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Grading The course grade will be determined by two midterm exams, weekly homework, laboratory work, participation, and a final exam. The relative weights are described below, along with the percentages corresponding to various grades. The grade for a typical student in the course is expected to be around a B. We are prepared to curve scores as needed. Component Points each (x #) Total Points Homework 30 x 10 300 Midterms 150 x 2 300 Laboratory 30 x 5 150 Final 200 to 525 250 Course total 1000 Score Grade 950-1000 A 900-949 A- 870-899 B+ 830-869 B 800-829 B- 770-799 C+ 730-769 C 700-729 C- 670-699 D+ 630-669 D 600-629 D-
Course Outline This is a rough course outline so that you will know what we will be covering in the course. Actual mileage may differ. Week Lectures Topic Homework 1 2/2 Course Logistics, Coloumb’s Law 2 2/7, 2/9 Electric Field, Flux, Gauss’ Law #1 due 2/10 3 2/14, 2/16 Electric Potential #2 due 2/17 4 2/21, 2/23 Capacitance, Dipoles, Dielectrics 5 2/28, 3/2 Midterm 1, Current, Resistance #3 due 3/3 6 3/7, 3/9 DC Circuits, Magnetic Fields #4 due 3/10 7 3/14, 3/16 Sources of Magnetic Fields #5 due 3/17 8 3/21, 3/23 Faraday’s Law, Inductance #6 due 3/24 Spring Break 9 4/4, 4/6 Midterm 2, LC, RLC and AC Circuits, 10 4/11, 4/13 AC Circuits, Electromagnetic Radiation #7 due 4/14 11 4/18, 4/20 EM Radiation, Optics #8 due 4/21 12 4/25, 4/27 Lenses, Mirrors, Images, Interference #9 due 4/28 13 5/2, 5/4 Diffraction, Polarization #10 due 5/5 14 5/9, 5/11 Towards Quantum Mechanics Legalese In a course of this size it is very difficult to maintain fairness to all students without a clear and firm set of policies which are uniformly adhered to. This syllabus is your primary source of information concerning the policies we will maintain. Naturally, where there are applicable University policies (for instance, regarding religious holidays and family or medical emergencies) those will govern our decisions. Fair Warning The Administrative Board is responsible for dealing with all issues of academic dishonesty, etc. I do not have any say in this. It saddens me that experience has shown that I need to make this very clear at the outset. 5
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