| MWF 11-11:50 AM | OPL 101 | http://www.wfu.edu/~natalie/s03phy114/ |
| Instructor: Natalie Holzwarth | Phone:758-5510 | Office:300 OPL | e-mail:natalie@wfu.edu |
This course together with PHY 113 represents a comprehensive survey of basic physics. A small amount of calculus is used. Students in the allied health fields generally find that PHY 113 and 114 give excellent preparation for the MCAT exams.
Raymond A Serway and Robert J. Beichner, Physics For Scientist and Engineers with Modern Physics, 5th edition, Saunders College Publishing (2000). In PHY 114, we will cover the second half of the text -- Chapters 23-38 and some of modern physics topics in Chapters 39-46. While the title suggests otherwise, this text is appropriate for a large variety of student interests.
It is likely that your grade for the course will be determined by the following factors:
| 3 hour exams* | 45% | Final exam* | 25% |
| Problems sets* | 15% |
| Laboratory work** | 10% |
| Quiz*** | 5% |
*Students
who satisfactorily† complete all homework
sets†† will be permitted to drop their lowest
hour exam grade.
Discussion of homework problems
among classmates is allowed and encouraged, but all work submitted
for grading should represent the student's own best efforts.
Problem set solutions are available on WebAssign after they are due.
There may be some "extra credit" opportunities available
from time to time.
†
That
is, to maintain at least a 70% average on the homework sets for all
assignments covered by the exam.
††
All students should keep a notebook or section of a notebook for the
algebraic and graphical work associated with each assignment. This notebook
will be especially helpful during tutorial sessions, consultations with your
instructor, and preparing for exams.
The numerical work for your homework
must be submitted through WebAssign.
You may wish to print
your completed assignments from the
WebAssign sessions to keep for your records. After each assignment's
"due" time has passed, the correct answers are available on WebAssign.
**Satisfactory completion of laboratory work is necessary for earning credit for the course. Laboratories begin meeting on Tuesday January 21. Laboratory manuals may be purchased at the Book Store for $16.50 (which includes the cost of WebAssign).
*** Reading assignments for each lecture should be completed before the class meeting. There will be a short online quiz before which should be completed each lecture. Reworked hour exam grades and other extra credit points will be added to the quiz scores.