Physics 1110 Fall 2009
Intro Physics 1 for Engineers and Physics Majors
This and all other information
about this course are on the Web:
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phys1110
The course: This is the first semester of a 2-semester survey of Introductory Physics, Phys1110/1120. This is a calculus-based course intended for physics majors, engineering majors, and others desiring a rigorous introduction to physics. Life science majors usually take the algebra-based sequence Phys2010/2020. Phys1110 covers classical mechanics, waves, and heat, while Phys1120 covers electricity and magnetism. There is no lab in this course, though there is a separate 1-credit-hour lab course, Phys1140, which is usually taken concurrently with Phys1120.
Lectures: Lec100:9:00-9:50am; Lec200:11:00-11:50pm, MWF, Room G1B30,
Recitations: There is a mandatory 1-hour recitation meeting every Thursday in the Duane Physics Bldg. Locations of various sections are listed here and in the University schedule. You must attend the recitation to which you are assigned.
Primary Lecturer: Professor Mihaly Horanyi, phone: (303) 492-6903, Mihaly.Horanyi@colorado.edu, office: Duane D-241. Discussion time will be available in the lecture hall after each class. Additional office hours are available by appointment.
Course Coordinator: Professor Dan Dessau, (303) 492-1607, Dessau@Colorado.edu, office: Duane F-625. HelpRoom office hours will be listed on the HelpRoom page. Other office hours by appointment.
Texts:
1) "Essential University Physics, Volume 1" by Richard Wolfson, first edition. Volume 2 of the Wolfson text will be used in Phys 1120.
2) You ALSO must purchase "Tutorials in Introductory Physics" (a two-book set) by McDermott and Shaffer (Special CU edition). Please purchase the "Tutorials in Introductory Physics" at the CU bookstore, not online or elsewhere, because we use a special CU edition that is only available through our bookstore. The “Tutorials” contains content that will be used in both Phys1110 and Phys1120.
Required Equipment: One iClicker “clicker”, an electronic transmitter used for audience feedback during lecture. Purchase your iClicker at the CU bookstore and register your clicker at CuConnect.
Etiquette: Please mute all cell
phones when entering any classroom.
Corequisite: Enrollment in a Calculus 1 course, either APPM1350 or equivalent.
Prerequisite: Knowledge of algebra and trigonometry. No previous knowledge of physics is assumed, but any previous exposure to science at the high-school level or above will be useful.
Grading:
2 midterm exams, 17.5%
each: 35%
Final exam: 30%
CAPA homework 17.5%
Tutorial participation and TA-graded written homeworks 10%
In-lecture “clicker” participation: 7.5%.
Excused assignments: Because we realize that students may get sick during the semester or have an urgent need which will cause them to miss a class or an assignment, we will automatically excuse one missed CAPA assignment, three days of clicker responses, one tutorial participation grade, and one tutorial HW. In the case of no missed assignments we will, however, excuse the lowest scores from these assignments. Because of this policy and because of the large number (~ 680) of students enrolled in this class, individual excuse requests will only be considered for extreme circumstances.
Clickers will be scored as follows: 1 point for any answer, 3 points for a correct answer. We will typically have 3-4 problems per class, or roughly 150 clicker questions throughout the semester. We will forgive the three lowest scoring days of clicker responses.
In the past, the average grade for this course has been C+/B- and it will likely be the same this semester, unless there is evidence that this year's students are unusually talented.
Exams: Evening Midterm Exams will be given on the following dates in Math100, Chem 140, Duane G1B20 and Duane G1B30. See the announcements on the main page for which room to go to.
Exam I: Tues., Sept 29, 7:30pm - 9:15 pm (midterm exam locations will be
announced in class)
Exam II: Tues, Nov 3, 7:30pm - 9:15 pm.
Final Exam: Wed morning, Dec 16, 7:30am -10:00 am in
Exams will be closed book although you are allowed (encouraged!) to bring a single 8.5" x 11" formula sheet to each exam. You can write anything you want on your formula sheet (both sides!) but you must write it by hand - no photocopying and no typing allowed. You should bring a calculator and a number 2 pencil to every exam. There will be no sharing of calculators during exams, and all cell phones must be turned off. There will be no make-up exams.
Homeworks:
1) CAPA: an internet homework system: This course uses an Internet-based homework system called CAPA (Computer Assisted Physics Assignments). In the CAPA system, students receive a personalized homework assignment (every student's assignment is slightly different) with a CAPA ID number. Students log on to a CAPA server via an Internet connection and "hand in" their homework solutions online. The student is told immediately whether the answers are right or wrong and, if wrong, the student can try again, with no penalty, up to a maximum number of tries set by the instructor. There will be one new CAPA homework each week and it will always be due Friday night at 10pm. More details will be given in class and on the Web page: http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phys1110. We will forgive one CAPA assignment throughout the semester.
2) There will also be homeworks that will be due at the start of each of your Thursday recitations and will be hand-graded by your recitation instructor. The scores will be normalized so that each TA has the same average score. We will forgive one of these graded HW’s.
Lecture Notes, solutions. Lecture notes and all other course information will be on the Physics 1110 Web site. The URL is http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phys1110
Other information:
Change of registration: To drop the course or change recitation section, go to the Physics Office, room E1B32, Duane Physics. The deadline for dropping without a signature is Weds, Sep 9, 5pm. After Sep 11, a course drop requires Professor Dessau’s signature. After Weds, Oct 7, course drop requires a petition to the Dean. (Exception: Students in the College of Arts & Sciences have until Oct 30 to drop, without a petition.) Get the necessary forms from the Physics Office, Room E1B32.
Incompletes: According to the rules of the University, an incomplete (IF or IW) can only be awarded if ".. for reasons beyond the student's control, the student is unable to complete the course requirements". Incompletes can never be awarded simply to protect a student's GPA.
Students with Disabilities or other special needs: If you have specific physical, psychiatric, or learning disabilities and require accommodations, please let one of us know early in the semester, preferably by the second week of classes, so that your learning needs may be appropriately met. We will need a letter from the Office of Disability Services and you will need to provide documentation of your disability to Disability Services in Willard 322 (phone 303-492-8671).
Students with religious obligations that conflict with the exam dates should contact us early in the semester so that accommodations can be made.