HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
PHYS 012B – Sec 02 – General Physics Lab II – Fall 2015
Thursday 2:55-5:45 in Berliner 206
Instructor: Prof. Adam Durst
Office: Berliner 102E
Phone: 516-463-5586
Email: Adam.C.Durst@hofstra.edu
Web: http://people.hofstra.edu/Adam_C_Durst
Office Hours: Wednesday 1:30-3:00 and Friday 1:30-3:00 in Berliner 102E
Textbook: General Physics Laboratory, Edwards, 2011 Edition, Whittier Publications
Required Materials: Scientific Calculator (with trig functions), Lab Notebook (graph-ruled), Metric Ruler
Course Website: Course information will be posted via Blackboard
Attendance: Attendance is expected for all laboratory sessions and every student is responsible for all material
covered in the laboratory. There is a make-up session scheduled at the end of the semester for an experiment
missed, provided a legitimate reason is provided. However, only under unusual circumstances can more than
one experiment be made up.
Lab Reports: Proper format for a physics lab report is described in the introduction of the textbook. Lab
reports will be due, in lab, one week after that lab is performed. Lab reports submitted late will receive a grade
reduction (one full grade per week late). Lab reports that are not turned in will receive a zero.
Examinations: There will be a laboratory exam at the end of the semester.
Final Course Grade: Your grade will be determined by assigning weights to various components of the course
as indicated in the following table:
Laboratory Activities 80 %
Final Exam
20 %
Disabilities Policy: If you believe you need accommodations for a disability, please contact Student Access
Services (SAS). In accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990, qualified individuals with disabilities will not be discriminated against in any
programs, or services available at Hofstra University. Individuals with disabilities are entitled to
accommodations designed to facilitate full access to all programs and services. SAS is responsible for
coordinating disability-related accommodations and will provide students with documented disabilities
accommodation letters, as appropriate. Since accommodations may require early planning and are not
retroactive, please contact SAS as soon as possible. All students are responsible for providing accommodation
letters to each instructor and for discussing with him or her the specific accommodations needed and how they
can be best implemented in each course. For more information on services provided by the university and for
submission of documentation, please contact Student Access Services, 107 Student Center, 516-463-7075.
Academic Honesty: Plagiarism is a serious ethical and professional infraction. Hofstra’s policy on academic
honesty reads: “The academic community assumes that work of any kind […] is done, entirely, and without
assistance, by and only for the individual(s) whose name(s) it bears.” Please refer to the “Procedure for
Handling Violations of Academic Honesty by Undergraduate Students at Hofstra University” to be found at
http://www.hofstra.edu/PDF/Senate_FPS_11.pdf, for details about what constitutes plagiarism, and Hofstra’s
procedures for handling violations.
Lab Schedule:
HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
PHYSICS 2B/12B - ELEMENTARY/GENERAL PHYSICS LABORATORY II - FALL 2015
Room
Month
Tuesday
Thursday
Introduction/Review
206
Sept.
8
3
Harmonic Oscillator
206
Sept.
17
10
Vibrating Strings
206
Sept.
Oct.
29
Basic Sound
206
Oct.
6
8
D.C. Circuits
206
Oct.
13
15
Wheatstone Bridge
206
Oct.
20
22
Diffraction/Refraction
206
Oct.
27
29
Spectrum of Hydrogen
206
Nov.
3
5
Lenses & Applications
206
Nov.
10
12
Make-Up
206
Nov.
17
19
Laboratory Exam
206
Dec.
1
3
Session Topic
1