PHYS110-How Things Work

Spring 2005

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course (3 credit hours):	PHYS110-How Things Work
Instructor:	Dr. John D. Reid
Web Page:	http://www.lhup.edu/jreid
Email:	jreid@lhup.edu I will answer using only LHU email accounts.
Office:	226 Ulmer
Office Phone:	893-2078
Office Hours:	Mon, Wed, Fri: 11-12, Mon:3-5 Please feel free to make an appointment as well.
Text:	Bloomfield, L., How Things Work, 2nd Ed., Wiley, 2001
	Lab Manual

Meeting Time:	Lecture:	Mon, Wed 2:10-3:00 PM 232 Ulmer
	Lab	Thursday 10:00-11:50AM 216 Ulmer

GRADING:

Test 1	15%	A >90% B 80-90% C 65-80% D 50-65% E <50%
Test 2	15%
Test 3	15%
Test 4	15%
Homework	10%
In Class Questions	10%
Labs	20%

There will be no make-up tests.
There will be no make-up labs.

Calculators
Calculators are required for this class and lab. You will need them in the lecture, and during tests. A basic scientific calculator will do.

Homework
Homework is essential to understanding this material. Homework and due dates will be assigned in lecture. You must show all work in homework problems to receive full credit.

Late Homework: Homework is due at the beginning of class on the date it is due. (For example, if it is assigned on Monday, it is due at the beginning of class on Wednesday.) Late homework will result in a penalty of 50% for each day late.

In-Class Questions
During lecture periods you will be asked questions which you will answer using an electronic response system called PRS. Some of these questions will be graded only on participation. Some will be graded on correctness as well. Some will involved group discussions and some will require you to work on your own. Please expect to do this type of work in every lecture (and make sure you have a calculator).

The in-class questions are broken into two categories:

Survey Questions- These questions will not be graded on whether or not you get the correct answer. Only your participation will be graded. You will get 1 point whether or not you get the correct answer.
Quiz Questions- You will get 1 point if you get the answer incorrect and 2 point if you get the correct answer.

The purpose of the electronic response system is to help you become more actively engaged learning during the lecture period. The questions will give you and I immediate feedback on the material being presented.

I will announce the category of questions at the time of the questions.

Tests
Tests will take the full period. See the course calendar for a schedule. Tests will be based on homework and in-class notes and examples and examples from the book.

Tests will be multiple choice questions. Questions may involve numerical calculation. They will also require a conceptual understanding of the material. Material covered on tests will include material covered in lecture, material from the text book, and material from lab work. Material from the text book includes not only the text of chapters, but questions throughout and at the end of the chapters (even those not assigned as homework) as well. In other words, you are expected to read and understand material in the text book.

The tests are closed book. Equation sheets will be provided during exams and will be available for review prior to exams. The specific material covered on a given test will depend on the material covered in class and will be announced before the test.

There will be no cumulative final exam. The last test (Test 4) will be given during the scheduled time for a final exam. See the course calendar for the time.

Lab
Calculators are required for lab.
Graph paper is required for lab.

The lowest lab grade will be dropped.