Final exam information

For students in section 3879 that meets 12:50pm-2:45pm (periods 6+7): Your final exam is scheduled for Monday, Dec 13, 5:30pm-7:30pm in the usual classroom. You must attend this exam. You may not take the final exam on Friday.

For students in section 3146 that meets 10:40am-12:35pm (periods 4+5): Your final exam is scheduled for Friday, Dec 17, 10:00am-12:00pm in the usual classroom. You have two choices: You may take the final exam at the time as scheduled. Or, You may take the final exam at 5:30pm-7:30pm on Monday with the other section. You may not take the final exam twice.

Nov 11: Practice problems for Exam 3 posted

There are five practice problems in the download area. Some are challenging. These do not give an even coverage of the material which will be covered in the third test. These have an emphasis on rotational motion.

Sep 13: Additional problems for Exam 1 posted

Looking for additional problems to prepare for Exam 1, in addition to the ones from the textbook? In the "Download" area you can now find a few more problems in general kinematics and special relativity.

Aug 27: Textbook confusion and availability

Our textbook is Halliday, Resnick, Krane: Physics, Volume 1 [5th Edition, Wiley, ISBN 978-0-471-32057-9].

The textbook is now on the bookstore shelves. But, be certain that you pick up Physics, Vol I, 5th edition!

Aug 26: Transferring to 2048 from 2060?

If you are considering a switch from phy2060 to phy2048, the sooner that you make the change the easier the change will be.

Here are some things to consider:

• Are the examples and derivations in the lectures confusing and presented too fast?
• Are the quizzes and homework unfamiliar or very difficult? \
• Are you disappointed with your quiz and homework scores?
• Does the material seem very different from what you had in high-school?

If too many of the answers to these questions are "yes" then you should give some careful consideration to changing to phy2048.

New information: If you decide to transfer to phy2048, please follow these instructions as soon as is convenient.

The deadline for transferring is Friday, September 24, which is a few days before the first test in phy2048.

Aug 24:

Classes begin Aug 24 with the first lecture. Quick link to instructions on logging into WebAssign can be found [ here ].