SPSP 312 University Physics II Fall 021
      312-10 and 376-56 ["Scale-Up"]

Course material can be found online at URL

http://www.rit.edu/~agysps/courses/312sclp/

Instructor

Prof. Anne G. Young     This quarter's class schedule.
Office: Gosnell-3234
Phone: 475-2089
E-mail: agysps@rit.edu

Class hours

Required Materials

• Halliday, Resnick, Walker "Fundamentals of Physics, 6th Ed."
• "Uncertainties, Error Propagation, and Graphing" (Lindberg, 1997)
• WebAssign Student Access card (including access code to register): available for on-line purchase at WebAssign site using a credit card or by asking at the textbook desk just outside the textbook department in the bookstore.
• a "Science Notebook" to be used for recording lab data, calculations, results. These are available at the bookstore and have regular lined paper on one side of the page and linear graph paper on the other side of the page.
  

This Course is being taught in a special way: the SCALE-UP idea is described here. The class will meet for 2 hours 3 times a week. The lecture and lab will be integrated, and you will receive the same grade for both "courses".

Schedule (tentative)

The final exam will be cumulative and at the scheduled time.

Other resources

There is a College of Science Study Center at the front of the building on the first floor. A schedule of hours for physics tutors is posted outside the room. The physics tutoring schedule will also be available at the link in the "table" at the top of the page. You may also contact the Learning Development Center, in the Eastman Building, second floor. The Office of Special Services can arrange one-on-one tutorial sessions for qualified students.

If your native language is not English, the English Language Center expects to have money to cover instruction for non-native speakers of English who are:
   1) First- or second-year students
   2) Majoring in science or technology
If you meet these criteria and could use help with writing, pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, or reading comprehension, contact Rhona Genzel (Director, English Language Center) for more information via e-mail at RBGELC@rit.edu or phone at 475-6939.

If you have any special needs, you should inform me during the first week of classes. Please contact me after class or at my office.

Grading Scheme (tentative):

Hour tests	25%
Final Exam	25%
Quizzes	8%
Problem Sets / web	7%
Problem Sets / paper	7%
Assignments / class	3%
Assignments / web	3%
Group self-evaluation	2%
Labs	20%

Problems will be assigned every week [Problem Set Requirements], some on paper to hand in and some on WebAssign. Solutions to the paper problem sets (and some of the WebAssign problems) will be available after the due date. It is critically important to do problems in order to learn the material and do well on the tests. Do work with others on the problem sets, but turn in your own work. If possible, come ask questions about material you don't understand before you turn in the problem set. Quizzes will be approximately weekly, and I will try to remember to announce them.

In addition, there will be "assignments". These will be exercises that we work on in class or conceptual questions that are posted to WebAssign. As long as you make a serious effort to answer these questions or to work on these exercises, you will receive full credit (whether your answer is right or wrong). Usually, there will be "assignments" due before class [by 9 a.m.] every Monday and Friday.

This page maintained by Anne G. Young. Last modified 26-Nov-2002 .