Lecture: Sec. 100: 10:00-10:50am, Sec. 200, 12:00-12:50pm , MWF, Room G030, Duane Physics Building.

Recitation: There is a recitation/lab meeting once a week. Times/locations are listed in the University schedule. Note! You must attend the lab and recitation to which you are assigned.

Lecturer: Dr. Michael Dubson, phone: 492-4938, office: Duane G-0091, e-mail: dubson@spot.colorado.edu

Texts: "Physics" by D. C. Giancoli, 4th edition (Chapters 1-15); Physics 2010 Lab Manual, hardcopy available for $$ at the bookstores, also available online for free at http://www.colorado.edu/physics/physics2010/

Prerequisites: Students should have a good working knowledge of algebra, geometry, and trig. No previous course in physics is assumed.

Material Covered: This is the first semester of a two-semester survey of introductory physics, PHYS 2010, 2020. This is an algebra-based course intended for pre-meds, biology majors, and others non-engineering students. (Engineering majors, physics majors, and others desiring a calculus-based survey of physics should take the PHYS 1110, 1120, 1140 sequence.) PHYS 2010 covers classical mechanics, fluids, waves, and heat. PHYS 2020 covers electricity and magnetism, optics, and topics in modern physics including special relativity, quantum mechanics and nuclear physics.

Grading: 3 exams, 13% each: 39%; Final exam: 30%; homeworks/quizzes: 20%; 6 labs: 11%

The scores from lab reports and those homeworks graded by TA's will be normalized so that each TA has the same average score. In the past, the average grade for this course has been C+/B-. It will likely be the same this semester, unless there is compelling evidence that this class is smarter than average. However, students whose scores on both homework/quiz/lab and exams are each higher than the cutoffs below are guaranteed a minimum grade in the range shown:

These cutoffs will very likely be lowered, but they will not be raised.

Exams: Exams will be given on the following dates at locations to be announced.

Exam I: Tuesday, Sept. 16, 7:30pm - 9:00pm.

Exam II: Tues, Oct. 14, 7:30pm - 9:00pm.

Exam III: Tues, Nov. 11, 7:30pm - 9:00pm.

Final: Tues, Dec. 16, 7:30pm - 10:30pm.

Exams will be closed book. You are allowed to bring a single 8.5" x 11" formula sheet to the exam. You can write anything you want on your formula sheet (both sides!) but you must write it by hand - no xeroxing and no typing allowed. There will be no early or late exams given and no make-up exams or quizzes. An absence on one exam may be excused for reasons of health or personal tragedy, but this will require written documentation from a physician, family member, etc. within one week of the exam.

Laboratories: There are 6 labs, one every two weeks, each lasting two hours. You must attend the lab to which you are assigned. You will need a lab notebook, the kind with a square grid (quadrille-ruled) on every page. You are to complete the lab write-up during the two-hour lab section and hand in your completed lab at the end of the session. You should carefully read and study the lab instructions before coming to the lab. There are some pre-lab questions for each lab, the answers to which you must hand in, on a separate sheet, at the beginning of the lab period. If you know you will miss a lab, you can hand these in earlier, but never later. A missed lab must be made up before the end of the week which follows the missed lab. See the lab coordinator, Jerry Leigh, to schedule make-up labs. To pass the course, you must perform at least 5 labs; however, all 6 will be graded..

CAPA: an internet/telnet homework system: Early in the semester, we will be introducing a new homework system called CAPA (Computer Assisted Personalized Approach). In the CAPA system, students receive a personalized homework assignment (every student's assignment is slightly different) and a password. Students log on to a CAPA server via an Internet or telnet 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 some maximum number of tries, set by the instructor. CAPA is in use in several schools around the country and has received enthusiastic praise from both students and instructors. However, since we are introducing CAPA for the first time at CU Boulder in this course, we expect some start-up difficulties. The first few homeworks assignments may be the usual "paper handed to TA" type. Stay tuned for details.

Recitations: In recitation, you will discuss physics, homework problems, and sometimes take quizzes. Non-CAPA homework assignments are to be handed in at the beginning of the recitation section on the day they are due. The policies for grading of homeworks and quizzes will be announced by the recitation instructors.

Lecture Notes, Homework Solutions. Lecture notes will be available either as hardcopy in the Physics library or on the Physics 2010 Web site the same day as the lecture. The URL is http://www.colorado.edu/physics/physics2010/ . Homework solutions will also be made available at times and locations to be announced.

Other information: You should bring a calculator to every recitation, lab and exam. You will need a pen and a lab notebook for every lab. There will be no sharing of calculators during exams and quizzes.

Change of registration: Changes in lab/rec sections can be arranged on or before Sept. 5 in the Physics Office, roomE032, Duane Physics. After Sept. 5, course drop requires Dr. Dubson's signature; after Oct. 8, drops require Dr. Dubson's signature and a petition to the Dean of your college. Get the necessary forms from Linda in the Physics office.

Reading assignments: In this course we will cover Chapters 1 through 14 of the text, but you may skip the following sections:

Ch. 3 (skip 3.4, 3.7).

Ch. 5 (skip 5.4).

Ch. 7 (skip 7.9)

Ch. 8 (skip sections 8 thru 11)

Ch. 9 (skip 9.4, 9.8).

Ch. 10 (skip sections 8 thru 14).

Ch. 11 (skip 11.10, 11.13)

Ch. 12 (skip 12.3, 12.9, 12.10)

Ch. 13 (Skip 13.12, 13.13, 13.14)

All other chapters: READ ALL.