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College Physics B      ^Summer 2008 (PHY 2054C) Department of Physics, Florida State University

Dr. Shahid A. Shaheen           Office: 417 Keen  Phone: 644-2712      shaheen@phy.fsu.edu

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Syllabus:                             

Welcome:

            We're happy to have you with us this semester. Our goal this semester is to give you the opportunity to understand the basic concepts of physics relating to electricity and magnetism, optics and modern physics. We (your instructors) are "Physics True Believers'' - we believe that every science is built around physics, and that a deep understanding of physics makes you a better scientist, clinician, or teacher.  We are hoping to share some of our enthusiasm with you this semester!

Textbook:

This course uses the Textbook:  Douglas C. Giancoli, "Physics", 6th edition, Prentice-Hall ISBN 0-13-060620-0 (hardcover, both semesters)        or ISBN 0-13-035257-8 (paperback, covers this term only) Class Meetings: Each student is registered for four class meetings. Three lecture sessions: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday  in 101 Richards Building (UPL) from 9:30am to 10:35am One laboratory session: one day per week from 3hours, can be Monday, Tuesday, or Thursday, depending on section you are registered for, all in 114 Richards Building (UPL), except section 5, which meets in 112 UPL. Informal Tutorials/Faculty office hours: These sessions are Tuesdays .

    Notice that a student is registered for this course by the lab section  in which you are registered.

        Generally, the Wednesday and Friday lectures will be used to present new concepts, to outline the course material for which the student is responsible, to present experimental demonstrations, and to discuss examples of problems and to administer biweekly mini-exams. Lecture highlights will be posted on the course webpage. These highlights will indicate the exact topic covered during lecture and which textbook sections they were drawn from. However, these highlights do not contain all the information and explanations which will be presented during the lectures. Therefore, students are strongly encouraged to attend the lectures, since it is a demonstrated fact that there is a strong correlation between lecture attendance and student performance. To underline this statement, you can earn bonus points by attending these and the Monday lectures. 

        The Monday lecture classes will be more of a "recitation style'', during which the focus will be on developing problem solving skills, and on working through assigned problems (either from the CAPA homework set or from the recommended textbook problems). This session will be particularly valuable since the exams will consist of problems very similar to those that will be discussed in these sessions. The graded mini-exams will also generally be returned during the Monday classes. Graded problem solutions which can be turned in at the recitations will contribute to the CAPA scores.

Laboratory Experiments/Sections:
       The purpose of the laboratory sessions is to gain hands-on experience with laboratory apparatus, to develop skills in performing experiments, to learn methods for analyzing scientific data and to relate the physics concepts covered in lectures with real experimental situations. Each student must complete a lab report, following the format prescribed by the lab instructor, before leaving the lab session for each experiment.  Lab manuals can be downloaded from the course web site, at http://www.physics.fsu.edu/courses/Summer08/phy2054c/ labs/labs.htm  Laboratory classes will meet based on the schedule listed below:

Section	Day	Time	Room	Section	Day	Time	Room
1	Monday	2:00pm-5:00pm	114UPL	4	Thursday	1:00pm-4:00pm	114UPL
2	Tuesday	9:30am-12:30pm	114UPL	5	Monday	12:30-3:30pm	112UPL
3	Tuesday	1:00pm-4:00pm	114UPL	6	Thursday	9:30am-12:30pm	114UPL

Calculation of the Course Grades:
A student will have completed the course and will be eligible for a grade greater than ''F'' only if the student does the following:

• Attends all laboratory sessions and submits satisfactory reports to the lab instructor for each session;
• Attempts at least seven of the eight mini-exam and attempts the final exam.

The final course grade will be calculated using the grades from the 7 short (50 minute) bi-weekly mini-exams, the laboratory reports, the CAPA homework sets, and the final examination. (During summer term, this course has no comprehensive final exam!!) Your final grade will be calculated according to the following weighting:
CAPA Homework sets Laboratory Reports Seven Mini-Exams Final Examination
20%                                 15%                              65%                              0%

Bonus points:
       A system of bonus points will be implemented, which allows each student the opportunity to have 3 extra percentage points (3$\%$) added to his/her final accumulated grade. Two methods will be available to receive credit toward bonus points: (1) class participation through answering questions using the personal response system (PRS), or other participation as determined by the instructor;  and (2) preparedness checks through handing in a written summary at the beginning of Monday lectures of the topics covered that week. Details of exactly how the bonus point system will work will be outlined during a lecture.  [Each student is responsible for bringing his or her own functioning, registered, PRS transmitter to class every day, and using it to answer the requested problems. You cannot earn those points without it.  Written summaries will only be accepted at the beginning of class on the first day that the lecture meets each week, and must be one full page, hand-written, and there must be a summary for each chapter to be discussed that week.]

      Your final grade will be based on your total score in the five areas listed above (plus extra credit). The total course average will be converted into a letter grade, using the table shown below.

A	A-	B+	B	B-	C+	C	C-	D	F
100--91.0	90.9--88.0	87.9--85.0	84.9--79.0	78.9-76.0	75.9--73.0	72.9--67.0	66.9--64.0	63.9--55.0	below 54.9

CAPA Homework Sets and Recommended Textbook Problems:
        Completing the weekly CAPA problem set and attempting and becoming competent in doing the recommended textbook questions and problems listed for each week in the syllabus are the best ways to prepare for the mini-exams and the final exam. The CAPA problem set will be available on (usually the Sunday night/Monday morning) and must be completed and turned in online at http://loncapa.fsu.edu/ by the required deadline the following week, Tuesday Night/Wednesday Morning at 1:00am) to receive credit.  The recommended textbook questions and problems will generally not be turned in for grading, but they are a useful resource for completing the CAPA assignments and emphasizing the physics subjects we consider important.  Their solutions are posted. The examination problems will be based on the subjects covered in both the CAPA and the textbook problem sets. Detailed solutions for the recommended textbook questions and problems can be found on Blackboard or linked through the class webpage.  Remember the "Blank Paper Test" in your examination preparation: try to solve the problems yourself first without looking at the solutions; if you need to use the solutions for help (which many times you will), go back and try the same problems again afterward to see if you have learned how to do them on your own. Memorizing simply the equations to use or a "recipe" to plug into will not generally help you, since the goal of this course is to teach you the physics concepts and how to apply them in different situations. The CAPA problems, the textbook questions and problems, and other items related to these will be discussed during the recitation sessions. 

Biweekly Mini-Exams:
        Preparing for the eight biweekly mini-exams has the most important impact on your final grade, since they account for 65$\%$ of the available points (See table "Calculation of the Course grade'').  Below are a few rules and common questions about the exams:

• Eight mini-exams will be given during the semester. Each exam contributes 9.28$\%$towards the final course grade. Seven of the eight exams will count toward the final grade, with the low grade being dropped.
• These mini-exams will be given on the designated Wednesdays (except where noted in the schedule below) and each will take the full 60 minutes of the lecture time.
• The material covered in each exam will be that specified in the syllabus and based on concepts related to the recent CAPA assignments and recommended textbook questions and problems.
• No make-up exams will be given.  Students who can not attend one of the eight mini-exams for any reason -- medical reasons, court dates, death in the family, in prison, important frisbee lessons, etc., will have that miss count toward the low dropped grade; any further misses will be counted as a zero on that test. The only exceptions to this rule are (1) university mandated travel, and (2) military service, and for both of these you must notify your lecture professor before the exam, with make-up exam being taken within two weeks of the original exam date.  A word to the wise....proper documentation will be required.
• Students arriving late will be required to submit their exams by the same deadline as the rest of the class.
• Each student is responsible for bringing a working calculator to each exam. No sharing is allowed.  You will not be allowed to use your cell-phone as a calculator, because your cell-phone is not allowed in a test-room.
• Do not program formulae into your calculator - this is cheating and will be treated as such.
• Don't cheat. The first cheat on an exam results in a grade of zero points for that exam, the second results in an "F" for the course. Remember the FSU Honor Code.
• Any questions you have with the grading of the exams must be resolved within 2 weeks of the hand-back date.

Resources for Students:
We want you all to do well in this course. Several resources are available to help you toward this goal:

• Textbook: An excellent source of information. Read it, and work problems at the end of each chapter.
• Classes: Attend lectures and recitations. Ask questions, and get involved in the discussion.  What you retain from these classes may surprise you.

• Professor's Office Hours/Tutorial Sessions: Each of the faculty members teaching this course have scheduled office hours to help students with homework problems and other matters that arise during the course. (Dr. Shaheen: Tuesday 3:00pm -5:00pm Tuesday, 417Keen) We have set these times so that they may be most useful to you as you prepare for mini-exams. Other times may be arranged by calling Dr. Shaheen at 443-4786.  Please don't hesitate to come by my office, call, or e-mail me at any time. [NOTE: you will actually find that emailing me is the least efficient of these ways to reach me.] (all office hours held in the faculty member's regular office, except where noted, or if the group is too large; overflow will go to 211UPL)
• Physics Department Consultation Sessions: A graduate student is available to assist you with homework problems and preparing for the exams. The times for these sessions will be announced later (and posted here).

Course Information and CAPA on the World-Wide-Web:
        The class web page is an extremely useful source of information for this course.  You can get most of the web content also via the Physics Department homepage at http://www.physics.fsu.edu/ and clicking on the Undergrads/ icon, then choosing Physics Courses Web Pages/ and the PHY2054c/ from the menu of courses.  This syllabus, a link to the CAPA web pages, the laboratory manual, and other information related to this course can be found there.  Links to some of the course materials (announcements, PRS clicker registration, old exams and problems, textbook problem solutions, and your course grades, etc.) can be found on the Web via the Blackboard homepage at http://campus.fsu.edu/. You need a garnet user account to access the Blackboard system.  It is a good idea to check both the open and Blackboard class web pages at least once a week.  In order to read many of the files on the web pages, you will need to have an Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. You can download the software free of charge from the Adobe web site: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html

        In order to attempt CAPA homework assignments, you must have access to the web. There are numerous computer labs on campus and in the libraries. The Physics Department also has a number of computers that may be used for CAPA (e.g. in every small classroom in UPL, and in our tutorial room, 211UPL). If you have any difficulties locating a computer, please contact Dr. Shaheen. There is a CAPA web page at http://lonCAPA.fsu.edu, which contains useful information. You need your user name and password to attempt CAPA problems. If you forget your password, you may obtain a new one through the web.

Some Sensible Advice:
        We want everyone to have fun and do well in this course. Unfortunately some people find doing physics rather difficult. Below are a few tips which might help out:  Take them seriously!!

• This course is no pushover, physics is based on understanding, not remembering. We will do all we can to help you, but you have to be prepared to put some serious effort into making sure you really understand the concepts. Only you know if you really understand something or not!  Remember the "blank paper test''! Try it on some additional problems at the end of each chapter to test if you have a good understanding of the concepts.
• Attend all lectures, especially the recitation sessions.  It is a demonstrated fact that there is a strong correlation between lecture attendance and student performance, and you can earn bonus points by attending the lectures and participating!
• The mini-exams form the most important component of the course. In order to prepare for the exams make sure you understand and can do all the CAPA problems and the recommended homework problems.
• In answering any problem, always ask yourself, "Is the answer I just worked out sensible?''. Remember to always include units.
• Use the book, you paid good money for it. Try and find time to look over each chapter before it is covered in class. Remember you can earn extra credit points by handing in chapter summaries. The Study Guide can also be quite useful.
• Find a study partner. We strongly encourage students to study together.  One key to studying together: Do not always have one persons explain things to the others.  Surprisingly, the person doing the explaining always learns more than those having the ideas explained to them!!
• Finally, don't give up or sit for hours in vain trying to do the homework. Come and see the faculty instructors, and ask questions; usually you will be much closer than you think to be able to solve the problem.
• If you are seriously thinking about dropping the course at any point, please come and talk to me (Dr. Shaheen) first.

ADA statement:
        Students with disabilities needing academic accommodations should register with, and provide documentation to, the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC) and bring a letter from SDRC to Dr. Shaheen indicating your needed academic accommodations. Please, if at all possible, do this during the first week of class.

A Note about the Master Table:
        The following table outlines the week-by-week flow of the course, with reference to the chapter covered, the laboratory project for the week, the mini-exam schedule and material covered. You will also see listed two sets of homework problems: (a) the CAPA sets, which must be done because it is part of your final course grade; and (b) the recommended textbook problems and questions, which do not need to be handed in. We have chosen the textbook problems to further emphasize the physics principles which are important. We will post solutions to these problems on the web on the day you receive your CAPA assignment. They provide a useful resource to enhance your understanding of each weekly chapter, to help with the CAPA assignment, and to act as exam preparation material.

Physics 2054C Syllabus Guide Summer 2008

May 12 - 16:  Summary :Ch 16 -- Questions,Ch 16: 2,5,9,12,18,    Problems,Ch 16: 3,6,8,12,13,23,28,30,34

Mon. May 12_________lecture 1_____ intro to course, ch16-electric charges & forces (notes) Capa#1 available

Tu

Mon May 12 _________________lecture 2 ch16-electric fields, problem solving;* Discuss CAPA set#1  (notes)

Th

Fri.  May 16_ __Mini-Exam#1 ___________

Labs: -- no labs this week --

May 19 - 23: Summary Ch 17 -- Questions,Ch 17:1,2,3,6,14    Problems,Ch 17: 3,8,9,15,16,33,37,45,47

Mon. May 19____________lecture 3 ch17-electrical potentials & work Capa#2 available (notes)

Tu

Wed. May 21______________lecture 4 ch17-problem solving; Discuss CAPA #2/Capa#1 due (notes)

Th

Fri. May 23__________________________ Mini-Exam#2 (chs 16,17; CAPA#1)

Labs: Expt. 1 -- Electric Fields

May 26 - 30 : Summary Ch 18 -- Questions,Ch 18: 6,9,11,16;  Problems,Ch 18: 3,9,12,26,31,34,40

May 26 Memorial Day ( no classes)

Tu

Wed. May 28__lecture 5 ch17,18-capacitors,Ohm'sLaw currents  Capa#3 available(notes)____________

Th

Fri. May 30_______________ __lecture 6 ch18-problem solving Discuss CAPA #3/Capa#2 due (notes)

Labs: -- no labs this week --

June 2-6 : Summary ch 19 -- Questions,Ch 19: 1,4,7;    Problems,Ch 19: 5,11,12,20

Mon.  June 2 lecture 7 ch19 series&parallel dc-circuits, resistors&capacitors (not

Tu

Wed. June 4_____________lecture 8 ch19,20-analyzing complex circuits, Intro to Magnetism;* Discuss CAPA #4/Capa#3 due (notes)

Th

Fri. June 6________________________ Mini-Exam#3 (chs 17(capacitors),18,19; CAPA#2,3)

Labs: Expt. 2 -- Ohm's Law

June 9-13 :  Summary :Ch 20 -- Questions,Ch 20: 1,8,14,16,25,26;  Problems,Ch 20: 5,11,12,26,30,34,37,45

Mon. June 9 ____lecture 9 ch20-geomagnetism, currents& magnetic fields Capa#5 available (notes)

Tu

Wed. June 11           lecture 10 ch20-magnetism, magnetic forces, Faraday's law /Capa#4 due  (notes)

Th

Fri. June 13        _lecture 11 ch21-EM induction, Lenz's law, generators, transformers (notes)

Labs: Expt. 3 -- Magnetic Fields

June 16-20 : Summary Ch 2l,Ch22 -- Questions,Ch 21: 1,3,4,15;  Problems,Ch 21: 2,4,9,11,15,20,31,36,65,76

Questions,Ch 22: 2,3,7;  Problems,Ch 22: 11,29,50

Mon. June 16_lecture 12 ch20,21-problem solving in magnetism, RHR, Lenz' law Discuss CAPA#5/Capa#6 avail. (notes)

Tu

Wed. June 18_________________ Mini-Exam#4 (chs 20,21; CAPA#4,5) /Capa#5 due

Th

Fri. June 20___lecture 13 ch22-electromagmetic waves, incl. problem solving Discuss CAPA set#6                           (notes)

Labs: Expt. 4 -- Thermisters

June 23 - 27: Summary Ch 23 -- Questions,Ch 23: 1,8,13,21;   Problems,Ch23: 4,27,35,41,44,53,54,56

Mon. June 23___lecture 14 ch23-light & geometrical optics, Snell's law Capa#7 available (notes)

Tu

Wed. June 25____lecture 15 ch23-light & geometrical optics (lens equation) /Capa#6 due (notes)

Th

Fri. June 27e 7 lecture 16 ch23-problem solving in optics (incl ray tracing) Discuss CAPA set#7                         (notes)

         Labs: Expt. 5--Oscilloscopes (to run online from host computer)

^{cool hands-on ray-tracing link forGeometrical Optics (ch.23)}

June 30 - July 4: Summary ch 24  -- Questions,Ch 24: 2,5,10,18,25;   Problems,Ch 24: 3,5,9,33,36,38,39,42

Mon. June 30___________lecture 17 ch24-wave nature of light, Huygen's principle Capa#8 available (notes)

Tu

Wed. July 2_____________________ Mini-Exam#5 (chs 22,23; CAPA#6,7) /Capa#7 due

Th

Fri. . July 4*****Independence Day ______________ (notes)

Labs: Expt. 6 -- Lenses (to download and run on your computer, or run from the host computer)

^{cool hand's-on interferenece & diffraction links for Wave Nature of Light (ch.24)}

July 7 - 11:  Summary :Ch 25 -- Questions,Ch 25: 3,8,9,16;   Problems,Ch 25: 3,7,14,15,18,20,26,27,33,40,43,58

Mon. July 7_lecture 18 ch24-wave nature of light, diffraction & interference,_ Discuss CAPA#8/Capa#9avail ______

Wed. July 9 _Lecture 19 ch24,25-problem solving; optical instruments: telescopes, microscopes,etc /Capa#8 due

Th

Fri. July 11_ lecture 20 ch25-Optical Instruments ch26-Einstein & the special theory of relativity (notes)

Labs: -- no labs this week --

July 14 - 18: Summary Ch 26 -- Questions,Ch 26: 1,4,5,9,10,11,18;   Problems,Ch 26: 1,2,3,11,12,13,16,24,30,37

Mon. July 9  ____________ lecture 21 ch25,26-problem solving tele- &microscope optics,relativity Discuss CAPA#9/Capa#10avail(notes)

Tu

Wed. July 11________________________ Mini-Exam#6 (chs 24-26; CAPA#8,9) /Capa#9 due

Th

Fri. July 13_______________lecture 22 ch27-Early Quantum Theory: light &electrons (notes)

Labs: Expt. 7 -- Laser Light

July 21 - 25: Summary Ch 27,28 -- Questions,Ch 27: 1,5,9,12,15,18,18;   Problems,Ch 27: 4,10,11,13,22,23,26,32,33, 36,42,48,54

Questions,Ch 28: 3,4,10,24;     Problems,Ch 28: 1,9,11,16,17,28,34,42

Mon. July 21_____________lecture 23 ch28-Quantium Mechanics of Atoms, Spectra Capa#11 available (notes)

Tu

Wed. July 23____________lecture 24 ch 29-Quantum Mechanics of Molecules, Solids /Capa#10 due (notes)

Th

Fri. July 25______________lecture 25 ch 27-29-problem solving in quantum mechanics (notes)

Labs: Expt. 8 -- Diffraction Gratings

July 28- August 1: Summary ch 29,30 --   Questions, Ch29:1,6,8,12;   Problems, Ch 29: 1,20,23,28,35,36

Questions,Ch 30: 1,3,6,8,16;  Problems,Ch 30: 4,6,12,17,22,38,39,43,44,52,56

Mon. July 28_____________lecture 26 ch 30-Atomic Nuclei, Nuclear Physics, radioactive decay Capa#12 available (notes)

Tu

Wed. July 30____________________ Mini-Exam#7 (chs 27-29; Capa#10,11)/Capa#11due

Th

Fri. August  1_______lecture 27 ch 30-Atomic Nuclei, Nuclear Physics, radioactive decay, half-lives (notes)

Labs: Expt. 9 -- Radioactivity

August 4 - Aug 8: Summary Ch 31 -- Questions,Ch 31: 3,11,14,22;  Problems,Ch 31: 4,13,16,22,25,31,34

Mon. August 4___lecture 28 ch31-radiation, nuclear energy, radiation in medicine (notes)

Tu

Wed. Aug. 6______ lecture 29 ch30,31-problem solving in nuclear physics; Discuss CAPA set#12 (notes)

Th

Fri. Aug. 8________________________ Mini-Exam#8 (chs 30,31; CAPA#12)/Capa#12 due

Labs: Expt. 10 -- Gamma Rays
During the Summer term, there is No Final Exam for this course.

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