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Course: PHY 2061, Section 3691, Honors Physics 2,
Class Hours: T-Th, Periods 2 and 3
(8:30 - 9:20 am and 9:35 - 10:25 am), Room 1002
Instructor: G. R. Stewart, Office NPB 2132, phone 392-9263,
e-mail stewart@phys.ufl.edu,
Office Hours: MW Period 4 or by arrangement
Course Description: This is the second semester of the Enriched Physics With Calculus (Honors Physics) sequence PHY 2060–2061 for students with prior preparation in physics who wish to acquire a deeper understanding of the subject. The enriched sequence covers similar material to the Physics With Calculus sequence PHY 2048–2049, but treats basic topics at a faster pace, incorporates more advanced material, and places greater emphasis on instilling conceptual understanding and on developing the ability to solve more challenging problems. PHY 2061 covers concepts in electromagnetism.
Prerequisites: This course requires that you have studied Newtonian mechanics in a previous calculus-based physics course such as PHY 2060 and at least have co-registered in a vector calculus course (Calc 3).
Topics: Maxwell's electromagnetic theory breaks into four broad subdivisions that concentrate on static and dynamic aspects of the theory.
Grading:
Grades will be based 25% on homework sets,
25% each on two preliminary exams and one cumulative final exam.
Homework: Unless
otherwise announced, homework will be due each Tuesday in class. Late
homework will lose 25% credit for homework turned in late (after the
end of class on Tuesday) but before Wednesday at 10:30 am. Homework
later than 1 day but turned in by Thursday at the end of class will
lose 50% credit. Later than 2 days receives no credit. Solutions will
be posted on the class web site. Note: No late homework accepted for the two exam weeks (weeks of Feb. 9 and March 23.)
The final exam is 5:30-7:30 pm on Wednesday, April 28 (Exam group 28E) in our regular classroom 1002.
(Final Exam Formula Sheet) Exams will be in
class, closed book.
The anticipated letter grade scale is
A: 85%; A-: 81%; B+: 77%; B: 70%; B-: 65%; C+: 60%; C: 50%; C-: 45%.
For information on current UF grading policies for assigning
grade points, see here.
The following paragraphs of advice on how to do well in Physics are
shamelessly plagiarized from an earlier class.
You are of course free to make your own choices, but - if you should
feel inclined to accept advice (which although 'free' is not of zero
worth) - you will find it helpful:
I do not take daily attendance, but it is to your
advantage to attend class.
You may spend most of your time distracted by things other than physics, but in between you will
have the opportunity to learn what subjects I think are important,
and you can then concentrate on these subjects during your reading.
If by some unfortunate set of circumstances you do miss class, do not ask
me if I said anything important.
Instead, ask a classmate; she or he is likely to give an honest answer,
and you won't offend me.
There will be a substantial number of examples discussed in class
that are not in the textbook, and examples in class will, in some sort of modified form, appear on tests.
If you miss class you will not do as well in this course.
Do the assigned homework.
This is the drudge part of physics, but it is absolutely necessary.
We will learn grand ideas and see their wondrous applications in class.
But, your understanding is only superficial unless you can apply these same
grand ideas to completely new circumstances.
In course work, this is usually done with homework problems.
Do not be surprised if the homework is frustrating at times;
solving one challenging problem makes the next much easier.
And homework problems often appear on tests.
Doing all of the homework is the easiest way to improve your grade.
Not doing homework is the easiest way to lower your grade.
Textbook: The course text is
Other books:
Links:
Homework:
Homework 1 Solutions 1Old Exams:
Acosta, Stewart Fall 09: Test 1, Test 2, Final
Link to old Fall 09 PHY2061 web site, which has further links to previous tests (Spring 09) at bottom of page under 'Homework'.
Outside Help Services: The Teaching Center in Broward Hall (tel. 392-2010) offers a range of free services, including individual tutoring in physics.
Accommodations: Students requesting classroom accommodations must first register with the Disabilities Resources Program, located in the Dean of Students Office, P202 Peabody Hall. The Disabilities Resources Program will provide documentation to the student, who must then deliver this documentation to the instructor when requesting accommodations.
Academic Honesty: All University of Florida students are required to abide by the University's Academic Honesty Guidelines and by the Honor Code, which reads as follows: We, the members of the University of Florida community, pledge to hold ourselves and our peers to the highest standards of honesty and integrity. On all work submitted for credit by students at the University of Florida, the following pledge is either required or implied: "On my honor, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid in doing this assignment." Cheating, plagiarism, or other violations of the Academic Honesty Guidelines will not be tolerated and will be pursued through the University's adjudication procedures.
