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Winter 2016: Course Policy
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Physics 2C
Winter 2016
February 1st, 2015
University Physics – Fluids, Waves, Thermodynamics, and Optics
Web page: https://ted.ucsd.edu/
INSTRUCTOR:
Prof. Jérémie Palacci, 2C_palacci@physics.ucsd.edu
Office Hours: Thursdays, 11AM-Noon, Mayer Hall Addition 4222
Course Coordinator:
TAs:
Patti Hey, 2571 Mayer Hall Addition, 822-1468,
plhey@physics.ucsd.edu
2C: Kris Mackewicz
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 1130AM-1230AM, Lounge on the 4th floor of Mayer
Class Schedule:
Lectures:
TuTh
3:30PM-450PM
GH242
Quizzes:
Fr
8:00AM-8:50AM
GH242
Discussions:
Wed
8:00AM-8:50AM
GH242
Problem Sessions:
Mo
8:00PM-9:50PM
PCYNH106
Final Exam:
Tu – 3/15/2016
3:00PM-5:59PM
TBA
Final Examination: The final examination will cover all of the material of the course.
Please check your final exam schedule and inform the instructor of
any conflicts within the first two weeks of the quarter.
Books:
Halliday & Resnick & Walker, Fundamentals of Physics, 10 th Edition,
Vol. 1 Part 2 & Vol. 2 Part 4, John Wiley & Sons.
Or Phys. 2C custom, 10th edition
Prerequisites:
Physics 2A, Math 20C and concurrent enrollment in Math 20D
Trigonometry, vectors, and calculus will be used in lectures, problem
sets and exams.
Help Is Available:
Problem solving sessions will be held on Wednesdays as well as
Monday evenings. At these sessions, problems will be worked out and
the weekly lectures gone over. Attendance is voluntary, but students are
encouraged to use these meetings to help master course material and
prepare for quizzes. Discussion sections are optional. A minimum of one
student needs to be there on time, otherwise the section is cancelled for
that week.
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Individual assistance is available during office hours for instructor and
TAs. The Physics Dept. tutorial center (location 2702 Mayer Hall Addition)
is also open Sunday-Thursday from 3-8 p.m.
Piazza forums: piazza.com/ucsd/winter2016/phys2c
You need to try to solve problems and explain how far you got before
asking for guidance or hints – do not expect TAs or instructor to do all the
work for you in solving your homework!
Acad. Dishonesty: Please read “UC Policy on Integrity of Scholarship” in the UCSD
General Catalog: http://tinyurl.com/AIC-UCSD15
All quizzes and the final exam are “closed book” (you are allowed
scantrons, pencils and calculators only). No laptops, tablets or
cellphones are allowed.
Turn off your cell phones. No texting, emailing or talking is allowed
until you submit your scantron and leave the room. All work is
individual; do not look at your neighbor’s quiz. We will check IDs when
you submit your scantrons.
Any observed violation of these rules will be immediately reported to
Academic Integrity Office.
A student found in violation of UCSD Academic Integrity policy may
result in an F grade in the course.
Course Format:
Physics 2 A-B-C-D is a lecture course covering mechanics, electricity and
magnetism, waves and modern physics. Physics 2C is a calculus-based
science-engineering general physics course covering fluid mechanics,
waves in elastic media, sound waves, temperature, heat and the first law
of thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases, entropy and the second law
of thermodynamics, electromagnetic waves, geometric optics,
interference and diffraction.
HW Assignments: Problem sets are assigned as selections from each text chapter. Solutions
will be available on the TED website. The problems will be worked in
detail during the problem session. The homework will not be graded.
Quizzes:
8 Quizzes will be given, beginning in the 2nd week (Jan. 15, 22, 29, Feb.
5, 19, 26, Mar. 4, 11 )– there will be no quizzes during Week 1, or Week 6
(Feb. 12).
Quizzes are 45mins max. They start at 8:05AM and finish at 8:50AM. If
you start late, you still have to stop at 8:50AM.
BE ON TIME FOR THE QUIZZ if you want the full 45mins.
You should check the answer, which corresponds to the right answer or the
closest to the right answer.
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Your lowest 2 quiz scores will be dropped. Remaining 6 quizzes will
contribute to 60% of your overall grade, at 10% each.
We will provide relevant formula sheet for each quiz. You are allowed to
use calculator and pencils/scantrons only.
Not allowed: books, laptops, tablets, phones or any other materials.
Please turn your cellphones off during the quiz. Using a phone for any
reason during the quiz or the final exam is violation of academic
integrity. Talking to another student during the quiz or the final exam
(for any reason), or looking at their exams is violation of academic
integrity. If you have any questions or concerns during the quiz or the
exam, raise your hand and ask the TA or the proctor.
There will be no make-up quizzes or exams.
You must purchase your own scantron form for quizzes (Red Scantrons,
No. X101864-PAR). They are available at the Bookstore and the general
store co-op for $0.15 each. You will need a No. 2 pencil to fill in the
scantron. When results of exams are posted on the TED website, they
will be listed by PID number. At each exam you are to enter your PID
into the top right area of the Scantron labeled ID Number. You are to
replace the initial A in your PID with the number 0.
Clickers:
You have the opportunity to participate in lecture by utilizing the inclass clicker system (iClickers). Each clicker has a unique serial number
on the back of the remote. In order to receive credit for your
participation, you will need to register your clicker remote on TED.
Every question given in lecture is worth up to 2 points, you will be given
one point for merely answering with a point given for answering
correctly. You are allowed to discuss clicker questions with your fellow
students in class if you like.
Clickers will become part of lecture beginning the week 2 of the quarter.
Grading Policy:
Quizzes
Final Exam
Clickers
60% (Determined by sum of your top six quiz scores)
35%
5%
Add/Drop:
Use WebReg to add/change/drop, drop from waitlists. See Toni Moore
(534-1745; <tmoore@physics.ucsd.edu>) in the Physics Department,
Student Affairs Office, Mayer Hall Addition, Room 2581, if you have any
problems with WebReg. If you need advice, see the TA or the instructor,
but they do not sign any cards.
If you are on the waitlist, please remember that TAs or instructor cannot
move you from waitlist (registrar office does that automatically) or
increase the enrollment size (set by fire marshal rules).
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Physics 2C, Win’16 – Tentative Schedule
Week
1
Date
Jan. 5
Jan. 7
chapter
18
18
Fr
Topic
Overview/ Temperature and Heat
First Law of Thermodynamics,
Conduction, Convection, & Radiation
No Quizz
Tu
Th
Jan. 8
2
Jan. 12
Jan. 14
Jan. 15
Tu
Th
F
Ideal Gases, Molar Specific Heats
Degrees of Freedom
Quiz 1 -- Math HW & Chap. 18
19
19
3
Jan. 19
Jan. 21
Jan. 22
Tu
Th
F
Entropy, Second Law
Engines and Refrigerators
Quiz 2 -- Chap. 19
20
20
4
Jan. 26
Jan. 28
Tu
Th
14
14
Jan. 29
F
Density and Pressure
Archimedes’ Principles
Bernoulli’s Equation
Quiz 3 -- Chap. 20
Feb. 2
Tu
14
Feb. 4
Feb. 5
Th
F
Archimedes’ Principles
Bernoulli’s Equation
SHM & Waves
Quiz 4 -- Chap. 14, 15, 20
Feb. 9
Tu
16
Feb. 11
Feb. 12
Th
F
Superposition of Waves,
Standing Waves & Resonance
Sound Waves
No Quiz
7
Feb. 16
Feb. 18
Feb. 19
Tu
Th
F
Interference, The Doppler Effect
Electromagnetic Waves, Polarization
Quiz 5 -- Chap. 15, 16, 17 (no Doppler effect)
17
33
8
Feb. 23
Feb. 25
Feb. 26
Tu
Th
F
Reflection and Refraction
Mirrors and Images
Quiz 6 -- Chap. 17 (Doppler effect), 33
33
34
9
Mar. 1
Mar. 3
Mar. 4
Tu
Th
F
Geometrical Optics
Optical Interference, Young’s Experiment
Quiz 7 -- Chap. 33, 34
34
35
Tu
Th
F
Diffraction, Diffraction Gratings
Class Review
Quiz 8 -- Chap. 34, 35
35
10
Mar. 8
Mar. 10
Mar. 11
FIN
Mar. 15
Tu
3-6PM
5
6
15
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