Course Information - PHY2054 - Spring 1998

Prerequisites

This course is the second semester of our introductory physics course without calculus. It covers electricity, magnetism, and geometrical optics. As a prerequisite for PHY2054, you should have taken Physics 1 (PHY2053) or an equivalent course.

Grading

Your grade for the course is determined by:

Exams during semester (2x25%=50%)

There will be three exams during the semester (see calendar for dates). You are allowed to drop your lowest exam score. Your two highest exams count 25% each towards your grade.

Final exam (25%)

The final exam is cumulative and counts 25% towards your final grade (see calendar for date). You are required to take the final exam.

Quizzes(25%)

There will be weekly take-home quizzes handed out in discussion section. In order to get credit for each quiz, your solutions must be handed in to your discussion section instructor by the designated deadline. Late submissions will not be graded. You can drop your lowest two quiz scores. Quizzes usually cover concepts pre-sented in lecture either during the present or previous week.

The course is graded on a curve. After each exam, we will give you an estimate of where you stand based on your exam score.

Exam Policy

If you cannot make one of the exams, then you must notify one of the course professors at least one week before the exam and we will arrange a time for you to take the exam before the rest of the class takes the exam. You will need documentation for why you can not make the regularly scheduled exam.

f you cannot make an exam because of a medical or other emergency, there will be one make-up covering all the course material at the end of the semester. As before, you will need documentation for why you missed the exam (for example, from Student Services, 392-1261 Peabody Hall).

If you miss the final exam, you will receive an incomplete. The make-up final exam is the final exam of the following semester (Spring 1998). This usually has a detrimental effect on grades because of the time lapse.

You are allowed to bring a one page (8.5x11 inch both sides) formula sheet to each exam, including the final.

As a result of completing registration at the University of Florida, every student has signed the following statement: "I understand that the University of Florida expects its students to be honest in all their academic work. I agree to adhere to this commitment to academic honesty and understand that my failure to comply with this commitment may result in disciplinary action up to and including expulsion from the University." Any violation of Academic Honesty in this course will lead to a failing grade.

Course Material

The textbook for the course is Physics, 3rd edition, by Cutnell and Johnson.

There is some extremely useful course material available on the web:

Home page for this semester:

http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~reitze/teaching/spring98/phy2054.htm

Physics 2 page:

http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~phy3054/

(Please note that the URL contains phy3054 not phy2054 for historic reasons.) As part of the course, each student can obtain a class computer account to access this information. As part of the new GatorLink program, each University of Florida student can receive at no extra cost an e-mail account, 15 hours of dialup internet connection, access to on-line course registration, and access to the microcomputer labs. All students are very strongly encouraged to do so. If you know your social security number and University of Florida PIN you can create a GatorLinkID in one of the CIRCA computer labs, at the UF Computing Help Desk in CSE E520, or online at http://www.gatorlink.ufl.edu