PHY 2048 Fall 2014

PHY 2048 Fall 2014

Physics with Calculus 1

PHY 2048 "Coordinator"
Rick Field	The PHY 2048 coordinator is responsible for the following: Maintain the three WEBsites Maintain the grades The Estimated and Overall Course Grades The WileyPLUS On-Line Homework Organize the Quizzes The Exams, Final Exam, and Make-Up Exam (with input from Katia Matcheva)

PHY 2048 WEBsites:
There are three PHY2048 WEBsites that you will need to use.

The Physics Department PHY2048 WEBsite at http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2048/fall14/ This site contains the class announcements, office hours, the homework problems, the course schedule, exam room assignments, the course syllabus, previous exams, and the correct answers for your exams (after you have taken the exam). You should check the class announcements on a regular basis.

The University of Florida e-Learning PHY2048 WEBsite at https://lss.at.ufl.edu/ or https://elearning2.courses.ufl.edu/portal/site/UFL-PHY2048-50154-82014. This site contains the course grades. Estimated course grades will be posted here after each of the two exams and your final course grades will be posted here after the final exam. It also containes and the class lectures.

The WileyPLUS site at http://edugen.wileyplus.com/edugen/class/cls408198/. This is where you do the assigned on-line homework.

PHY 2048 Textbook:

Material	Price
Textbook with WileyPLUS	$95 (UF Bookstore)
eBook with WileyPLUS	$40 (Wiley for UF on-line)

The textbook for the course is Wiley (2013), Fundamentals of Physics (with WileyPLUS), Volume 1, 10^th Edtion, by: Halliday, Resnick, and Walker. You have two options. You can purchase a hardcopy of the textbook (with access to WileyPLUS) at the bookstore or you can purchase the eBook (with access to WileyPLUS) on-line at Wiley for UF (here). In either case you must get the access to the WileyPLUS on-line homework. The on-line Homework in this course is graded and will count towards your final course grade. The prices are as follows:

Material Price

Textbook with WileyPLUS $95 (UF Bookstore)

eBook with WileyPLUS $40 (Wiley for UF on-line)

PHY 2048 Lecturers
Katia Matcheva	Rick Field

PHY 2048 Lectures (MWF 4 & 5):

The lecture notes will be posted on the PHY2048 e-Learning WEBsite.

The PHY 2048 class schedule shows the material covered in each lecture.

Bonus points for class participation using the H-ITT student response system every lecture. To get credit you must register on the system (see the instructions in the syllabus).

The in-class H-ITT questions begin counting on Wednesday September 3, but you should get your remotes sooner for practice questions that will help you to become familiar with the system before the questions start counting for bonus points.

PHY 2048 Discussion Sections and Quizzes:

Discussion sections will start the first day of classes and meet once per week.

They will emphasize problem solving.

Quizzes will be given during many of your discussion section meetings (11 total quizzes). (starting on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday September 8-10, 2014)

The quizzes will test how well you learned the concepts and methods of the previous weeks WikeyPLUS on-line homework problems.

The quiz will be very closely related to your on-line homework problems. No Crib Sheets for the quizzes

Your quizzes will be graded on a scale from 0.0 to 5.0 and will count 15% towards your overall course grade.

You will be allowed to make-up a maximum of three missed quizzes provided that you have a valid documented excuse (e.g. medical note). You will have to take the make-up quiz within 3 weeks of your missed quiz and there will be no make-up quizzes after December 10, 2014.

10% of the quizzes will be dropped. The overall grade formula (PDF) shows how your quiz grade is calculated.

PHY2048 Quiz Schedule^*
Week	Quiz	Date	Quiz Problem
1		8/25/14-8/27/14	No Quiz
2		9/1/14-9/3/14	No Quiz
3	1	9/8/14-9/10/14	Chapter 1.1-3.3
4	2	9/15/14-9/17/14	Chapter 4.1-4.7
5	3	9/22/14-9/24/14	Chapter 5.1-6.2
6		8/29/14-10/1/14	No Quiz
7	4	10/6/14-10/8/14	Chapter 7.1-8.5
8	5	10/13/14-10/15/14	Chapter 9.1-9.9
9	6	10/20/14-10/22/14	Chapter 10.1-10.5
10	7	10/27/14-10/29/14	Chapter 10.6-11.6
11		11/3/14-11/5/14	No Quiz
12	8	11/10/14-11/12/14	Chapter 12.1-13.7
13	9	11/17/14-11/19/14	Chapter 14.1-14.7
14		11/24/14-11/26/14	No Quiz
15	10	12/1/14-12/3/14	Chapter 15.1-16.2
16	11	12/8/14-12/10/14	Chapter 16.3-17.6

PHY2048 Exam Schedule
Date	Exam	Material	Time	Room Assignments^*
Friday 9/26/14	Exam 1	Chapers 1-6	8:20pm-10:10pm	TBA
Friday 10/31/14	Exam 2	Chapters 7-11	8:20pm-10:10pm	TBA
Wednesday 12/10/14	Make-Up	Chapters 1-17	5:10pm-7:00pm	TBA
Saturday 12/13/14	Final Exam	Chapters 1-17	12:30pm-2:30pm	TBA

PHY2048 Quiz Schedule^*
Week Quiz Date Quiz Problem
1 8/25/14-8/27/14 No Quiz
2 9/1/14-9/3/14 No Quiz
3 1 9/8/14-9/10/14 Chapter 1.1-3.3
4 2 9/15/14-9/17/14 Chapter 4.1-4.7
5 3 9/22/14-9/24/14 Chapter 5.1-6.2
6 8/29/14-10/1/14 No Quiz
7 4 10/6/14-10/8/14 Chapter 7.1-8.5
8 5 10/13/14-10/15/14 Chapter 9.1-9.9
9 6 10/20/14-10/22/14 Chapter 10.1-10.5
10 7 10/27/14-10/29/14 Chapter 10.6-11.6
11 11/3/14-11/5/14 No Quiz
12 8 11/10/14-11/12/14 Chapter 12.1-13.7
13 9 11/17/14-11/19/14 Chapter 14.1-14.7
14 11/24/14-11/26/14 No Quiz
15 10 12/1/14-12/3/14 Chapter 15.1-16.2
16 11 12/8/14-12/10/14 Chapter 16.3-17.6

^*Quizzes are in the discussion sections on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday.

PHY 2048 Exams and Final:

There will be two in-term exams and a cumulative final exam.

These exams will not take place in your lecture hall in the physics building. Room assignments for where you must go to take the exams will be announced during class and posted on the course web page.

Exams are multiple choice with your answers bubbled in on Scantron sheets.

You should bring a calculator (calculators may not be shared and may not have electronic communications capability), #2 pencils, an eraser and your picture ID (preferably your UF-ID).

You will not be allowed to bring crib sheets or notes to the exams and cell phones may not be used. We will provide a formula sheet on the exam. This formula sheet will contain information necessary to do the problems. The formula sheet will be posted on the PHY2048 course WEBsite a week before your exam so that you can see what information will be on the exam.

Unless superseded by a valid excuse a missed exam will result in a zero. Valid excuses are officially sanctioned UF events, medical excuses or family emergencies. Acceptable excuses will require a coach's, doctor's or instructor sanctioned note with a verifiable contact phone number.

A valid excuse will allow you to take the cumulative make-up exam to replace the zero on the missed exam. There will be one cumulative make-up exam (covering material from both exams) given on Wednesday December 10, 2014. The grade on this make-up exam will replace the missed exam.

The two in-term exams and the final exam will be equally weighted and count for 75% of the overall course grade. None of the exam grades will be dropped.

Previous exams will be posted on the PHY2048 course WEBsite.

PHY2048 Exam Schedule
Date Exam Material Time Room Assignments^*
Friday 9/26/14 Exam 1 Chapers 1-6 8:20pm-10:10pm TBA
Friday 10/31/14 Exam 2 Chapters 7-11 8:20pm-10:10pm TBA
Wednesday 12/10/14 Make-Up Chapters 1-17 5:10pm-7:00pm TBA
Saturday 12/13/14 Final Exam Chapters 1-17 12:30pm-2:30pm TBA

^*Room assignments are based on the first letter of your last name.

PHY 2048 On-Line Homework:

To get onto the online homework system you will need to enter the WileyPLUS access code that came with the hardcopy textbook you purchased at the bookstore; or came with the eBook you purchased on-line at Wiley for UF (here). Have your access code ready when you first access the system.

To register on WileyPLUS: go to WileyPLUS and click “Register” and follow the instructions there. To properly get credit for your efforts you must enter the following "Student Profile" information correctly:

First Name: Your first name as it appears on the Registrars list for PHY2048.

Last Name: Your last name (i.e. family name) as it appears on the Registrars list for PHY2048.

E-mail: Your Gatorlink E-mail address (i.e. name@ufl.edu).

Phone: Your phone number.

Student ID: Your UF-ID number (8 digit, e.g. 12345678).

Note you must input correctly your Gatorlink E-mail address and your UF-ID!
The first online homework assignment is due on Saturday August 30, 2014. The course WEBsite gives the assigned problems and due dates (here). Once the due date/time has passed no further input of answers will be accepted.

WileyPLUS On-line Homework Problems:

The problems come from your textbook. However, the numbers are randomized for each student (i.e. the problems will be same as the textbook but with different numbers).

You will have five tries to get the correct answer. You will not be counted off for "significant figures", however, your answer must be correct to within 2%.

For most of the problems WileyPLUS will give you a "hint" after the third incorrect try and for some of the problems WileyPLUS will give you the solution after the assignment due date.

Your homework scores will be weighted by how well you do on the quiz that follows the homework assignment. For example, if HW_n is your score on the n^th homework assignment and Q_n is your score on the n^th quiz, then you will receive the following quiz×homework grade: (Q×HW)_n = Q_n × HW_n/5. However, if your quiz score is 4 points or higher (out of 5 points) then you will receive full credit for the corresponding homework assignment no matter what your homework score was on that assignment (even if you did not do the homework assignment!). The course Schedule Page (PDF) gives the assigned on-line homework problems, the due dates, and the dates of the associated quiz. The quiz×homework portion of the course will count for 10% of the overall course grade. To provide a measure of forgiveness for illnesses and possible network problems, 10% of the quiz×homework scores will be dropped in evaluating your final grade. The course grade formula (PDF) shows how your quiz×homework points are calculated.

PHY2048 WileyPLUS On-Line Homework Schedule
Assignment	Due Date (by 11:00pm)	Material	Associated Quiz (date)
HW Set 0	Saturday August 30	WileyPLUS Practice (not graded)	None
HW Set 1	Saturday September 6	Chapter 1.1-3.3	Quiz 1 (9/8-9/10)
HW Set 2	Saturday September 13	Chapter 4.1-4.7	Quiz 2 (9/15-9/17)
HW Set 3	Saturday September 20	Chapter 5.1-6.2	Quiz 3 (9/22-9/24)
HW Set 4	Saturday October 4	Chapter 7.1-8.5	Quiz 4 (10/6-10/8)
HW Set 5	Saturday October 11	Chapter 9.1-9.9	Quiz 5 (10/13-10/15)
HW Set 6	Saturday October 18	Chapter 10.1-10.5	Quiz 6 (10/20-10/22)
HW Set 7	Saturday October 25	Chapter 10.6-11.6	Quiz 7 (10/27-10/29)
HW Set 8	Saturday November 8	Chapter 12.1-13.7	Quiz 8 (11/10-11/12)
HW Set 9	Saturday November 15	Chapter 14.1-14.7	Quiz 9 (11/17-11/19)
HW Set 10	Saturday November 22	Chapter 15.1-16.2	Quiz 10 (12/1-12/3)
HW Set 11	Saturday December 6	Chapter 16.3-17.6	Quiz 11 (12/8-12/10)

PHY 2048 Student Response System - H-ITT Bonus Points:

In-class student participation using the HITT student response system will be used in every lecture.

You will be able to earn bonus points toward your overall course grade by coming to class and answering the H-ITT questions, however, participating in the H-ITT in class questions is purely optional. You can earn a perfect grade in the course (i.e. 100 points) without the H-ITT bonus points.

In-class H-ITT questions begin to count on Wednesday September 3, 2014, but you should get your remotes sooner for practice questions that will help you to become familiar with the system before the questions starting counting toward your bonus points.

The transmitter will let you respond to questions posed during class. Your response will be recorded. Simply responding will get you 1 point credit for the question while responding correctly will get you 2 points credit.

To get credit you must register on the system (see the instructions in the syllabus).

It is your responsibility to ensure that your remote is functioning properly and that you are sending on the correct channel (see the instructions for setting the remote channel). It is recommended that you set the channel at the start of each lecture.

To provide a measure of forgiveness for unavoidable missed classes and for problems with the H-ITT transmitter, 20% of the H-ITT scores will be dropped in evaluating your bonus points.

You can earn a maximum of 5 bonus points toward your overall course grade by answering the H-ITT questions. The overall grade formula (PDF) shows how the bonus points are calculated.

PHY 2048 Overall Course Grades:

Grading Procedure
Assignment	Max Course Points
Exam 1	25
Exam 2	25
Final Exam	25
Quizzes^*	15
Quiz×Homework^*	10
Total Points	100
HITT Bonus^**	5

^*10% will be dropped.
^**Optional bonus points.

Grading Scale (fixed)
A	≥ 85
A-	≥ 80
B+	≥ 75
B	≥ 70
B-	≥ 65
C+	≥ 60
C	≥ 55
C-	≥ 50
D+	≥ 45
D	≥ 40
D-	≥ 35
E	< 35

A formula for calculating your overall course grade is here.

Students with Disabilities:
The Dean of Students Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to the instructor (Field or Matcheva) when requesting accommodation. Then you must print out the PHY2048 Accommodated Test Request (ATR) Form for Fall 2014 (click here for the form). This form must be filled out by the student and returned to the Disability Reseource Center (DRC) at least one week before the first exam. The Accommodated Testing Service (ATS) at DRC will then administer all the exams.

How to Succeed in PHY2048:

It is expected that a successful student will invest at least twelve hours studying and problem-solving per week outside of class. Do not expect a good grade if you are not prepared to work this much.

Read the assigned chapters before coming to lecture. The importance of this cannot be overemphasized.

Work as many problems as possible on a weekly basis; the assigned (practice) problems represent the minimum recommended set. Go to instructor's and discussion leaders' office hours for individual help (this can be highly effective and should be regarded as free tutoring; make use of it!). To maximize the availability of this help you can go to any Instructor or Section Leader's office hours.
Keep up on a regular basis; cramming doesn't work for learning physics.

This course is designed to make you a good "problem solver". Learn to solve the problems. Don't spend your time looking for a formula to plug into. Derive the correct formula for the problem you are working on using the general formulas. This is a difficult course, but if you work hard and learn to be a good "problem solver" it will help you in all your future endeavors!

Rick Field - August 20, 2014

PHY 2048 "Coordinator"

PHY 2048 Lecturers