Physics 232
Wave, Optics,
and Modern Physics
Physics 232
Lecture 00 – 1
Course Basics
Instructor:
Office:
Phone:
Email:
Office Hrs:
Physics 232
Thomas Handler
504 Nielsen Physics Bldg
974-7820
thandler@utk.edu
1:00pm Monday
or by Appointment
Lecture 00 – 2
Textbook
Required:
Young & Freedman,
University Physics, 12th Edition with Modern
Physics
Suggested:
Schaum’s Outline Series:
Physics for Engineering and Science
Physics 232
Lecture 00 – 3
Grades
3 Hour Exams:
65%
*** No Makeup Exams! ***
Laboratory:
Homework:
25%
10%
To Be Determined
*** No Extensions or Makeups! ***
Physics 232
Lecture 00 – 4
Grades
Physics 232
Lecture 00 – 5
Grade Scale
0
60
70
78
80
88
90
Physics 232
F
D
C
C+
B
B+
A
<60
<70
<78
<80
<88
<90
100
Lecture 00 – 6
Exams
Exam Format
Problems
Closed Book
Appropriate Formulae Supplied
Dates:
Test I:
Test II:
Final:
Sept. 24
3:35 pm
Oct. 29
3:35 pm
Dec. 6
5:00 pm
*** Dates are provisional ***
*** Changes, if any, will be announced in class ***
You have one week from the time that exams are handed
back in class to question your grade for that exam
Physics 232
Lecture 00 – 7
Material To Be Covered
Reading/Lectures
Chapter 13
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Physics 232
Subject Material
Periodic Motion
Mechanical Waves
Sound
Electromagnetic Waves
Light
Geometric Optics
Interference
Diffraction
Relativity
Photons, Electrons, and Atoms
Wave Nature of Particles
Quantum Mechanics
Atomic Structure
Condensed Matter
Nuclear Physics
Particle Physics & Cosmology
Lecture 00 – 8
Course Website
URL:
http://cpt.phys.utk.edu/~th/Physics232/Physics232.html
Class Notes will be posted as pdf files as lectures progress
Will also be posted to Blackboard
Physics 232
Lecture 00 – 9