PHY 2054 Spring 2011
Physics II
PHY 2054 "Coordinator" |
Rick Field |
The PHY 2054 coordinator is
responsible for the following:
- Maintain the three WEBsites
- Maintain the grades
- The Estimated and Overall Course Grades
- The WebAssign On-Line Homework
- Organize the Quizzes
- The Exams, Final, Make-Up (with input from the lecturers)
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PHY 2054 WEBsites:
There are three PHY2054 WEBsites that you will need to use.
- The Physics Department PHY2054 WEBsite at
http://www.phys.ufl.edu/courses/phy2054/spring11/
This site contains the class announcements, the assigned homework problems, the course schedule, exam room
assignments, and the course syllabus. You should check the class announcements on a
regular basis.
- The University of Florida e-Learning PHY2054 WEBsite at
https://elearning2.courses.ufl.edu/portal/site/1c22ad74-b3cf-42ab-a3c9-78ef9618b8af.
This site contains previous exams, correct answers for your exams, the class lectures, and 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.
- The WebAssign site at
http://www.webassign.net
This is where you do the on-line homework. Your username, institution code, and initial password
are as follows: username = gatorlink username, institution code = ufl, password = UF-ID (8 digit number).
You will also need the access code that comes with your textbook.
PHY 2054 Textbook:
- The textbook for the course is College Physics with WebAssign, 8th Edtion Volume 2, by: Serway, Vuille, and Faughn.
Your textbook will contain your access code to WebAssign.
PHY 2054 Lecturers |
Pradeep Kumar |
David Reitze |
PHY 2054 Lectures (TR 4 & 5):
- The lecture notes will be posted on the PHY2054 e-Learning WEBsite.
- The PHY 2054 class schedule shows the material covered in each lecture.
- Graded 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).
- In class HITT responses will begin to count towards your course grade
starting on on Tuesday January 18, 2011, 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 grade.
PHY 2054 Discussion Sections and Quizzes:
- Discussion sections will start the first day of classes.
- They will emphasize problem solving.
- Quizzes will be given during many of your Wednesday or Thursday discussion section meetings (10 total quizzes).
(starting on Wednesday and Thursday January 19-20, 2011)
- The quizzes will test how well you learned the concepts and methods of the previous weeks
homework problems.
- The quiz will be very closely related to your 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 20% towards your
overall course grade.
You will be allowed to make-up a maximum of two 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 April 20.
10% of the quizzes will be dropped.
See the overall grade formula (PDF).
PHY2054 Quiz Schedule* |
Week | Quiz | Date | Quiz Problem |
1 | | 1/3/11-1/7/11 | No Quiz |
2 | | 1/10/11-1/14/11 | No Quiz |
3 | 1 | 1/17/11-1/21/11 | Chapter 15.1-15.9 |
4 | 2 | 1/24/11-1/28/11 | Chapter 16.1-16.5 |
5 | 3 | 1/31/11-2/4/11 | Chapter 16.6-16.10 |
6 | 4 | 2/7/11-2/11/11 | Chapter 17.1-17.7 |
7 | | 2/14/11-2/18/11 | No Quiz |
8 | 5 | 2/21/11-2/25/11 | Chapter 18.1-18.7 |
9 | 6 | 2/28/11-3/4/11 | Chapter 19.1-19.9 |
10 | | 3/7/11-3/11/11 | No Quiz |
11 | 7 | 3/14/11-3/18/11 | Chapter 20.1-20.8 |
12 | | 3/21/11-3/15/11 | No Quiz |
13 | 8 | 3/28/11-4/1/11 | Chapter 21.8-22.7 |
14 | 9 | 4/4/11-4/8/11 | Chapter 23.1-24.4 |
15 | 10 | 4/11/11-4/15/11 | Chapter 24.5-25.3 |
16 | | 4/18/11-4/22/11 | No Quiz |
*Quizzes are on Wednesday or Thursday.
PHY 2054 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.
- To each in-term exam you may bring a single hand written formula sheet on
8½ x 11 inch paper (both sides) and 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).
- 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 April 20, 2011. 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 60% of the overall course grade.
None of the exam grades will be dropped.
Previous exams will be uploaded to the PHY2054 e-Learning WEBsite.
PHY2054 Exam Schedule |
Date | Exam | Material | Crib Sheets | Time | Room Assignments* |
Wednesday 2/16/11 | Exam 1 | Chapters 15.1-18.7 | 1 | 8:20pm-10:10pm | TBA |
Wednesday 3/23/11 | Exam 2 | Chapters 19.1-22.7 | 1 | 8:20pm-10:10pm | TBA |
Wednesday 4/20/11 | Make-Up | Chapters 15.1-25.6 | 2 | 5:10pm-7:00pm | TBA |
Saturday 4/23/11 | Final Exam | Chapters 15.1-25.6 | 2 | 3:00pm-5:00pm | TBA |
*Room assignments are based on the first letter of your last name.
PHY 2054 On-Line Graded Homework:
- To get onto the online homework system you will need to enter the access code that came with the hardcopy textbook.
- To login on WebAssign go to WebAssign
using using the username = Your Gatorlink UserName, institution code = ufl, and initial password = Your UF-ID
(8 digit number).
- You should change your initial password when you login for the first time.
- The first online homework assignment is due on Friday January 14, 2011. The course
Schedule Page gives the assigned problems and due dates. Once the due date/time has passed no further input of answers for
credit will be accepted. It is your responsibility to get your homework in on time. Last minute computer/local server
problems will not excuse you from this responsibility.
- WebAssign 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 to get credit
your answer must be correct within 2%.
- For most of the problems WebAssign will give you a “hint” after the third incorrect try.
- For about half of the assigned problems WebAssign will provide you the “solution” after
the the third incorrect try. The “solution” will be for the problem in the textbook. After studying the “solution” you will
have two more tries to get the correct answer.
- For about half of the assigned problems you will not be given the solution. You must learn how to do these problems on your own.
- The on-line homework portion of the course will count for 15% of the overall course grade.
To provide a measure of forgiveness for illnesses and possible network problems, 10% of the on-line homework grades will be dropped
in evaluating your final grade. See the overall grade formula (PDF).
PHY2054 WebAssign On-Line Homework Schedule |
Assignment | Due Date (by 11:00pm) | Material |
HW Set 1 | Friday January 14 | Chapters 15.1-15.9 |
HW Set 2 | Friday January 21 | Chapters 16.1-16.5 |
HW Set 3 | Friday January 28 | Chapters 16.6-16.10 |
HW Set 4 | Friday February 4 | Chapters 17.1-17.7 |
HW Set 5 | Friday February 11 | Chapter 18.1-18.7 |
HW Set 6 | Friday February 25 | Chapter 19.1-19.9 |
HW Set 7 | Friday March 4 | Chapter 20.1-20.8 |
HW Set 8 | Friday March 18 | Chapter 21.8-22.7 |
HW Set 9 | Friday April 1 | Chapter 23.1-24.4 |
HW Set 10 | Friday April 8 | Chapter 24.5-25.3 |
HW Set 11 | Friday April 15 | Chapter 25.4-25.6 |
PHY 2054 Student Response System - HITT Grade:
- In class student participation using the HITT student response system will be used in every lecture.
- In class HITT responses will begin to count towards your course grade starting on on Tuesday January 18, 2011, 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 grade.
- 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 HITT transmitter,
20% of the HITT problems will be dropped in evaluating your final grade.
Your HITT grade will count as 5% of your overall course grade.
See the overall grade formula (PDF).
PHY 2054 Overall Course Grades:
Grading Procedure |
Exam 1 | 20% |
Exam 2 | 20% |
Final Exam | 20% |
Quizzes* | 20% |
Homework* | 15% |
HITT** | 5% |
Total | 100% |
*10% will be dropped.
**20% will be dropped.
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Grading Scale (fixed) |
A | ≥ 85 |
A- | ≥ 82 |
B+ | ≥ 80 |
B | ≥ 70 |
B- | ≥ 67 |
C+ | ≥ 65 |
C | ≥ 60 |
C- | ≥ 58 |
D+ | ≥ 55 |
D | ≥ 50 |
D- | ≥ 45 |
E | < 45 |
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- A formula for calculating your overall course grade is here.
How to Succeed in PHY2054:
- 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 (graded) 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 - January 1, 2011