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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Physics 1C
March 30, 2015
General Physics – Modern Physics (Lecture)
Web page: http://physics.ucsd.edu/students/courses/spring2015/physics1c/
INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Mark Paddock mpaddock@ucsd.edu
Office: 1623 Mayer Hall Addition
Office Hours: M,We 1-2 p.m. (subject to change)
Phone: 534-2504
COURSE COORDINATOR: Patti Hey, 2571 Mayer Hall Addition, 822-1468,
plhey@physics.ucsd.edu
1C TEACHING ASSISTANT:
Dian (David) Shi,
d9shi@ucsd.edu
CLASS SCHEDULE:
Lectures:
1Cc
MWF
12:00 – 12:50 p.m.
242 Galbraith Hall
Quizzes:
Fri., Apr. 10th ; Fri., Apr. 24th ; Wed., May 13th ; Fri., May 29th
Problem Sessions:
Thursday 8:00 – 9:50 pm, WLH 2005
Labs:
Note that the lab is a completely separate course.
Final Exam:
1C
Wednesday, June 10, 11:30 a.m. – 2:29 p.m., 242 Galbraith Hall
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.
TEXT:
Serway and Jewett, Principles of Physics, 5th Edition, Brooks/Cole
CENGAGE Learning
PREREQUISITES: Math 10C or 10D or 20C. Trigonometry, vectors, and calculus will be
used in lectures, problem sets and exams.
Help Is Available: Problem solving sessions will be held on some to be determined
evening. 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. Individual assistance is available during office
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hours. The Physics Dept. tutorial center (location 2702 Mayer Hall
Addition) is also open Sunday-Thursday from 3-8 p.m. The link to
Physics Advising information is:
http://www.physics.ucsd.edu/students/undergrad/currentgrad_listadvisor.php
Acad. Dishonesty: Please read “UC Policy on Integrity of Scholarship” in the UCSD
General Catalog.
Course Format:
Physics 1 A-B-C is a lecture course covering mechanics, electricity and
magnetism, waves and modern physics. This sequence is not suitable
for students majoring in Physics, MAE, ECE or CSE. Other majors
should check with their departments for the appropriate sequence.
Physics 1C deals with modern physics. A laboratory meeting each week
will give hands-on experience of the physical concepts dealt with in the
course. Concurrent enrollment in the 1C lab is required. Lab
information can be found at:
http://physics.ucsd.edu/students/courses/spring2015/.
Note that the lab instructor is Dr. Alexander Groisman and it is a
separate class.
HW Assignments: Problem sets are assigned as selections from each text chapter. The
graded homework will be through WebAssign, which is an online
homework submission and grading tool. This class will include a free
trial usage of WebAssign. When you bought your textbook from the
campus bookstore, WebAssign access was bundled with it, but I will
ensure that those of you without a code will have free access for the
duration of the course. Every week, we will assign homework problems
with WebAssign which must be completed by the listed due date.
Quizzes:
Quizzes will be given beginning the 2nd full week of lectures (Apr. 10,
Apr. 24, May 15 and May 29). Your lowest quiz score will be dropped.
There will be no make-up quizzes. You must purchase your own
scantron form for quizzes (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.
Clickers:
You have the opportunity to participate in lecture by utilizing the inclass Interwrite PRS system (clickers). Before you use the clickers for the
first time, be sure to enter in your student ID under the setup menu.
Points for the clickers will mostly be assigned by participation. Every
question given in lecture is worth 2 points, you will be given 1 point for
merely answering with 1 point given for answering correctly. Clickers
will become part of lecture beginning the 2nd week of the quarter.
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Grading Policy:
Quizzes
60% (Determined by your top three quiz scores)
Final Exam 30%
WebAssign Homework
10%
Clickers
5% (Extra Credit)
Add/Drop:
Use WebReg to add/change/drop, drop from waitlists. See Sharmila
Poddar (534-3290; <spoddar@physics.ucsd.edu>) in the Physics
Department, Student Affairs Office, Mayer Hall Addition, Room 2561, if
you have any problems with WebReg. If you need advice, see the TA or
the instructor, but they do not sign any cards.
Add/Drop Deadlines:
Add
Drop without ‘W’ on transcript
Drop with ‘W’ on transcript
Friday, April 10th
Friday, April 24th
Friday, May 29th
PHYSICS 1C TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE
Week Date
Topics
Lecture
1
March 30 M
April 1 W
April 3 F
Introduction
SHM
Equations SHM
Intro
12A
12B
2
April 6 M
April 8 W
April 10 F
Energy, SHM
Waves
Quiz 1 (Ch. 12)
12C
13A
3
April 13 M
April 15 W
April 17 F
Sound
Standing Waves
Beats
13B
14A
14B
4
April 20 M
April 22 W
April 24 F
Light Waves
Reflection
Quiz 2 (Ch. 13, 14 & 24)
24A
25A
5
April 27 M
April 29 W
May 1
F
Prisms & TIR
Mirrors & Lens
Thin Lens
25B
26A
26B
6
May 4
Two lens
26C
M
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May 6
May 8
W
F
Double Slit
Thin Film
27A
27B
7
May 11
May 13
May 15
M
W
F
Single Slit
Blackbody
Quiz 3 (Ch. 24, 25 & 26)
27C
28A
8
May 18
May 20
May 22
M
W
F
Photons
Quantum mechanics in life
Matter waves
28B
28C
28D
9
May 25
May 27
May 29
M
W
F
Memorial Day
Bohr model
Quiz 4 (Ch. 27, 28 & 29)
29A
10
June 1
June 3
June 5
M
W
F
Spectroscopy
Radioactivity
Final Review
29B
30A
11
June 8
June 10
W
FINAL (11:30am -2:29pm)
comprehensive