University of Colorado at Boulder
Department of Physics

Physics 2010
Summer 2011, Session A
Tuesday, May 31 - Friday, July 1

Prof. Mik Sawicki

Brainard Lake, June 3.
 Lots of snow up there this June.		 Brainard Lake, June 12.
 Ice is melting...		 4-th of July Mine, June 18.
 Snowpack persists...		 Hessie Falls, June 26.
 Snowpack is melting...

Breaking news:

Friday, July 1. Final Exam results: Average score 62%, standard deviation 14%. Course grades have been posted. Thanks for being good students and working real hard. Enjoy a well-deserved break, and if you don't take PHYS 2020 - the rest of the Summer.

Thursday, June 23. Exam III results: Average score 59%, standard deviation 17%.

Thursday, June 16. Exam II results: Average score 70% (good job!), standard deviation 17%.

Friday, June 10. Exam I results: Average score 63%, standard deviation 16%. Your scores have been uploaded to CULearn, so you may go there and check your grade.

Tuesday, June 7. Our first Exam will take place this Thursday. Chapters 1 - 4 will be included. The emphasis will be on conceptual understanding, not so much on working problems (that's what's CAPA for.) It would be a good idea to go over these Questions at the end of each Chapter.

Monday, June 6. By a popular demand, CAPA deadlines for Sets 4 and 6 have been extended by 24 hours, so these sets are now due Monday nights, c.f. the Course Calendar link below.

Tuesday, May 31. There is a recitation room change: Recitation R110 is now in Duane G2B83 (R120 unchanged in G2B21.)

Monday, May 9. No breaking news yet, just a piece of advice: This is a standard physics class that during a Fall (or Spring) semester meets for 15 weeks, but during the Summer Session it is squeezed into 4 ˝ weeks, yet it still covers same amount of material! Pace will be extremely fast, new concepts will be introduced daily and you’ll be expected to master them by the next morning and prove your mastery by completing your homework assignment and then taking a quiz. Every day will be a challenge, and you'll find yourself working nights and weekends to stay current. All of this is doable if you are willing to commit 4 ˝ weeks of you life exclusively to physics, and I'm here to help, but please think again if you really want to take this class during the Summer - it is sooo much easier to take it in the Fall...

 

Feeling dizzy and short of breath on campus at 5400 ft?
Check oxygen levels in the atmosphere and in your veins.

Lecturer: Mik Sawicki                                                                                                                                                      (Prof. Sawicki's home page.)

Office: Duane F925 (Gamow Tower)
Phone: (303) 492-6952 (Main Physics Office, leave the message.)
E-mail: mikolaj.sawicki@colorado.edu

Office Hours: M, W 10:25 - 11:25 AM; T, Th  9:25 - 10:00 AM, or anytime by appointment.

Lectures: MTWRF 7:30 AM - 9:05 AM Duane G1B20.
Lecture Notes are available online here.
 NEW: Lecture in pictures!
Text: Giancoli, "Physics" (Sixth Edition)
Lab Manual: "Physics 2010 Laboratory Manual" (Available at both the UMC Bookstore and the Colorado Bookstore; also available online for free by clicking on the title.)

Instructors (Recitations and Labs):

Victor Colussi, colussi@Colorado.EDU

Xiao Yin, Xiao.Yin@Colorado.EDU

Help available during instructors' office hours held in the Physics Help Room located behind the lab G2B90. Check for the current schedule.

Physics Main Office (Duane E1B32): Contact Leigh Dodd, Undergraduate Assistant, Phone: (303) 492-6953, Leigh.Dodd@colorado.edu

Detailed Course Information:
   Syllabus (Recitations, labs, grading policy, info about exams, etc.)
   Course Calendar (Homework deadlines, lab and exam dates.)
   Lecture Topics and Reading Assignments (Lecture topics day by day.)
   University of Colorado at Boulder Summer Session Calendar ( Drop/add and withdrawal deadlines.)

Homework Information:
    CAPA Overview, Instructions, Units
    CAPA Log-on

If a hard copy of your CAPA homework assignment is missing, most likely you are not enrolled into CAPA yet. Click here to enroll. For other problems, follow the CAPA Overview, Instruction and Units link above.

If you do not need a hard copy and simply would like to access your homework set online but are just missing your CAPA ID number, use the CAPA PIN getter link here or on the CAPA home page. Be sure to include all required information.

Learn from other's mistakes. To see some common mistakes made in CAPA click here.