Final grades entered: We have entered the final grades into the ISIS system after a spending a significant amount of time on setting grade boundaries and handling several special cases. You should be able to see them by Monday or so.

We have read your emails but responded to very few because we did not want to present any hint of bias. We will try to respond to these mails over the next few days.

Determining grades for such a large class requires that we be consistent in carrying out course policies, treat all students fairly and compassionately and adhere as closely as possible to the grading criteria laid out at the beginning of the semester. Our goal is always to establish a consistent and predictable set of expectations (even among different TAs), while employing generous drop policies on all course work to allow students to recover from bad days or unavoidable missed work.

As we stated below, over 52% of the class has a grade of B or more, larger than average (in a good way). We of course understand that many people fell just below grade boundaries and there are inevitably disappointments for people who worked hard and came up short. However, in a class of 600 students, with grade differences between students typically several hundredths to a a few tenths of a point, this situation would occur wherever we set the boundaries. It is sobering to realize that 133 students are within 1 final exam question of the next grade boundary.

We wish all of you well and hope that you have a good summer. We welcome visits and would be glad to talk to you if you plan to take the course again. Good luck, everyone!

Final exam grades are posted on WebAssign. We are pleased to report that the average was 11.8, a very good showing for an exam covering the entire semester.

Final grades: We are still dealing with the conflict exams and with determining final grades. However, you have enough information to compute your total number of points. Grades are exact for exams and rounded to two decimal places for HITT, quizzes and WebAssign.

Solutions are now posted. We will post the distribution shortly.

HITT and quiz scores uploaded: Quiz scores were adjusted so that every section has an average of 15.00/20. Some sections were adjusted up and some were adjusted down. If you have questions about your quiz scores, pleased address them to your TA since he has the details about your scores.

Office hours: Prof. Avery has modified his office hours slightly. He will have office hours Thursday 1:30-3:00 and Friday 10:30-12:00, 1:30-3:00.

GatorOne ID required: You must have your GatorOne ID with you when you take the final exam.

WebAssign grades uploaded to WebAssign: We counted only chapters 16-25 and dropped 12% of the total points, as discussed on the grading page.

HITT grades: Because of missing registrations, we cannot upload HITT grades until we get the latest HITT roster file tomorrow.

Quiz grades: We are still processing quiz grades. We will post an announcement here when they are uploaded.

Final exam review: Alex will have a review Thursday, April 24, in the classroom (1001 Physics) from 5:00 - 7:00 PM.

Formula sheets: As stated on the grading page, 2 formula sheets are allowed for the final.

Final exam room assignments: Students are assigned to the following rooms by the first first few letters of your last name (family name). Make sure you come to the proper room.

• Bryan 130: A - COM
• Carleton 100: CON - PA
• Flint 50: PE - SN
• Williamson 100: SO - Z

WebAssign and HITT points: We will drop 12% of HITT and WebAssign points, rather than the 10% that was posted earlier in the semester. Thus your grade will be calculated by dividing your total points by 0.88*max points.

Partial grades: We will post HITT, WebAssign and TA quiz grades to WebAssign next week. The posting will be announced here so please refrain from sending emails asking when the grades will be posted.

Extra office hours: Prof. Avery will have extra office hours Tuesday 1:00-3:00PM, Wed. 10:30-12:00, Thurs. 1:00-3:00, Fri. 10:00-12:00, 1:00-2:30. He will also have extra hours next week that will be posted later. Prof. Kumar will be largely available in the afternoons this week and next week, especially between 2-3 PM.

Final exam comments: The final exam is Saturday, April 26, from 12:30 - 2:30PM. We will post room assignments later.

Final exam questions: The final exam will have 20 questions, 10 covering the material since exam 3 and 10 reviewing the previous material through exam 3. These latter 10 questions will be taken solely from our three previous exams and the WebAssign problems covering 15.1 - 23.3, though they might be reworded.

Exam 3 scores for Disability Office exam takers are now posted.

Determining grades: We are aware that Drop day is Friday, April 11. We have therefore updated the grading page to make more precise the calculation of your grade, particularly the exam score and the determination of points from HITT, TA quizzes and WebAssign. For the quizzes, we shift all students grades (after the drops are taken into account) to make the average for each TA exactly the same. We expect that the average per TA will be 15.0/20. So you can estimate your quiz grade by how well you think you are doing with respect to your quiz class. You can also ask your TA to give you an estimate if you need it.

All this information should allow you to estimate your grade at the end of the semester as a function of final exam score. The final exam is worth 40 points (20 questions or 2 points per question), so you can see what grade you would achieve for different final exam scores.

Office hours this week: Prof. Avery will be gone Tues - Fri and Prof. Kumar will be away Mon - Wed because of their kids' spring break.

Exam 3 solutions: The exam 3 solutions are now posted. The average was 11.73, which is pretty good and slightly higher than in past semesters. The score distribution has been posted.

Exam 3 grades have been uploaded to WebAssign. We did not get the scores yet from the Disability Office so those will only appear on Monday.

To see your exam score, log into WebAssign, click on My Assignments, then All Assignments and find the score for Exam 3. Students with scores of -999 have incorrect exam codes on their ScanTron. They will have to find their exam question sheets and talk to Dr. Kumar after class on Tuesday.

Exam 3 room assignments: Students are assigned to the following rooms by the first first few letters of your last name (family name). Make sure you come to the proper room because space is limited.

• Carleton 100: A - MAX
• Turlington L007: MAY - SAR
• Weimer 1064: SAU - Z

To see your exam score, log into WebAssign, click on My Assignments, then All Assignments and find the score for Exam 2. Students with scores of -999 have incorrect exam codes on their ScanTron. They will have to find their exam question sheets and talk to Dr. Avery after class the week after Spring Break.

Exam 2 room assignments: Students are assigned to the following rooms by the first first few letters of your last name (family name). Make sure you come to the proper room because space is limited.

• NPB 1001: A - F
• NRN 137: G - MEH
• CLB C130: MEK - SAU
• WM 100: SAV - VAN
• FAB 103: VAS - Z

NPB = New Physics Building (PHY2054 classroom)
NRN = Norman Hall
CLB = Chemistry Lab Building
WM = Williamson Hall
FAB = Fine Arts B

HITT registration: We are still missing registration info for two students in P4: 415738 and 412441. If you are not getting any HITT mails, this is the reason why.

Homework date for Chapter 24 has been moved from Tuesday, April 15 to Sunday, April 13. Homework is always due on the date shown and each assignment is available for about two weeks. Accordingly, we do not grant extensions if an assignment is forgotten.

Office hours: Prof. Avery will be out of town Wednesday and Thursday of this week and all next week. He will hold extra office hours today (Tuesday) from 3:10-5:10 and Friday from 2:00-4:00.

HITT remote registration: We still have some remotes that are unregistered. 415738 (P4) and 417010 (P5).

Res_monster solution is shown here. You should work this out.

Using old PHY2049 exams: Many PHY2054 students are not aware of the usefulness of the PHY2049 exams, which are more abundant thant the PHY2054 exams and have full solutions. These exams are good study guides since approximately 80-90% of the material is identical between PHY2049 and PHY2054.

Exam 1 modified scores: There was a problem with question #14 (NASA room) where the correct answer was (5) (317 kV) not (1) (410 kV). We decided to give everyone credit for this problem rather than lower some scores and raise others. The average is now 11.2 and the updated score distribution is plotted on the solutions page.

We have uploaded the new scores (called "Exam 1 new"). People who chose answers (2) - (5) for this problem had their scores increased by 1. If you chose (1), you were already given credit for it. :-)

Exam 1 solutions are posted on the solutions page. We are still working on the scores.

Exam 1 scores uploaded to WebAssign. Question #15 (mistakenly said #9 before) was scored as a freebie because of the wording. The average was 10.3. The distribution will be posted later.

To see your exam score, log into WebAssign, click on My Assignments, then All Assignments and find the score for Exam 1. Students with scores of -999 have incorrect exam codes on their ScanTron. They will have to talk to Dr. Kumar after class Thursday.

Exam procedures: Exam is Tuesday, Feb. 5 from 8:20 - 10:20. Please come early. The following information is on the grading policy page.

• You must bring your GatorOne ID to the exam! Your exam will not be counted otherwise.
• All cell phones must be completely off and out of sight. Any cell phone seen during the exam will result in a grade of 0 on the exam.
• Bring pencil, eraser, sharpener, calculator
• Bring one 8.5"x11" formula sheet (both sides OK)
• Bring (blank!) scratch paper.

ScanTron information: You must bubble in all information, including your name, initials, UFID, and exam code (cols. 76-80). There is no section number. Because of the effort that must be expended in recovering this info, missing info will result in a 0.5 point penalty.

Exam 1 room assignments: Students are assigned to the following rooms by the first first few letters of your last name (family name). Make sure you come to the proper room because space is limited.

• MCCC 100: A - FIT
• NRN 137: FL - ME
• FAB 103: MI - O
• LIT 101: P - SAR
• LIT 109: SAS - VAS
• LIT 113: VE - Z

MCCC = McCarty Hall C
NRN = Norman Hall
FAB = Fine Arts B
LIT = Little Hall

Office hours: Professor Avery will have extra office hours Friday morning, Feb. 1 from 10:00-12:00.

Exam review: Alex will have a review Sunday in the classroom (1001 Physics) from 7:00 - 9:00 PM. Note that he was given this time by the Registrar. Yes, we know it's Superbowl Sunday... :-)

Contacting us: We find that many people are not following the directions on how to contact us. Always send mail to both professors and always have a meaningful subject line with 2054 somewhere in it (i.e., "Webassign problem in 2054" not just "2054"). Otherwise, we cannot track messages.

New lecture notes for the Tuesday lecture were put online. They include some new slides and some edits of existing slides.

Homework solutions are now online on the exam, homework solutions page. They are password protected and the password will only be given out in class.

HITT registration: The following remotes are not registered for the classes in which they have accumulated the most points: 404576, 431133, 416350, 414847, 417436, 412277, 415738, 406295, 420447, 432955, 416779, 412441, 414830, 416824, 421060, 401036. Note that you cannot accumulate points in two sections.

WebAssign: About 60 people have not registered for WebAssign. Since registration is described on the web pages, please do not send last minute messages asking for how this is done.

Lecture notes for this week: These are linked to the appropriate chapter sections on the schedule page. HITT scores will be sent today or Friday (they were sent Sunday).

Supplemental Instruction room location for Tuesday, Period 6, has been changed. Please see the office hour page.

HITT scores: Unfortunately, the HITT scores did not go out correctly yesterday. There is a problem from sending them from a location outside UF. We are working on it and will try again.

HITT Update: We managed to get the HITT scores emailed this afternoon. However, there are about 50 students with unregistered transmitters. YOU MUST REGISTER YOUR TRANSMITTER. If you register in two periods, you will only get points for points in one period. We cannot combine points between sections.

Lecture notes from last week are online and are linked to the appropriate chapter sections on the schedule page.

HITT scores starting from Tuesday (Jan. 15) were mailed to everyone. The cumulative scores starting from Jan. 15 will be mailed once a week (each mail will thus be longer than the previous one).

WebAssign Chapter 15 was for practice and does not count (as stated here and on the WebAssign page).

WebAssign purchase and login: To get into WebAssign, go to the WebAssign link on the side of the page and then click on the link at the bottom. When you login you will see a screen that gives you the option to pay online. At present, that is the only way to pay.

Prof. Avery travel: Prof. Avery had a lot of travel this week and the week of Jan. 21-25. He will be around for extra office hours today (Jan. 18, Friday) from 3:00-5:00PM and will take on additional hours the week of Jan. 28 (TBA).

Contacting us: We find that many people are not following the directions on how to contact us. Always send mail to both professors and always have a meaningful subject line with 2054 somewhere in it (i.e., Webassign problem in 2054 not just 2054). Otherwise, we cannot track messages.

Exam dates finalized: We have been working with the Registrar to finalize the exam dates. The dates are Feb. 5 (Exam 1), Mar. 5 (Exam 2) and Apr. 3 (Exam 3). Only the date for Exam 3 was changed from the original date!

Supplementary Instruction: Times and locations for the SI sessions (2 Tuesday and 1 Thursday) are now on the office hour page.

Welcome to PHY2054! This is a new web site, so material is still being added in several places. We welcome comments and suggestions for making this course web site a unique resource for students. In particular, we would appreciate links to online material (explanations, problems and solutions, interesting applications, applets) that could enhance learning.

Exam schedule is not fixed yet! We are still working on the dates, which we hope to be fixed this week. Do not make plans around the current dates.

WebAssign: We have set up a practice assignment (Chapter 15) on WebAssign that you can work on now until the first assignment (Chapeter 16) is due.

Contacting us by email: If you need to contact us, always send mail to both professors and always include 2054 in the subject line. Otherwise, we cannot track messages.

Discussion sections begin Wednesday, Jan. 9

Note that the textbook is Serway & Faughn, not Halliday & Resnick.