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As with any university course, student preparation is essential. The student is expected to read the material in the text before the corresponding lecture, and is expected to review the appropriate material, including handouts, before lab. Students taking Physics 203 are still required to read the laboratory handouts. As Physics 201 and 202, Math 140 and 141 are prerequisites for this course, knowledge of the material presented there is assumed.
The student is expected to attend every class, and will be held responsible for all material covered in lecture. Students are expected to read material not covered in lecture, but which is on the syllabus. Students are expected to work every assigned problem as a minimum, and cannot expect to do well in the course unless they do. Additional homework problems may be assigned during lecture. Old exams will be on file in the library as an additional source of problems for the student.
Failure to take a scheduled exam will result in a grade of zero. Make-up exams will be given only in the event of illness (confirmed by a physician) or death in the immediate family. Completed lab reports are due at the beginning of the Friday Lecture during the same week of the experiment. Lab reports turned in late (anytime after the beginning of the period in which they are due) are subject to penalties: -1 for a report turned in within 1 week from when the labs are to be handed in, -2 for the following week, etc. No reports will be accepted after the second to the last week of classes. A student missing one lab report will receive a grade of -20 for that lab, and a student missing two or more will automatically receive a failing grade for the course, regardless of test scores.
Students will be supplied an equation sheet (consisting largely of equations from the relevant chapter summaries) for each exam to aid the student in remembering complex equations. A copy of the equation sheet will be made available to the students well in advance of the exams so that the students may better prepare for the exam. Any needed constants will be provided by the instructor. It is strongly advised that the students use the equation sheets as they do the homework, so that they are familiar with the equations and their appropriate use.
Grading Policy:
1. The grade will be determined the point total obtained from four midterm exams (100 points each) and a comprehensive final (200 points). For 204 students, the total will also include a 100 point laboratory grade based upon the laboratory reports. The lab reports are worth 10 points each and the lab grade is 10xaverage lab report grade. Students who put reasonable efforts into lab reports and turn them in on time will generally have their grade boosted by the laboratory component.
2. Grades will be determined approximately by the standard cutoffs (90% for an A, 80% for a B, ...). Plus and minus grades will be assigned as refinements of this scale. The Instructor will determine the actual cutoffs at the end of the semester.
| Physics 203/4 Course Outline | ||
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| Exercises and Problems | ||
| Chapter | Problem | |
| 15 | Temperature and Heat | Q 5-9, 12, 13, 16, 32 P 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 27, 29, 33-35, 37-39, 47, 53, 54, 56, 62-64, 73, 81, 83 |
| 16 | Thermal Properties of Matter | Q 1, 11, 16, 17, 19, 20 P 1, 5, 7, 12, 14-16, 18, 21, 22, 24, 29-34, 46, 56, 59, 66-68 |
| Exam I | ||
| 17 | First Law | Q 1, 4, 9, 12, 13, 17-19 P1-3, 6, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17-20, 23-25, 28-31, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44-47 |
| 18 | Second Law | Q 3, 5-9, 15, 16, 20 P 1-3, 6, 7, 9, 11, 14-16, 22-24, 32, 43, 44, 47, 52, 55 |
| Exam II | ||
| 34 | Nature and Propogation of Light | Q 1, 4, 10-12, 19 P 1-4, 7, 8, 11-13, 15-17, 19, 20, 27, 28, 33 |
| 37 | Interference | Q 1, 2, 7, 12, 13, 16 P 1, 2, 6-9, 11, 13, 15, 17-19, 21-24, 37, 38 |
| 38 | Diffraction | Q 3, 7, 8 P 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 17-19, 21-25, 27-30, 33, 35, 38, 47, 49, 50 |
| Exam III | ||
| 35 | Geometric Optics | Q 1, 6, 8, 13, 19, 20, 25, 27 P 1, 2, 4, 7-9, 11-14, 16, 18, 19, 23, 26, 27, 29, 31, 33-35, 38, 39, 64, 69, 70, 80 |
| 36 | Optical Instruments | Q 2, 8 P 2, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 24, 26, 40 |
| Exam IV | ||
| 40 | Photons, Electrons and Atoms | Q 1, 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16 P 1-3, 6-8, 11-14, 17, 19, 21, 27-29, 34, 36, 39, 44, 48, 51, 52, 56, 60 |
| 41 | The Wave Nature of Particles (sect. 1-4) | Q 1-3, 6 P 1-5, 7, 10, 12, 13, 24, 25 |
| 42 | Quantum Mechanics (sect. 1-6) | P 1-4, 21, 23 |
| 44 | Molecules and Condensed Matter | Q 1, 2, 6, 7, 11, 17 P 1, 4-7, 13, 14, 18, 22, 26, 27 |
| 45 | Nuclear Physics | Q 1, 6, 15, 16 P 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13-16, 20-22, 41, 45, 47, 49 |
| Final | ||
| Laboratory Experiments | |||
| 1. | Coefficient of Linear Expansions | 7. | Microwave Optics |
| 2. | Specific Heat | 8. | Grating Spectrometer |
| 3. | Heat of Fusion of Water | 9. | Index of Refraction of Air |
| 4. | Joule Heating | 10. | Lens Bench |
| 5. | Hartl Optical Disk | 11. | Hydrogen Spectrum |
| 6. | Index of Refraction of Glass/Dispersion | 12. | Absorption of Gamma and Beta Particles |