Information

Physics 303
Fall 1997

Professor: Keith Griffioen
Office: Small 215
Phone: 1-3537
Office Hours: by appointment
Lectures: MWF 10am; Small 102
Problem Session: F 2pm; Small 102
Text: J.B. Marion and S.T.Thornton, Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems, 4th ed. (Saunders College Publishing, Fort Worth, 1995); ISBN 0-03-097392-3
Grader: George Gerstner, 1-3547, Small 311B, www.physics.wm.edu/~gerstner
Tests: Tentatively in late September and early November
Grading: 30% homework, 40% two midterms, 30% final
Homework: 3-4 problems per week due each Friday
Material: Chapters 8-14, with the mathematics of Chapter 1 included as needed
Reserve Shelf: In the Physics Library
Computing Resources: Small 101, Small 205
Symbolic Mathematics: Maple
Web Site: http://www.physics.wm.edu/~griff/phys303.html
Syllabus: http://www.physics.wm.edu/~griff/phys303/p303_syllabus.html
History: http://www.physics.wm.edu/~griff/phys303/p303_history.html