Physics 9
Fall 2009
Instructor: Jacob Morris
Office: SCI 279
Phone: 434-3520
Email: morris_jacob@smc.edu
Webpage:
http://homepage.smc.edu/morris_jacob/
Office Hours: M 1-2, T 3-4, W 1-2, Th 3-4,
and by appointment
Course Description: This
course is a calculus-based introduction to electromagnetism, optics, and modern
physics. (Prerequisites: Math 7, Physics 8)
Time Place:
Lecture:
TTH
Text: R. D. Knight, Physics,
a Strategic Approach (with Modern Physics), 2nd Edition, Addison
Wesley, 2008.
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% Friday 10/2
Midterm 2 15% Friday 10/30
Midterm 3 15% Tuesday 11/24
Final 25% Friday,
December 18,
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.
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. Missing more than 3 lab periods will
result in a grade no higher than a D.
Quizzes: There will be several
quizzes during the semester that will consist of 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. 31 26.1-26.6 Charge, Coulomb’s Law, Electric Field
Sept. 7 27.1-27.7 Electric Field Examples, Capacitors,
Charged Particle Motion, Dipoles
Sept. 14 28.1-28.6 Flux, Gauss’s Law,
Examples, Conductors
Sept. 21 29.1- 30.4 Electric Potential Energy, Electric Potential, Capacitors, Electrical Energy
Sept. 28 30.5-30.7 Electric Potential Examples, Midterm 1 (Chs.26-29)
Oct. 5 31.1-32.3 Electric Current, Conductivity, Circuits,
Kirchhoff’s Law, Resistor Networks
Oct. 12 32.4-33.7 RC Circuits, Magnetic
Field, Ampere’s Law, Charged Particle Motion,
Oct. 19 33.8-34.10 Magnetic Forces,
Torques, Magnetism, Motional EMF, Magnetic Flux, Inductance
Nov. 2 22.1-22.6 Superposition Review, Interference, Diffraction, Gratings
Nov. 9 23.1-23.8 Refraction,
Reflection, Ray Tracing, Mirrors and Lenses, Lens Equation
Nov. 16 24.1-24.5 Compound Lens Systems,
Optical Instruments, Rayleigh’s Criterion
Nov. 30 38.1-39.7 Photoelectric
Effect, Bohr Model, Wave Function
Dec. 7 41.1-42.6 Uncertainty
Principle, Schrodinger Eqn., Angular Momentum, Spin, Exclusion
Principle, Atoms, Periodic Table
Dec. 14 Final Exam (Cumulative, covering all the topics
addressed in the course)
Special Dates: Labor Day 9/7, Veteran’s Day 11/13, Thanksgiving 11/26,
11/27, Last Day to drop without a W: 9/21, Last
day to drop with a W: 11/23