Physics 9
Fall 2007
Instructor: Jacob Morris
Office: SCI 275
Phone: 434-3520
Email: morris_jacob@smc.edu
Webpage:
http://homepage.smc.edu/morris_jacob/
Office Hours: M 1-3, T 1-2, Th 1-2, and
by appointment
Course Description: This
course is a calculus-based introduction to electromagnetism, waves, and modern
physics. (Prerequisites: Math 7, Physics 8)
Place and Time:
Lecture/Lab:
M, W
Text: R. D. Knight, Physics (with Modern Physics), Addison Wesley.
Supplementary Texts: R. Knight, Student Work Book and Student Solutions
Manuel (both not required).
Grade: Quizzes 10%
Homework 5%
Participation 5%
Lab/Tutorial 15%
Midterm 1 10% Wednesday 9/26
Midterm 2 15% Wednesday 10/24
Midterm 3 15% Wednesday 11/21
Final 25% Friday,
December 14,
Upon returning each exam I will give a breakdown of the grades for that exam.
Classroom Conduct: Under no circumstances is there to be any food or beverage in the
classroom.
Please make a point of coming to class on time; doing otherwise creates a
distraction to both your classmates and me. Attendance is not mandatory,
however, missing class or laboratory might adversely affect your grade.
Exam Policy: There are no make-up exams. If you miss an exam due to an emergency
or personal hardship a note from a suitable professional will be required. In
such a justifiable event additional weight will be apportioned to the final
exam. All exams are closed note and closed book. The midterm exams will consist
of problems and conceptual questions
based on material from the homework, class examples, text examples, tutorial
problems, and laboratory. The
midterms are of greater scope than the homework and quizzes and will require
you to think and put ideas together. Failure to take the final will result
in an F grade for the course.
Lab: There are no make-up
labs. Laboratory is mandatory to the extent that points will be given for every lab session regardless
of whether you are required to submit written work for that session. If there
is ever any doubt you should submit all the work you have completed in the
laboratory. Also, make sure you receive a graded report for every report
you have submitted. In the event you do not receive a report that you
submitted it is your responsibility to bring its absence to my attention.
Quizzes: There will be several
quizzes during the semester that will consist of one or two problems taken from the lecture and homework.
I will drop your lowest quiz. There are
no make-up quizzes.
Homework: There will be an assignment
each week consisting of roughly 25 problems.
The homework will be graded on a three-point scale based on
completeness, correctness, and clarity.
Participation: This
component of your grade is based on your active participation in lecture and
laboratory. I will consider the frequency that you ask/answer questions in
class, your attentiveness, and whether you consistently review the relevant
material prior to the laboratory.
Help: I realize that it may be
difficult to attend my office hours. If you need help please do not hesitate to
drop by any time I am in my office.
There is a tutoring available in the LRC located in SCI 245.
Academic
Dishonesty: The college policy regarding academic
dishonesty will be strictly enforced. In particular I will not hesitate
to inform the campus disciplinarian of any student’s dishonest conduct relating
to the course. This includes, but is not limited to: cheating on a quiz or
exam, submission of an altered exam for a regrade, verbatim copying of lab
activities, falsification of laboratory work/attendance, forgery of my
signature/grade, or forgery of any written excuse.
Week of: Sections: Topics:
Aug. 27 25.1-25.6 Charge, Coulomb’s Law, Electric Field
Sept. 3 26.1-26.7 Electric Field Examples, Capacitors,
Charged Particle Motion, Dipoles
Sept. 10 27.1-27.6 Flux, Gauss’s Law,
Examples, Conductors
Sept. 17 28.1- 29.4 Current, Batteries, Conductivity, Electric Potential Energy, Electric Potential
Sept. 24 29.5-29.7 Electric Potential Examples, Midterm 1 (Chs.25-28)
Oct. 1 30.1-31.3 Electric Potential Examples, Circuits,
Kirchhoff’s Laws, Examples
Oct. 8 31.4-32.7 RC
Circuits, Magnetic Field, Ampere’s Law, Charged Particle Motion,
Oct. 15 32.8-33.10 Magnetic Forces,
Torques, Magnetism, Motional EMF, Magnetic Flux, Inductance
Oct. 29 22.1-22.6 Interference, Diffraction, Gratings
Nov. 5 23.1-24.4 Refraction, Reflection, Mirrors and Lenses, X-Ray Diffraction, Photons
Nov. 19 37.1-38.3 Photoelectric
Effect, Midterm 3 (Chs. 33, 34, 22-24)
Nov. 26 38.4-40.4 Bohr Model, Wave Function, Uncertainty
Principle, Shrodinger Eqn., Examples
Dec. 3 41.1-42.6 Spin, Exclusion Principle, Atoms, Periodic Table, Nuclear Structure,Radioactivity
Dec. 14 Final Exam (Cumulative, covering all the topics
addressed in the course)
Special Dates: Labor Day 9/3, Veteran’s Day 11/12, Thanksgiving 11/22,
11/23, Last Day to drop without a W: 9/16, Last
day to drop with a W: 11/18