Syllabus

Personnel

Course Coordinator:	Lisa J Lapidus, Richard J Hallstein
Instructor:	Wade C Fisher, James Laverty
Teaching Assistant:	Brandon J Ewert, Jeffrey Adam Wyka, Alaina Brooke Ross, Jacob Michael Calcutt

Instructor Information

Section 001: Lisa Lapidus
Office: 4227 BPS, Phone: (517)884-5656
Email: lapidus@pa.msu.edu

Section 002: Richard Hallstein
Office: 1253 BPS, Phone: (517) 884-5509,
Email: hallstein@pa.msu.edu

Teaching Assistants: TBA

Course Description

PHY 183 is a calculus-based physics course for students majoring in engineering or physical sciences. Topics include: kinematics, Newtonian dynamics, work, energy, power, conservation of energy and momentum, circular motion, rotational motion, gravity, harmonic oscillations, wave motion and sound.

Prerequisites

MTH 132 or MTH 152H or LBS 118. Not open to students with credit in: LBS 271, PHY 193H, PHY 231, PHY 231C.

Class Hours

Section 001: on Mo, Tu, We, Th from 4:10 to 5:00 PM in room BPS 1410.
Section 002: on Mo, Tu, We, Th from 5:10 to 6:00 PM in room BPS 1410.

Helproom Hours

Physics Learning Center: room BPS 1248.
Mondays: 11:30AM-9:00PM
Tuesdays: 1:30PM-9:00PM
Wednesdays: 10:00AM-9:00PM

Exam Information

There will be thirteen 40-minute exams every week and one 2-hour final exam. The weekly exams will be given in class on Thursdays and they will cover the material presented earlier in the week. There will be no make-ups for missing a weekly exam. We realize sometimes stuff happens that is beyond your control, with this in mind we will drop your lowest TWO exam scores when calculating your final grade. Family emergencies, illnesses, accidents, any unforeseen conditions, etc will be used as one (or two) of the dropped exams.

All the exams are closed book. However, you are permitted to use a single 8-inch by 5-inch card (or smaller) of original, handwritten notes and equations. You may use both sides of the note card.


Final Exam: Monday, April 28, 8-10 PM. Location: TBA. There is an alternate final exam for students having three verified final exams on the scheduled date or for students having a verified final exam at the same time as our scheduled (common) final exam time. This alternate final is 7:45AM-9:45AM on Tuesday, April 29, Location: TBA. Advance arrangements are required to attend the alternate session. The final exam is cumulative and closed book. On the final you are permitted to use TWO 8.5-inch by 11-inch sheets of paper (or smaller) of handwritten notes and equations. You may use both sides of these sheets. The final exam cannot be dropped. The final exam doesn't have correction.

Bring a calculator with fresh batteries, two sharp #2 (HB) pencils, an eraser and your picture ID to the weekly exams and to the final exam.

Deadlines

The homework sets are due on Wednesday evenings at 11:59 PM. Each homework set will be available to solve in Lon-Capa two weeks before its due date.

There will be thirteen 40-minute exams on Thursdays during lecture hours.

The alternate final is given only for University approved reasons and arrangements must be made in advance. The deadline to arrange to take the final exam in the alternate session is March 17.

Students with Disabilities: MSU is committed to providing equal opportunity for participation in all programs, services and activities. Requests for accommodations by persons with disabilities may be made by contacting the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities at 517-884-RCPD or on the web at rcpd.msu.edu. Once your eligibility for an accommodation has been determined, you will be issued a verified individual services accommodation (VISA) form. Please present this form to your instructor at the start of the term or no later than the end of the first week of class. Requests received after this date may not be honored.

Grading Information

Percent weights: Homework: 25%, Weekly Exams: 50%, Final Exam: 25%. Clicker Questions: 5% (extra credit). Total: 105%.

The Clicker Questions will be given during the classes. The scores from the clickers will count as 5% extra credit. No makeups are available for the clicker questions. The possible scores from a clicker question are: Correct answer: 3 points; Incorrect answer: 1 point; Not present or no response: zero point. There are no make up clicker questions for any reason(i.e. absences, lost or forgotten clicker, dead batteries, etc.).20% of the possible clicker points will be dropped, so full credit is obtained by receiving 80% of the possible clicker points.

The guaranteed scale below is based on the total percentage of points.

Grading scale:
4.0 >= 92%,
3.5 >= 84%,
3.0 >= 76%,
2.5 >= 68%,
2.0 >= 60%,
1.5 >= 52%,
1.0 >= 44%,
0.0 < 44%.

This grading scale might be lowered, but it will not be raised.

Readings

You are expected to have the following reading done before coming to class. A clicker question may be given at the beginning of class covering the assigned reading.

Readings have been updated through the end of the semester.

Class	Read Before	Start Page	End Page	Chapter/Topic	Notes
1	6-Jan	1	6	1
2	7-Jan	7	32	1
3	8-Jan	--	--	Pre-Course Diagnostic	no make-ups
4	9-Jan	38	45	2
5	13-Jan	45	56	2
6	14-Jan	51	64	2
7	15-Jan	72	84	3	HW set 1 due
8	16-Jan	--	--	Exam 1	Covers Ch 1&2
9	20-Jan	--	--	--	MLK Holiday
--	21-Jan	85	90	3
10	22-Jan	97	105	4	HW set 2 due
11	23-Jan	--	--	Exam 2	Covers Ch.3
12	27-Jan	105	119	4
13	28-Jan	119	125	4
14	29-Jan	135	154	5	HW set 3 due
15	30-Jan	--	--	Exam 3	Covers Ch. 4
16	3-Feb	161	174	6
17	4-Feb	174	186	6
18	5-Feb	195	200	7	HW set 4 due
19	6-Feb	--	--	Exam 4	Covers Ch. 5 & 6
20	10-Feb	200	209	7
21	11-Feb	209	218	7
22	12-Feb	232	238	8	HW set 5 due
23	13-Feb	--	--	Exam 5	Covers Ch. 7
24	17-Feb	239	243	8
25	18-Feb	243	252	8
26	19-Feb	261	266	9	HW set 6 due
27	20-Feb	--	--	Exam 6	Covers Ch. 8
28	24-Feb	267	275	9
29	25-Feb	275	282	9
30	26-Feb	290	299	10	HW set 7 due
31	27-Feb	--	--	Exam 7	Covers Ch. 9
--	3-Mar - 7-Mar	--	--	--	Spring Break
32	10-Mar	299	309	10
33	11-Mar	309	318	10
34	12-Mar	329	332	11	HW set 8 due
35	13-Mar	--	--	Exam 8	Covers Ch. 10
36	17-Mar	332	342	11
37	18-Mar	342	347	11
38	19-Mar	356	364	12	HW set 9 due
39	20-Mar	--	--	Exam 9	Covers Ch. 11
40	24-Mar	364	371	12
41	25-Mar	371	380	12
42	26-Mar	389	396	13	HW set 10 due
43	27-Mar	--	--	Exam 10	Covers Ch 12
44	31-Mar	396	407	13
45	1-Apr	408	418	13
46	2-Apr	427	438	14	HW set 11 due
47	3-Apr	--	--	Exam 11	Covers Ch. 13
48	7-Apr	438	441	14
49	8-Apr	441	454	14
50	9-Apr	462	469	15	HW set 12 due
51	10-Apr			Exam 12	Covers Ch. 14
52	14-Apr	469	478	15
53	15-Apr	479	500	15&16
54	16-Apr	500	512	16	HW set 13 due
55	17-Apr	--	--	Exam 13	Covers Ch. 15&16
56	21-Apr	--	--	Review
57	22-Apr	--	--	Review
58	23-Apr	--	--	Review
59	24-Apr	--	--	Post-Course Diagnostic	no make-ups
--	28-Apr	--	--	Final Exam	Comprehensive 8:00PM Location: TBA
--	29-Apr	--	--	Alternate Final*	7:45AM

*-The alternate final is given only for University approved reasons and arrangements must be made in advance.   The deadline to arrange to take the final exam in the alternate session is March 17.

Textbook

Wolfgang Bauer, Gary D. Westfall: University Physics with Modern Physics, Volume 1, McGraw-Hill, 2nd edition (ISBN 978-0077409630).

We will use iClicker in this class.

We will use LON-CAPA, MSU's own free and flexible web-based course management system.