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Physics 1321

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Physics 1321 Syllabus

Edgar A. Bering, III
Science & Research I, Room 530D
Phone: 713-743-3543
e-mail: eabering@uh.edu
Office Hours: MW: 11:00-12:00
Personal Home Page: http://www.phys.uh.edu/~ebering/index.html
Course Home Page:
Traditional: http://www.phys.uh.edu/~ebering/1321/ber1321.html
VNet: https://vnet.uh.edu/vclass/index.lasso?dom=vnet&application=APP_vclass&tab=MOD_my_classes&page=PAGE_class&course_id=327
Userid: Your personal Vnet ID and password
WileyPlus: http://edugen.wiley.com/edugen/class/cls281440/

This course will cover chapters 1 through 17 in Fundamentals of Physics (Edition 9E, Binder Ready) by Halliday, Resnick, and Walker, Wiley publishers with a WileyPlus access code for online homework. The Physics Department recommends that you purchase the looseleaf package, ISBN 9780470564738, from the UH bookstore or the Rothers’ bookstore. Hardback copies of the text sold at these bookstores may not come with the Wiley Plus access code. You will have to purchase it separately from the Wiley Publishers online, at a significant additional cost.

We will cover on average more than one chapter per week. The recitation section will be held Friday, 1-2, in room SEC 103. Scheduled hour exams will be given on Fridays, 5:30-7:00 in a room TBA.. There will be three scheduled hour exams: one at the end of chapter 03 on Sep. 21, one at the end of chapter 09 on Nov. 2, and one at the end of the course on Dec. 07. There will be additional unannounced tests. The final will be comprehensive. It will be held Monday, Dec. 17, 11-2. Each exam will focus on testing your problem solving skills.

Required homework will be assigned daily. An average of 4 to 8 problems per week will be handed in on paper and may be graded on a scale of 10 points per problem. These hardcopy problems must also be submitted on WileyPlus. Eight or more additional problems per class will only be submitted on WileyPlus. Most will count 1 pt per problem, the hardcopy problems plus up to four more per week will count 10 points per problem. Thus, the hardcopy problems that are actually graded will count 20 points. Solutions will be posted on the Vnet course home page. Attendance at the recitation section will add 10 points to your total homework score. Presenting a problem on the blackboard during the discussion will be worth an additional 10 pts. WileyPlus work may be attempted up to 5 tries per problem, and must be completed on time (no online late homeworks are permitted). The required homework assignments are listed below. The problems to be submitted on paper are given in boldface print; the 10 point WileyPlus problems are given in italics:

Due Date	Chapters	Problems
Aug. 29	1	1-	01	03	05	07	08	09	11	13	15	17
Aug. 31	1	1-	18	19	21	23	25	27	29	30	31	43
Sep. 05	1, 2	1-	44	53;	2-	01	03	05	09	11	12	13	15	17	19
Sep. 07	2	2-	22	23	28	31	35	37	38	39	41	43
Sep. 10	2	2-	44	45	47	49	51	53	57	58	61	62
Sep. 12	2	2-	63	69	70	71	72	75	77	86	89	100	101	102
Sep. 14	3	3-	01	02	03	05	07	11	17	20	25	27
Sep. 17	3	3-	29	31	32	33	35	37	39	41	42	43	45	49
Sep. 19	3	3-	50	51	53	55	56	61	62	63	64	65
Sep. 21	4	4-	01	03	05	06	09	10	11	13	15	16
Sep. 24	4	4-	19	21	23	25	27	33	37	43	45	50	54	57
Sep. 26	4	4-	59	61	63	65	67	68	79	81	83	116
Sep. 28	5	5-	01	03	05	07	11	12	13	15	16	17
Oct. 01	5	5-	19	22	25	31	35	37	43	48	49	54	59	65
Oct. 03	5, 6	5-	66	71	73	87	92	94;	6-	04	07	08	09
Oct. 05	6	6-	13	15	21	25	29	31	33	34	37	41
Oct. 08	6	6-	49	53	57	59	61	63	65	67	77	79	81	82
Oct. 10	6, 7	6-	87	88;	7-	01	05	07	14	15	17	23	25
Oct. 12	7	7-	27	31	33	35	37	42	49	51	52	55
Oct. 15	7, 8	7-	57	61	63	71	73	78;	8-	02	03	05	06	08	11
Oct. 17	8	8-	12	15	17	23	29	31	33	34	36	40
Oct. 19	8	8-	41	42	45	47	49	53	59	61	63	65
Oct. 22	8, 9	8-	72	78	92	104	114;	9-	05	08	09	13	17	21	25
Oct. 24	9	9-	33	38	39	46	47	48	49	51	57	59
Oct. 26	9	9-	62	64	68	70	73	77	81	83	97	99
Oct. 29	9, 10	9-	107	66	121	122;	10-	01	07	08	13	15	23	29	32
Oct. 31	10	10-	39	41	43	46	51	53	57	59	61	63
Nov. 02	10	10-	66	67	69	71	79	85	89	93	96	99
Nov. 05	10, 11	10-	103;	11-	01	09	12	13	16	17	23	24	28	31	33
Nov. 07	11	11-	35	37	41	47	51	53	57	62	63	64
Nov. 09	11, 12	11-	65	66	67	69	71;	12-	03	11	23	39	40	41	49
Nov. 12	12, 13	12-	50	51	55	63	64	65	73;	13-	13	15	16	24	25
Nov. 14	13	13-	39	48	51	56	57	58	59	67	68	79
Nov. 16	13, 14	13-	80;	14-	01	05	07	09	11	15	23	24	27
Nov. 19	14	14-	29	31	33	37	47	48	49	53	58	62	65	67
Nov. 26	14, 15	14-	71	72	83;	15-	01	05	07	11	23	24	25
Nov. 28	15	15-	26	28	33	35	37	39	41	49	51	55
Nov. 30	15, 16	15-	56	57	63	67	70	72	75	97	100;	16-	04	09	13
Dec. 03	16	16-	15	19	24	25	27	29	30	34	39	43	45	49
Dec. 05	16, 17	16-	51	53	59	60	85;	17-	01	05	11	15	17	22	23
Dec. 07	17	17-	25	33	37	41	45	47	49	51	59	63	66	67	91

Provided that a grader is assigned, the formula used to compute your numeric grade is the following:

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Note that each quiz is equally weighted, that the quizzes constitute 45 percent of your final grade, that the final is 30 percent, and that you can gain 20 points by doing all of the homework correctly. That's usually more than the difference between a C and an A

There is a required diagnostic exam or pre-test for this course. It will be administered by CASA Testing Center from July 30 - August 2nd and August 27th - September 7th. If you score 50% or below on this exam, you must show proof of having completed the prerequisite for this course, credit for or concurrent enrollment in MATH 1432. You must e-mail your transcript from your PeopleSoft account to dstokes@uh.edu by 5 pm on September 7, 2012. Please include your instructor's name, course name and class number in the subject line of your e-mail ( i.e. Name of Prof. of Your Physics Class, Phys 1321, Class Number #####). If you have not completed the prerequisite, you may be dropped from the course and any labs associated with this course by the Physics Department. If you score 50% or below and have completed the prerequisite, we recommend that you enroll in appropriate remediation. You can log onto the CASA website to make a reservation at http://casa.uh.edu/ or you may go to room 222 Garrison Gym. The diagnostic pretest will count 5% of your final grade.

Problem Solution Technique

This problem solution technique is a concise statement of the methodology that virtually all science teachers convey by one means or another. The author is a local high school teacher. It is so good as is, I have no need to write another version of my own just to exercise my typing skills.

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