Fundamentals of Physics I - University of Vermont

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Online Access to Smart Physics, from www.smartphysics.com. Instructions are ... pre-‐lectures and checkpoint assignments before the start of a new chapter.
UNIVERSITY  OF  VERMONT  Physics  051     Fall  2013   General  Information     Department  of  Physics         Instructor:    Valeri  Kotov,  A522  Cook.       Phone:  656-­‐4548  (office),  656-­‐2644  (department).       email:  [email protected]         Office  Hours:  Mondays  10:30am-­‐12  Noon,   Fridays:  10:30am-­‐12  Noon,  or  by  appointment       Materials  (see  2    files  in  BB  Textbook  Information  Folder):         • Textbook:  "Smart  Physics"  by  Gladding,  Selen  and  Stelzer,    volume  1,  Classical  Mechanics,  ISBN  13:  978-­‐1-­‐4292-­‐7240-­‐7.     • Online  Access  to  Smart  Physics,  from  www.smartphysics.com   Instructions  are  available  on  the  Blackboard  page  for  Phys051.   The  online  access  is  very  important  since  a  big  portion  of  your  work   will  be  done  on-­‐line.   • Pocket  calculator  with  trigonometric  functions,  scientific  notation   and  exponential  functions.         Course  format:         Three  lectures  per  week  on  Monday,  Wednesday  and  Friday  starting  at   9:35  am,  B112  Angell.       New  topics  will  be  presented  at  this  time.  Students  must  complete  the   pre-­‐lectures  and  checkpoint  assignments  before  the  start  of  a  new   chapter.    Laboratory  exercises  will  be  conducted  on  some  Fridays  and   Mondays  from  1:55pm  or  4:05pm.    See  the  Course  Outline.     Online  Material:     Pre-­‐lecture  materials,  checkpoints  and  homework  assignments  are   completed  online.  You  must  purchase  on-­‐line  access  and  join  the  course   online  to  access  them.  Details  on  registration  procedure  may  be  found  in   Blackboard  (BB)  in  the  Textbook  Information  section.  The   SmartPhysics  Course  Access  Key  for  this  course  is    VTPhys51.  (See   Textbook  Information  folder  on  Blackboard.)  

    Pre-­‐Lectures:         Students  must  complete  the  Pre-­‐Lectures  assignments  before  coming  to   class.  Pre-­‐Lectures  are  available  online  for  14  days  before  the  deadline.   Deadlines  for  completing  each  specific  pre-­‐lecture  are  listed  in  the   SmartPhysics  Course  calendar.           Checkpoints:       Students  must  complete  the  checkpoints  quizzes  before  coming  to  class.   Checkpoints  are  available  online  for  14  days  in  advance  of  the  deadline.   Deadlines  for  completing  each  specific  check-­‐point  quiz  are  listed  in  the   SmartPhysics  Course  calendar.         Homework:         Homework  problems  serve  as  illustrations  of  the  lecture  material  and   are  essential  towards  consolidation  of  the  students'  grasp  of  physical   principles.    The  homework  schedule  and  assignments  are  available  in   the  online  course  calendar  7  days  in  advance  of  the  deadline.     Homework  is  completed  and  graded  online.    No  paper-­‐based  homework   will  be  accepted.         Examinations:         There  will  be  three  hourly  exams  based  on  lecture,  homework  and   textbook  material.  The  final  examination  will  have  two  parts:  the  first   part  will  be  the  third  hourly  exam  and  the  second  part  will  be   comprehensive,  covering  all  previous  material.     Important!  This  course  requires  students  to  become  familiar  with   formal  calculations.  Numerical  answers  are  only  used  in  the  online  work   to  verify  the  correctness  of  your  reasoning.  Exams  require  formal   calculations  for  full  credit!              

Course  Grades:         A  score  will  be  computed  based  on  100  points,  distributed  as  follows:       ·    Three  hourly  exams:  3×15  =  45  points.   ·    Final  comprehensive  exam:  15  points.   ·    smartPhysics  homework  problems:  15  points.   ·    smartPhysics  prelectures  and  checkpoints:  6  points   ·    Laboratory:  19  points.     Numerical  to  Letter  Grade  Conversion:         Final  grades  will  be  calculated  and  rounded  up  to  the  nearest  one-­‐tenth   of  a  point.    Letter  grades  will  be  assigned  as  follows:       A  range  =  100.0  -­‐  90.0     B  range  =  89.9  -­‐  80.0     C  range  =  79.9  -­‐  70.0     D  range  =  69.9  -­‐  60.0     F  =  below  60.       Grade  Posting:         All  Exam  Grades  will  be  posted  on  Blackboard  to  ensure  privacy.    It  is   each  student's  responsibility  to  verify  the  accuracy  of  the  postings   regularly.    Report  any  discrepancies  promptly.         Attendance:         Attendance  at  lectures  will  be  taken  frequently.  Regular  attendance  is   not  in  itself  adequate  justification  for  awarding  college  credit.    It  is  the   student's  responsibility  to  keep  up  with  missed  material,   announcements,  etc.         Reasons  for  Absence:         Sometimes  circumstances  beyond  a  student's  control  warrant  an   absence.    Valid  reasons  for  such  absences  must  be  supported  by   written  documentation  from  the  academic  dean,  the  attending  

physician,  the  team  coach,  the  officiating  clergyman,  the  presiding  judge,   the  arresting  officer,  the  FEMA  official  etc.    Merely  being  seen  by  a   physician  is  not  a  valid  reason  for  absence,  neither  is  a  sibling's  out-­‐of-­‐   town  wedding,  a  planned  family  vacation,  etc.     Missing  Hourly  Exams:         Missing  an  hourly  exam  will  result  in  a  score  of  zero  unless  the  student   has  a  valid  reason  as  defined  above.    A  student  with  a  valid  reason  may   be  given  a  make-­‐up  exam  at  a  time  that  is  mutually  convenient  for  the   student  and  the  instructor.         Missing  the  Final:         Missing  the  final  examination  will  result  in  a  final  course  grade  of  F   unless  the  student  has  arranged  with  the  instructor  through  the   appropriate  academic  dean  for  an    "Incomplete."         Academic  Dishonesty  Disclosure:         Academic  dishonesty  will  not  be  tolerated.    Perceived  failures  to  abide   by  the  standards  of  academic  integrity  will  be  prosecuted  as  set  forth  in   the  relevant  University  laws  and  procedures.         Student  Learning  Accommodations        In  keeping  with  University  policy,  any  student  with  a  documented   disability  interested  in  utilizing  accommodations  should  contact   ACCESS,  the  office  of  Disability  Services  on  campus.  ACCESS  works  with   students  to  create  reasonable  and  appropriate  accommodations  via  an   accommodation  letter  to  their  professors  as  early  as  possible  each   semester.  Contact  ACCESS:  A170  Living/Learning  Cen-­‐  ter  -­‐  802-­‐656-­‐ 7753  -­‐  [email protected].  ACCESS  Office:  http://www.uvm.edu/~access/   Policy  on  disability  certification  and  student  support:   http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmppg/ppg/student/disability.pdf