Instructor: Dr. Adam Tregre
Office: 156 Upham Hall
Phone: 262 472-5116
E-mail: tregrea@uww.edu
Office Hours:
MF 10am-12pm, 1pm-2pm
Other hours may be available by appointment. Please note
that I am not on campus on Tuesdays or Thursdays.
Course Prerequisites: PHYSCS 172 is a prerequisite, MATH 254 is a
corequisite.
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Required text: |
Physics for Scientists
and Engineers with Modern Physics,
Serway & Jewett, Vol. 2, 6th edition |
Other required materials:
Clickers available from University Bookstore. You will need to
register your clicker on line at http://clickers.uww.edu.
We will do a dry run of clickers next class period. Starting the following week
you will be expected to have your clickers every class period.
Scientific calculator, graphing capability is not necessary. You might also wish to buy a Texas
Instruments TI-30X IIS calculator to get used to using the same calculator as
will be provided during the exam.
Recommended materials:
• Student Solutions Manual &
Study Guide for Serway & Jewett’s Physics for Scientists and Engineers with
Modern Physics, Volume 2 by J.R.
Gordon, R. V. McGrew, & Raymond A. Serway (ISBN 0-534-40856-7). Copies of
this guide will be available in my office, in the Society of Physics Students
room (Upham 155), and on reserve at Andersen Library.
Web Site for Textbook:
University of
Illinois-Practice Exams:
http://online.physics.uiuc.edu/courses/phys211/fall04/practice/
Course Objectives: Introductory Physics III is the conclusion of the calculus-based course
sequence designed for science majors. The principle objectives are:
Attendance:
It is a disadvantage to miss any lectures because the lectures, demonstrations,
and in-class activities will greatly enhance your ability to understand the
material. There will be daily questions done in class that are worth points. If
you are ill, please contact me before class to make arrangements to make up in-class work. Otherwise,
you will lose the points for any day you are absent. Late exams are not
allowed, but in special cases you may take an exam early.
Grading policy: The grade you earn in this class will be based upon the five assignment
types listed below. The maximum percentage for the class is 100% (not counting
extra credit). A grading scale is given below for your reference. You can use
the score below to determine your guaranteed grade. At the end of the
course, if four people have not earned an A with the grading scale below, the
grading scale will be uniformly slid downward so that four people earn A’s. For
example, if the fourth highest score in the class is an 85%, then the grading
scale becomes A (85-100%), B (75-84%), C (60-74%) and so on. Grades are not curved, encouraging you
to work together, but I expect each student to hand in their own work.
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Grading Scale |
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Grade Breakdown |
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Letter |
Score |
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Assignment |
Weight |
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A |
90-100 |
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Midterm exams |
30% |
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B |
80-89 |
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Final exam |
20% |
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C |
65-79 |
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Homework |
20% |
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D |
50-64 |
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Labs |
20% |
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F |
0-49 |
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Participation |
10% |
Exams (3 exams each count for 10% of class total ): Midterm exams are scheduled for Oct 8 (Mon), Nov 7
(Wed), and Dec 7 (Fri).
Final exam (20% of class total): The comprehensive final exam is on Friday, December
14 at 7:45am.
Homework (20% of class total): Homework will generally be due at 11 PM on Thursdays;
any written part will be due on Fridays. The homework will be turned in on-line
using a web-based system developed at the University of
Illinois/Urbana-Champaign and served off a computer at UW-Madison. For each
homework, there are two due dates to keep in mind. To receive full credit, the
homework must be completed by the assigned due date. Homework completed after
the assigned due date, but before the second due date will be awarded 80%
credit. No credit is given for homework completed after this second due date.
You may work a problem as many times as you like and only the highest grade is
recorded in the gradebook. You can never lower your score by reworking a problem.
Note that
the homework questions have their own point system. To convert from homework
points to class points:
Class percentage= (homework
points earned)/(total homework points)*20%
You should consider the homework the minimum
number of problems needed to understand the material. I recommend that you work
out at least five additional problems for each chapter from the text. The
answers to odd problems are provided and I have the solutions to even problems
as well.
Discussion (5% of class total): Class
participation scores will be via clickers.
Class
points= (discussion points earned)/(total homework points)*100
Preflight quizzes (5% of class total): Before
every lecture, you will have a series of questions to answer (“preflight”) on
your reading assignment for that lecture. Your answers must be submitted by 11
AM the day of the lecture. If for some reason you can’t get a computer
connection, you can print out the questions and turn in your answers at the
beginning of class. I will be using your preflight answers to put together my
lecture so please do the best job you can. Your grade comes from turning in the
preflight, not for whether you get the answers right. After the preflight is
closed, you can check the form for the correct answers.
Labs (20% of class total): I will also be your instructor for the lab section of
this course, and will give you a separate syllabus covering this section of the
course, and how the grades will be assigned.
Extra Credit (maximum of 2.5% of class total): The Physics department will be arranging a series of
colloquium on Fridays (see the Physics department website). You can receive
extra credit by attending these talks and turning in a half-page single-spaced
summary (either written or typed) of what the talk was about and what you
learned. Each report will earn 5 extra credit class points. You can receive
no more than 25 extra credit points during the semester. For those of you
unable to attend these talks/events, you can receive extra credit by doing some
research and writing up the solution to an alternate set of questions that will
be posted to the course News page.
How to do well in this course: 50% of your grade in this course comes from exams, so
it is important to make sure that you prepare properly for the exams. I will be
providing additional help/pointers as the first exam draws near. But note that
50% of your grade is completely under your control. If you start your homework
promptly, turn in all your preflights, and do all of the class activities, there’s
no reason why you can’t get 100% on this part of the course. You will
seriously hurt your grade if you don’t turn in the homework, preflights, and
attend the classes/in-class activities.
Returned Papers: I will return assignments to the class after they have been graded. If
you do not pick up your assignment on that day, old assignments will be stored
in a clearly labeled box stored in the new SPS (Society of Physics Students)
room: Upham 122. This room is heavily used by physics majors, and will generally
be open during the day.
Course Schedule: This course will
cover Chapter 23 through Chapter 39 of the book, covering electricity and
magnetism, light and optics, and modern physics. The tentative topic schedule,
homework deadlines, and pre-flight question deadlines are given on the on-line
course planner.
Special needs
statement: Students with special needs
should contact the instructor to make appropriate arrangements.
The University of
Wisconsin-Whitewater is dedicated to a safe, supportive and non-discriminatory
learning environment. It is the responsibility of all undergraduate and
graduate students to familiarize themselves with University policies regarding Special Accomodations,
Misconduct, Religious Beliefs
Accomodation, Discrimination
and Absence
for University Sponsored Events. (For details please refer to the
Undergraduate and Graduate Timetables; the Rights and
Responsibilities section of the Undergraduate
Catalog; the Academic
Requirements and Policies and the Facilities and
Services sections of the Graduate
Catalog; and the Student
Academic Disciplinary Procedures [UWS Chapter 14]; and the Student Nonacademic
Disciplinary Procedures [UWS Chapter 17].)
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WEEK |
Day |
Date |
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TOPIC |
LECNO |
CHAPTER |
PAGES |
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1 |
Wed |
5-Sep |
Course Introduction |
1 |
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Fri |
7-Sep |
Coulombs Law |
2 |
23.1-23.3 |
707-715 |
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LAB |
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2 |
Mon |
10-Sep |
Electric Fields with Calculus |
3 |
23.4-23.5 |
715-723 |
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Wed |
12-Sep |
Motion of Charged Particles |
4 |
23.6-23.7 |
723-729 |
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Fri |
14-Sep |
Gauss's Law |
5 |
24.1-24.2 |
740-745 |
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LAB |
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Electric Field Mapping:
Numerical Techniques |
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3 |
Mon |
17-Sep |
Application of Gauss' Law |
6 |
24.3-24.5 |
746-754 |
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Wed |
19-Sep |
Electric Potential I (*) |
7 |
25.1-25.4 |
763-774 |
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Fri |
21-Sep |
Electric Potential II |
8 |
25.5-25.8 |
774-784 |
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LAB |
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Electric Potential Maps:
Experimental Methods |
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4 |
Mon |
24-Sep |
Capacitance |
9 |
26.1-26.3 |
796-806 |
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Wed |
26-Sep |
Capacitor Storage |
10 |
26.4-26.5, 26.7 |
807-814, 817-820 |
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Fri |
28-Sep |
Resistance and Power (*) |
11 |
27.1-27.5 |
823-849 |
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LAB |
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Capacitors and Resistors |
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5 |
Mon |
1-Oct |
DC Circuits |
12 |
28.1-28.2 |
859-869 |
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Wed |
3-Oct |
Kirchoff's Laws |
13 |
28.3 |
869-873 |
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Fri |
5-Oct |
Exam 1 Review |
14 |
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LAB |
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DC and RC Circuits (Read Ch
28.4-28.6) |
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6 |
Mon |
8-Oct |
Exam 1 (Ch 23-28) |
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Wed |
10-Oct |
B fields and forces(*) |
15 |
29.1-29.3 |
895-907 |
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Fri |
12-Oct |
B fields and particles |
16 |
29.4-29.6 |
907-916 |
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LAB |
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Charge to Mass Ratio for an
Electron |
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7 |
Mon |
15-Oct |
Ampere's Law |
17 |
30.1-30.3 |
927-937 |
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Wed |
17-Oct |
Magnetic Flux and Displacement
Current |
18 |
30.4-30.7 |
938-944 |
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Fri |
19-Oct |
Magnetism in Matter and the Earth |
19 |
30.8-30.9 |
944-954 |
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LAB |
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Magnetic Field Maps:
Experimental Techniques |
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8 |
Mon |
22-Oct |
Faraday's Law |
20 |
31.1-31.3 |
968-980 |
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Wed |
24-Oct |
EMFs and Generators |
21 |
31.4-31.7 |
981-989 |
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Fri |
26-Oct |
Inductance |
22 |
32.1-32.4 |
1004-1014 |
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|
LAB |
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Introduction to the
Oscilloscope |
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9 |
Mon |
29-Oct |
RLC Circuits |
23 |
32.5-32.6 |
1015-1022 |
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Wed |
31-Oct |
AC Circuits and Phasors |
24 |
33.1-33.5 |
1034-1047 |
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Fri |
2-Nov |
AC Power and Resonance |
25 |
33.6-33.9 |
1047-1057 |
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LAB |
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Alternating Current Circuits |
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10 |
Mon |
5-Nov |
Exam Review |
26 |
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Wed |
7-Nov |
Exam 2 (Ch 29-33) |
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Fri |
9-Nov |
E&M Waves |
27 |
34.1-34.6 |
1067-1082 |
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LAB |
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Geometric Optics (Read Sec
36.4) |
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|
11 |
Mon |
12-Nov |
Interference I |
28 |
37.1-37.4 |
1177-1187 |
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Wed |
14-Nov |
Interference II |
29 |
37.5-37.7 |
1188-1197 |
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Fri |
16-Nov |
Diffraction |
30 |
38.1-38.3 |
1206-1216 |
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|
LAB |
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Laser Optics (Read Sec 38.4) |
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|
12 |
Mon |
19-Nov |
Polarization |
31 |
38.6 |
1225-1232 |
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Wed |
21-Nov |
Quantum Photons |
32 |
40.1-40.2 |
1285-1297 |
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Fri |
23-Nov |
THANKSGIVING BREAK |
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LAB |
|
THANKSGIVING BREAK |
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13 |
Mon |
26-Nov |
Quantum Particles |
33 |
40.5-40.8 |
1301-1311 |
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Wed |
28-Nov |
Bohr Model |
34 |
42.1-42.4 |
1352-1364 |
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Fri |
30-Nov |
Quantum Numbers |
35 |
42.7-42.10 |
1374-1389 |
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LAB |
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Atomic Spectroscopy |
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14 |
Mon |
3-Dec |
Nuclear Physics |
36 |
44.1-44.3 |
1441-1452 |
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Wed |
5-Dec |
Radioactive Decay |
37 |
44.4-44.6 |
1452-1465 |
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Fri |
7-Dec |
Exam 3 (Ch34, 37-38, 40, 42,
44) |
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LAB |
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Exam Review |
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15 |
Mon |
10-Dec |
Quarks |
38 |
46.1, 46.4, 46.9 |
1512-1513, 1518-1520, 1529-1532 |
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Wed |
12-Dec |
The End of Physics |
39 |
No reading |
No reading |