Physics 102 - Information

• Instructor: Carl Carlson

  Office: Wm. Small Laboratory 223

  Phone: 1-3509

  Email: carlson@physics.wm.edu

  Office Hours: Mondays 1-3pm or by appointment.

• Text: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Paul A. Tipler, (Worth, New York: 1991).
• Sections: You must register for the lecture section, one problem session (102P) and one laboratory (102L). The problem sessions begin the week of 26 January.
• Labs: begin on Monday, 26 January. The tutoring sessions on W, Th at 4 pm are optional.
• Homework: A set of problems is due each week at noon on Friday. Papers must be stapled with your name, problem session instructor and problem session time printed in the upper right-hand corner. Homework is graded and solutions will be posted in the glass cases in the lobby. Solutions will also be on reserve in Swem Library. Late homework will generally not be accepted. We will drop your two lowest weekly homework grades when computing the overall grade.
• The Net: You may communicate with me by email: carlson@physics.wm.edu. Copies of course information, materials and problem solutions will be posted electronically via the World Wide Web. Open the Physics Department home page, URL http://physics.wm.edu/ and look under Course-Related Materials for Physics 102. You can access the Web using a browser on any campus machine that has internet access.
• Tests: There will be three 50-minute, closed-book tests during the semester. You may bring a calculator.
• Withdrawal: Questions about drop/add should be directed to your problem session instructor.
• Final Exam: The final exam will be given on Wednesday, 13 May 1998 at 8:30 am.
• Grading: Your grade is the responsibility of your problem section instructor. Letter grades will be assigned as follows:

  			A	92-100 %	A-	88-91
  B+	85-87		B	81-84		B-	76-80
  C+	72-76		C	68-71		C-	63-67
  D+	59-63 		D	55-58		D-	50-54
  

  The final grade calculation will use the formula
  

     S = 0.4 T + 0.1 H + 0.25 L + 0.25 F + 0.2 (100-T) E/100
  

  in which T is the average of three tests, H is the homework, L is the laboratory, and F is the final exam.