PHYSICS 271
ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
FALL 2001
| Instructor: Professor Koltick | Recitation Instructor: Mr. Xiangshun Lu |
| Office: Room 335, Physics Building | Office: Prime Lab B183 |
| Office Phone: 494-5557 | Office Hours: 494-5381 . |
| Office Hours: W 2:30-3:30 p.m. or After Class | E-Mail: Lu14@purdue.edu |
| Lecture Hours: M,W, F 1:30-2:20 p.m. | Recitation Hours: T,Th 1:30 a.m.-2:20 p.m. |
| Lecture Room: Room 331, Physics Building | Recitation Room: Room 331 , Physics Building |
To contact Professor Koltick: Koltick@purdue.edu
Honors Physics:
Electromagnetism is a beautiful and exciting topic to study. In a 5 credit hour Honors course such as this we have the time and as Honors students you have the strong will and intellectual capability for us to delve deeply into this practical yet aesthetically pleasing topic. You will be working every day for 16 weeks to complete this course. You need to remember that for every hour in class you can expect to spend an additional 2 hours outside of class in parperation, contemplation, reflection, debate and study. Including the Laboratory which meets for 3 hours each week, you will be spending 8 hours each week in the class room or Laboratory. Therefore in order to take full advantage of this rare opportunity to pursue such an intellectually challenging and rewarding topic you can expect to spend approximately 16 hours outside of class each week. This means that you will need to work approximately 20 hours each week on this class. While this is an large commitment for any student to a single class, this class forms the core intellectual base of what a physicist is. We will work together to start you on the road to being a physicist par-excellence. Your hard work and commitment will pay great dividends as you gain a strong understanding of how the physical world around you works in a very fundamental and powerful way.
It is important that you place the correct amount of work time into your schedule at the beginning of the semester for this course. Do not fall behind. There are not enough hours in the week to catch up with the course, especially considering the other classes that you are taking.
Text:
Halliday, Resnick, Krane: Physics, Volume Two (Extended Version), Fourth Edition
Prerequisites:
Math 261 or admission by special permission. Stong Interest in Electromagnetism.
Homework:
Each Tuesday and Thursday you will be turning in completed homework problems to your instructor. Each assignment should be written out clearly. You will be expected to go to the board and explain a problem to the class. You will be given only a fixed amount of time to explain the problem. If the problem is not explained within the 5 minute time limit, you will sit down and the problem will be completed by the instructor.
In preparing for class, students may discuss the problems with each other in a general way, but it is best not to do the homework as a group effort. In group efforts it is often the case that most of the students don't fully understand the issues in a problem yet turn in work that appears to show complete understanding. This false impression is shattered once the first exam is handed back. At this point it is too late to recover the material that is not truly understood. No carbon copy homework sets are acceptable. Further, the problem solutions should be clearly and neatly written on one side only of standard size paper. Your fellow students should be able to read, follow and understand the solutions. The quality of the presentation counts towards the grade. The problem sets must include your NAME, PHYS 271, and the DUE DATE in the upper right hand corner of the first page and your NAME and PHYS 271 on each following page; the PROBLEM SET NUMBER on the first page and EACH PAGE NUMBERED. As well, each problem should be clearly numbered and the question written out and then followed by the solution.
The problem sets should be handed in to the recitation instructor. Because you will be expected to participate in class, late homework is not accepted.
Once the problem set due that day has been discussed, the instructor will discuss additional questions and problems for the remainder of the period. This will include examples or additional problems from the text, old exam questions, or a deeper discussion of the material covered in lecture. Students are welcome and encouraged to ask questions and suggest material for inclusion during this period. In addition, there will be weekly quizzes during recitation covering recent homework material. Your recitation grades will be determined from your homework grades and quiz grades and problem presentation in class. Problem solving is an essential as well as an integral part of this course.
Exams & Grades:
There will be two in class exams during the semester and a comprehensive two-hour final exam at the end of the semester.
Your course grade will be based on the scores for the exams and homework sets, with the approximate weights:
Recitation HW+Quizzes 20%
Two exams 40% (20% each)
Final exam 40%
The final exam will be scheduled during the week beginning 10 December.
Missed Work:
There will be no make-up for Lecture or Recitation quizzes. Missed exams will not be re-administered. Credit for at most one missed exam can be made up by taking a comprehensive exam over all the material. The comprehensive makeup exam will be given during the week of classes before finals. I strongly suggest you make every effort to take your exams with the rest of the class. Official documented excuses for an absence must be presented in order for you to be permitted to take the make-up exam. This test may not be taken to remove a low exam score from your record.
Academic Dishonesty:
Every attempt will be made in this course to provide opportunities for learning the material being covered and to support your academic efforts. If you are willing to put in the effort you will earn a respectable grade. Cheating, plagiarism and other forms of dishonesty will not be tolerated! A student caught cheating on an exam will receive an F for the course and will report to the Dean of Students.
References: Besides our textbook, the following books will be on reserve in the Physics Library.
A) Undergraduate Level
i) Introductory
ii) Intermediate
B) Graduate Level (Advanced)
C) Problems and Solutions
D) Vectors and Vector Calculus