University of Colorado at Boulder Department of Physics Summer 2012, Session A Monday, June 4 - Friday, July 6

Physics 2010 Syllabus

Lecture All sections 7:30 a.m. - 9:05 a.m. 9:15 a.m. -10:25a.m. 10:00 a.m. - noon 9:15 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. MTWR Duane G1B20 F M W F Duane G2B83 T R Duane G2B83 Mik Sawicki Eduardo Calleja Eduardo Calleja Wanyan Xie Wanyan Xie

Recitation Section R110 Lab: Section L111

Recitation Section R120 Lab: Section L122

M W F Duane G2B41 T R Duane G2B83

Note: You must attend the lab and recitation to which you are assigned. Students in lab L111 should attend recitation R110; those in lab L122 should attend recitation R120. Lecturer: Dr. Mik Sawicki, office Duane F533. Phone: (303) 492-6952 (Main Physics Office, leave the message.) E-mail: mikolaj.sawicki@colorado.edu Office hours: Check the course web page for current schedule of office hours. Instructors (Recitations and Labs, see chart above): See Main Course page. Help available daily during instructors' office hours held in the Physics Help Room behind the lab G-2B90. See the main course page for schedule. Texts: Physics by D. C. Giancoli, 5-th or 6-th edition (chapters 1 - 15). Physics 2010 Laboratory Notes, available in CU bookstore, or on the web at http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phys2010 Free Web site: An interactive, free Web site provides a wealth of interactive activities and problem-solving practice for each chapter of Giancolis text. Material covered: This is a first semester of a two-semester survey sequence of introductory, algebra-based physics courses, PHYS 2010, 2020, intended for pre-meds, biology majors, and other non-engineering students. (Engineering majors, physics majors, and other desiring a calculus-based survey of physics should take the PHYS 1110, 1120, 1140 sequence.) PHYS

2010 covers classical mechanics, fluids, waves, and heat. PHYS 2020 covers electricity and magnetism, optics, and topics in modern physics including special relativity, quantum mechanics and nuclear physics. Prerequisites: It is not necessary to have previously completed a high school physics course, but you should have a good working knowledge of algebra, geometry and trig. What you will need is a desire to learn and firm commitment to work long and hard. IMPORTANT ADVICE: This is a standard 15 week class, squeezed into 4 weeks of a Summer session. The pace will be extremely fast. Every day will be a challenge, and you'll find yourself working nights and weekends to stay current. All this is doable, but please, think long and hard if you really want to take this class during the Summer. Exams are in room G-2B90 as follows: Exam 1 Exam 2 Exam 3 Final Exam Thursday Thursday Thursday Friday June 14 10:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. June 21 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. June 28 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. July 6 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Grades - Final grades in the course will be calculated according to the following scale: 3 Exams @ 15% each: 45% Final Exam 20% Homework 15% Recitation 10% Lab work 10% Total 100% Laboratories: There are 5 labs, one a week, each lasting 2 hours. You must attend the lab to which you are assigned. You will need a lab notebook, the kind with a square grid (quadrilleruled) on every page. You are to complete the lab write-up during the two-hour lab section and hand in your completed lab at the end of the session. To avoid unnecessary stress and risk of failing the lab, you should carefully read and study the lab instructions and plan your activities before coming to the lab. There are some pre-lab questions for each lab, the answers to which you must hand in, on a separate sheet, at the beginning of the lab period. If you know you will miss a lab, you can hand these in earlier, but never later. A missed lab may be made up the same week by attending another section, if you have a written excuse. An excused absence for reasons of health or personal tragedy requires written documentation from a physician, family member etc. To pass the course, you must complete 4 labs. Recitations: In recitation, you will discuss physics, sticky points from the lecture, homework problems, and take a lot of quizzes. The policies for grading quizzes will be announced by your recitation instructor. Homework: Homework assignments will be based on the Computer Assisted Personalized Approach (CAPA) system. Homework printouts will be distributed in class. Pick your personal

printout and look up the 4-digit code you are assigned for that homework set. Using a Web browser (Netscape or Internet Explorer), connect to the CAPA Homepage. You will be required to enter your Social Security or Student ID Number, and your personal 4-digit code. Each homework set will be made of several questions, problems or exercises. Using CAPA, you have several penalty-free possible tries for each problem. The CAPA system automatically rejects late homework. Exams: Exams will be closed book. You are allowed to bring a single 8.5 x 11 formula sheet to the exam. You can write anything you want on the formula sheet (on both sides), but must write it by hand - no Xeroxing or typing allowed. Important: You should bring a calculator to every recitation, lab and exam. You will need a pen and a lab notebook for every lab. There will be no sharing of calculators during exams and quizzes. There will be no early or late exams given, and no make-up exams or quizzes. However, arrangements will be made for students with special needs as defined by the University of Colorado at Boulder policies listed below. Students with documented disability: If you qualify for accommodations because of a disability, please submit to me a letter from Disability Services in a timely manner so that your needs may be addressed. Disability Services determines accommodations based on documented disabilities. Contact: 303-492-8671, Willard 322. Campus policy regarding religious observances requires that faculty make every effort to reasonably and fairly deal with all students who, because of religious obligations, have conflicts with scheduled exams, assignments or required attendance. Please contact me as soon as possible if you require special arrangements. Other important campus policies. Classroom behavior: Students and faculty each have responsibility for maintaining an appropriate learning environment. Students who fail to adhere to such behavioral standards may be subject to discipline. Faculty has the professional responsibility to treat all students with understanding, dignity and respect, to guide classroom discussion and to set reasonable limits on the manner in which they and their students express opinions. Professional courtesy and sensitivity are especially important with respect to individuals and topics dealing with differences of race, culture, religion, politics, sexual orientation, gender variance, and nationalities. Class rosters are provided to the instructor with the student's legal name. I will gladly honor your request to address you by an alternate name or gender pronoun. Please advise me of this preference early in the semester so that I may make appropriate changes to my records. Academic integrity: All students of the University of Colorado at Boulder are responsible for knowing and adhering to the academic integrity policy of this institution. Violations of this policy may include: cheating, plagiarism, aid of academic dishonesty, fabrication, lying, bribery,

and threatening behavior. All incidents of academic misconduct shall be reported to the Honor Code Council (honor@colorado.edu; 303-725-2273). Students who are found to be in violation of the academic integrity policy will be subject to both academic sanctions from the faculty member and non-academic sanctions (including but not limited to university probation, suspension, or expulsion). Discrimination and harassment: The University of Colorado at Boulder policy on Discrimination and Harassment, the University of Colorado policy on Sexual Harassment and the University of Colorado policy on Amorous Relationships applies to all students, staff and faculty. Any student, staff or faculty member who believes s/he has been the subject of discrimination or harassment based upon race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status should contact the Office of Discrimination and Harassment (ODH) at 303-492-2127 or the Office of Judicial Affairs at 303-492-5550. Change of registration: See the class main page for important drop/add and withdraw deadlines. May 2012.