Monday and Wednesday: 05:30 PM – 06:45 PM
Regener Hall Room 114
Instructor: Dinesh Loomba
Office: Physics and Astronomy Building, Room 1164.
E-mail: dloomba@unm.edu
Office hours: By
appointment
TA: Dipendra Adhikari
Office: Physics & Astronomy Room 38
E-mail: dipen@unm.edu
Office hours: MW 3-4
SI: Nadia Fernandez-Oropeza
Attending SI tutorial sessions will positively impact your grade. Each session attended will result in 0.5 percentage points being added to your homework grade before normalization. Note that attendance means actively participating in the SI session.
Office: Regener Hall Room 114
E-mail:
nadiapfo@unm.edu
Office hours: To be determined
Text: University Physics, 12th edition by Young and Freeman
Grading: 20% Homework, 20% Quizzes, 30% Midterm, 30% Final.
Grading scale: The numbers below represent the percentage of your final curved grade:
98-100 A+
93-97.99 A
90-92.99 A-
87-89.99 B+
83-86.99 B
80-82.99 B-
77-79.99 C+
70-76.99 C
67-69.99 D+
63-66.99 D
60-62.99 D-
Below 60 F
1) 20% Homework: Mastering Physics. Assigned Mondays at 8 AM and due the following Monday by 11 PM. Always use 3 significant figures on numerical answers. The numbers of the problems assigned in Mastering Physics usually correspond to those at the end of the appropriate Chapter in your University Physics textbook. If you bought a new textbook it came with an access code to Mastering Physics. If you were registered for Physics 160 last semester your access will carry over. If you wish to buy access to Mastering Physics separately, you may purchase access at www.MasteringPhysics.com. Visit www.MasteringPhysics.com to get started.
Course ID is: MPLOOMBA005
For your Student ID enter your UNM student ID number (= banner ID number)
For assistance with Mastering Physics use their online resources or go to: http://panda.unm.edu/Courses/StudentHelp/index.html to see the office hours of our DepartmentÕs expert, Cathy Webster.
Attending SI tutorials will positively impact your home grade as specified above.
2) 20% Quizzes: Unannounced once each week or every other week during class on Monday or Wednesday. Each quiz will be a question taken from the Summary Section of the textbook chapter to be covered by lectures that week to encourage reading of the textbook beforehand. Make-up quizzes will only be given if prior arrangements have been made with the instructor. Graded quizzes will be returned by the next class period to your assigned box in Regener Hall. No extra paper, notes, calculators, or cell phones allowed during quiz.
NOTE CHANGE TO FOLLOWING:
3) 15% for each of 2 midterms during class in Regener 114. Exam 1 will cover Chapters 21 - 24. Exam 2 will cover Chapters 25-29. The exams will be multiple choice with partial credit for work shown. You may use both sides of a 4Ó x 5Ó card as a crib sheet. Graded midterms will be returned to your assigned box in Regener Hall. No extra paper, notes, or cell phones allowed.
4) 15% for each of 2 parts in the Final:
Wednesday May 11, 5:30-6:45 PM, Regener 114. Part 1 of the final will cover
material from Chapters 17 – 20.
Part 2 will be a cumulative test of material covered in the 2 midterms
(Chapters 21-29). Both exams will
be multiple choice with partial credit for work shown. You may use both sides
of a 4Ó x 5Ó card as a crib sheet. No
extra paper, notes, calculators, or cell phones allowed.
5) If you do poorly on either Midterm 1 or 2, I
will count your grade in Part 2 of the Final (the Cumulative test) in its place.
Problems Session (Optional):
PHYS 168.002 (Call # 23662)
NOTE CHANGE OF DAY TO FOLLOWING:
Monday: 07:00 PM – 07:50 PM, Regener Hall Room 114
Grading (P/F) will be based upon
attendance and participation. 4 absences will result in a failing grade. The
Problems Session is strongly encouraged. The instructor teaches the class.
Students are assigned to groups and work problems under the supervision of the
instructor. Problems are selected to aid in understanding the lecture material
and assigned homework.
Schedule
Jan 19 Chapter 21: Electric Charge
Jan 24 – 26 Chapter 21: Electric Fields
Jan 31 – Feb 2 Chapter 22: GaussÕs Law
Feb 7 – 16 Chapter 23: Electric Potential
Feb 21 – 23 Chapter 24: Capacitance and Dielectrics
Feb 28
– Mar 2 Chapter
25: Current and Resistance and
Exam 1
Feb 28: We will start Chapter 25
Mar 2: Midterm Exam: Ch. 21 - 24
5:30
PM – 6:45 PM Regener Hall Room 114
Mar 7
– Mar 9 Chapter
25, start Chapter 26: Direct Current Circuits
Mar 14
– 16 Spring
Break
Mar 21
– 23 Finish
Chapter 26, start Chapter 27: Magnetic Fields and Forces
Mar 28
– 30 Chapter
27, start Chapter 28: Magnetic Sources
Apr 4
– 6 Chapter
28, start Chapter 29: Electromagnetic Induction
Apr 11
– 13 Chapter
29: Electromagnetic Induction
April 13: Midterm Exam: Ch. 25 - 28
5:30
PM – 6:45 PM Regener Hall Room 114
Apr 18
– 20 Finish
Chapter 29 and E&M. Start Thermodynamics
Apr 25
– 27 Chapter
17 (material covered in class)
May 2
– 4 Chapter
17 and parts of Chapter 18 (material covered in class)
May 11: Final Exam: 2 Parts as Described Above
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Regener Hall
Room 114
(You may use both sides of TWO 4Ó x 5Ó cards as a crib sheet.)