 Fondren Science
- Make-up Exams: You must present me with a verifiable
academic excuse in writing one week prior to the scheduled
exam. No make-up will be given for the final exam.
- Problem Help:
- Homework Quizzes: 20 minutes long, selected Thursdays at
the beginning of lecture, open book and notes, 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 reading)
- Homework: Due on the day of the quiz. Solutions are available at
Impressions and are on reserve at the Science Information
Center; answers (not solutions) appear under the assignments below.
- Laboratory:
If you have registered for Physics 1404 lecture, you
must also register for one of the laboratory sections: N10-N15. If you
have registered for Physics 1304 lecture, you may register separately
for the one-credit
Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory, Physics 1106.
- Grading: (Absolute)
Letter Grade Break Points
- Exam 1 - 20%
- Exam 2 - 20%
- Exam 3 - 20%
- Final Exam - 20%
- Homework Quizzes - 10% (Drop lowest)
- Homework - 5% (Drop lowest)
- Reading Quizzes - 5% (Drop lowest)
- Grade Summary - All the
individual test grades arranged by last four digits of student
ID number
- Announcements: Here and in the glass case outside 123
Fondren Science
- "Spring" Break: 6-14 March 1999
- University Holidays: Monday 18 January, Friday 2 April 1999
- Syllabus
- 1999 Calendar
- Homework Assignments (with answers, not solutions)
- Anonymous Feedback
- Extracurricular Activities
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