Physics 101 –Fall 1998
Concepts of Physics I
Course Instructor:
Sergio Conetti, Professor of Physics
Room 217, High Energy Physics Building
Office telephone: (804)982-5371
Email address: conetti@virginia.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:15-13:15, Physics Building Room 206
Teaching Assistant: Max BarbourEmail address: smb8f@virginia.edu
Office Hours : Tuesdays 1-2 and Wednesdays 9-10, room 220
Textbook: Physics: Concepts and Connections by Art Hobson
Final Exam: Monday, Dec. 14, 1998, 9-12 a.m.
Final Exam
- Syllabus
- The syllabus is subject to periodic change , and students are responsible for keeping up with any changes.
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- Course Objectives
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- Course Rules and Regulations:
- It is extremely important for students to be aware of these rules and regulations which may change throughout the course. Changes will be announced in class, and will be listed on this webpage. Students are responsible for keeping up with the Course Rules and Regulations as stated here.
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- Homework Assignments:
- Every week homework problems will be assigned, and the solutions will be
posted on the Web before the following Tuesday lecture. Homework
will not be graded, but it will be good training for the (graded) in-class
quizzes. The Course Instructor and Teaching Assistant are available
to help you with your homework, however, before seeking help, you should attempt to solve the problems yourself or together with a fellow student, You are also encouraged to work out more of the problems found in the textbook, or at least to look at them, and to convince yourself whether or not you feel comfortable in solving them.
- Homework 1
- Homework 2
- Homework 3
- Homework 4
- Homework 5
- Homework 6
- Homework 7
- Homework 8
- Homework 9
- Homework 10
- In-Class Quizzes:
- Throughout the Course, and starting from the week of September 7, in-class
quizzes will be given fifteen different times. The quizzes will be
graded and will constitute 20% of the final grade, however, for each student, only the best 10 scores out of 15 will be used to compute the overall quiz
score. On the other side, a Frequent Quizzer Bonus of
15 and 30% of the quiz score will be earned by students completing a total of
at least 12 or 14 quizzes respectively.
- Quiz 11
- Quiz 11 bis
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- Hour/Midterm Exams:
- There will be two midterm exams in this course, each lasting an entire
class period, and each counting 20% of the final grade. The midterm exams will
consist of multiple choice questions, similar to the ones periodically
presented during the regular lectures.
- Test 1
- Test 2
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- Grading:
- Final grades will be determined by the following distribution:
- In-class quizzes
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- 20%
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- 2 midterm exams
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- 40%
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- Final exam
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- 40%
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- TOTAL
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- 100%
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Lecture Notes
Whenever necessary, this location will contain links to Lecture Notes containing material discussed in class but not found, or not sufficiently covered, in the Textbook.
Lecture 1
Lecture 3
Lecture 4
Lecture 5
Lecture 6
Lecture 7
Lecture 8
Lecture 9
Lecture 12
Lecture 13
Lecture 14
Lecture 15
Lecture 16
Lecture 17
Lecture 19