Physics 1302B 2014
2014 Physics 1302B Introductory Physics II
Course Outline
Note: This Course Information sheet is a living document. Check for updates to
this information on the course website.
1.
Calendar Course Description
A calculus-based laboratory course for students intending to pursue further studies in
Science. Oscillations, waves, fluids, electric fields and potential, DC circuits, magnetic
fields, modern physics.
Antirequisite(s): Physics 1021, 1029A/B, 1402A/B, 1502A/B, the former Physics 1020,
1024, 1026.
Prerequisite(s): One of Physics 1301A/B or 1401A/B or 1501A/B, or a minimum mark
of 70% in Physics 1028A/B.
Corequisite(s):
Pre-or Corequisite(s):
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 3 laboratory/tutorial hours, 0.5 course.
Note: The department recommends that students also take a concurrent course that
includes Calculus. Please be aware that some of the programs for which Physics 1302A/B
is a prerequisite also require Calculus 1000A/B or 1100A/B or 1500A/B plus Calculus
1301A/B or 1501A/B, or Applied Mathematics 1413. This course, together with Physics
1301A/B, is a suitable prerequisite for modules in the Faculty of Science and modules
offered by the basic medical science departments, and for professional schools having a
Physics requirement.
Note: Unless you have either the requisites for this course or written special
permission from the Undergraduate Chair in Physics and Astronomy to enroll in it,
you will be removed from this course and it will be deleted from your record. This
decision may not be appealed. You will receive no adjustment to your fees in the
event that you are dropped from a course for failing to have the necessary
prerequisites
2.
Timetable
Section 1:
Section 2:
Mon/Wed/Fri 12:30 – 1:30 pm; WSC room 55
Mon/Wed/Fri 1:30 – 2:30 pm; WSC room 55
Instructor:
Prof. Sarah Gallagher
telephone: x86707; office: PAB room 205
office hours: 2:30 – 3:30 pm Mon/Fri
twitter handle: @scgQuasar; class hashtag: #Phys1302
1
Physics 1302B 2014
3.
Course Materials
The following course materials can be purchased at the UWO Bookstore - get the
package specifically listed for Physics 1301A/1302B:
Textbook:
Essential University Physics with MasteringPhysics, 2/E, by
Richard Wolfson, (Addison-Wesley/Pearson), 2012. Both Volumes 1 and 2 will
be used in 1302B.
Lab Manual: 2013-2014 Physics 1302B/1402B/1502B Laboratory Manual. Be
sure to buy the correct package, as it is not refundable.
Calculator:
Sharp EL-510RB Scientific Calculator. This is the only
calculator allowed in quizzes or exams.
In-class student response system: Top Hat
course name: Physics 1302B
6-digit course code: 781132
In addition, on-line materials, including lecture notes, are available from the
Edmodo course website.
4.
Websites
www.edmodo.com
All on-line materials (lecture notes, tutorial material, announcements, etc.) are
available through the Edmodo course website. Communications will be
handled primarily through Edmodo; emailing the instructor and TAs directly
should be reserved for special circumstances. The course code will be given
on the first day of class. Disrespectful or inappropriate behavior on the
course website will be grounds for removal from the group.
https://owl.uwo.ca
All grades will be posted to this website. To access this site, you will need to log
in using your UWO username and password. If you need information about
setting up and using your account (or forwarding your mail from uwo.ca to other
mail services), all the information you need is at the ITS website,
http://www.uwo.ca/its/. Note that there are two different OWL websites for this
course. One will have grades for lectures and tutorials, and the second will cover
the lab component.
https://app.tophat.com/e/781132
2
Physics 1302B 2014
In-class questions can be answered using any wireless device (e.g., phone,
tablet, or computer). Top Hat will be used for a handful of in-class quizzes that
will be given at random throughout the semester that will contribute to your
participation grade. Equivalent paper quizzes will be provided for those who
choose not to use Top Hat.
www.masteringphysics.com
The MasteringPhysics online homework sets can be accessed through this
website. The course ID is MPGALLAGHER2014, a registration code came with
your textbook if you bought it new, or can be purchased separately.
5.
Course Content
The course content is outlined in the following table:
Volume: Chapter
Sections
Topic
II: 20
All
Electric Charge, Force, and Field
II: 22
All
Electric Potential
II: 23
All
Electric Energy & Capacitors
II: 24
All
Electric Current
II: 25
All
Electric Circuits
II: 26
All except 26.8
Magnetism: Force & Field
I: 13
All
Oscillatory Motion
I: 14
All
Wave Motion
6.
Evaluation
Your grade in each term will be derived according to the following scheme:
Item
Percentage
Laboratory
15%
Participation (in-class quizzes)
5%
Tutorial Quizzes (best 3 of 4)
20%
Midterm Exam
20%
Final Exam
40%
It is required to get a passing grade for either the Final Exam or the Midterm
Exam + Tutorial Quizzes in order to pass the course. Failing both the final and
the midterm exam + tutorial quizzes means a grade of 40% will be assigned
regardless of whether your grade as computed above averages to 50% or
higher. The exams and quizzes for Physics 1302B will primarily cover the
3
Physics 1302B 2014
material discussed in class during the Winter term, but certain fundamental
concepts from 1301 (e.g., Newtonʼs laws, conservation of energy, distancevelocity-acceleration relations, etc.) may be required to complete them
successfully.
7.
Laboratories
Failing the laboratory component means a failing grade in this course
regardless of your performance on the quizzes and examinations.
Physics 1302B Lab Website:
First Year Physics Laboratory webpage can be found at: https://owl.uwo.ca/
Information on the Physics 1302B lab will be posted there.
Direct All Lab Questions to the Laboratory Director:
Prof. Kanthi Kaluarachchi,
Office: M2203 (Materials Science Addition, MSA)
email: kanthi@uwo.ca
phone: 519-661-2111 x86446
Laboratory Schedules and Location
All first year physics labs in the Winter Term start in the week of January 6, 2013.
Physics1302B lab schedules for all the lab sections are posted on OWL on the
lab website.
Physics labs are held in Materials Science Addition (MSA), Rooms M2220,
M2230 and M2250. A map of MSA is available on the lab webpage.
Laboratory Course Materials
The following lab course materials can be purchased at the UWO Bookstore:
Laboratory manual book:
First Year Physics Laboratory Manuals, 2013-2014
Physics 1302B /1402B /1502B
Calculator:
SHARP Scientific Calculator EL-510R
In addition, on-line lab materials are available at the OWL lab website. You are
required to use the current year's lab manual package purchased from the
University Bookstore. Please note that we do not accept photocopied manuals.
Final Lab Mark
Students are required to complete all six labs scheduled for this course. The
final lab mark will be the average of the six lab marks. The exception is that one
4
Physics 1302B 2014
lab may be missed with appropriate documentation (see below).
Absences from the Laboratory
A missed lab will be assigned a mark of zero unless it has been excused by an
academic counselor at the Deanʼs office of your home Faculty. Please submit
documentation to the Deanʼs office within one week of your absence. Academic
accommodation cannot be granted by the lab instructor, lab staff or the
department.
Laboratory Exemption
If you have completed the lab component of Physics 1302, 1402, or 1502, within
the last three years (i.e., year 2010-2011 or later), and obtained a passing mark
for the lab, you may be exempted from the Physics 1302B lab.
To apply for laboratory exemption, please send an email to the physics
Laboratory Director with the following information: your full name, student number,
course number of the physics course taken previously, and the year taken. We
advise you not to miss any of your lab classes this year until you receive an email
confirming laboratory exemption.
8.
Tutorials and Tutorial Quizzes
In the weeks alternating with the laboratory, there will be tutorials covering topics
discussed in class during the preceding two weeks. At the end of the tutorial
period there will be typically be a 45-minute tutorial quiz. The quizzes consist of
multiple choice problems and longer answer-type questions. A total of four
tutorial quizzes will occur throughout the Winter term. You will receive a final quiz
mark based on the best three out of four of your tutorial quizzes. As a result of
this policy, no makeups will be provided for these quizzes. The first tutorial
quiz is for practice, and will count towards your participation mark.
For the tutorials, unless there is a conflict, you will be divided into the same
subsections as your lab sections. Seating will be assigned in the tutorials,
and you must write the tutorial quiz in the subsection you are assigned.
The tutorial schedule, timing and material to be covered at each tutorial will be
posted to the class website in advance of the quiz dates.
MasteringPhysics
MasteringPhysics (MP) is a useful online tutorial and homework management
system from Pearson, the textbook publisher. To use the system, you must
register online at http://masteringphysics.com/site/index.html. The code is
included with your textbook. You also need the following:
5
Physics 1302B 2014
1.
2.
3.
your Western userid
your email address (please use your Western email address only)
the course ID: MPGALLAGHER2014
A new homework set of up to 20 problems will be assigned on a weekly or biweekly basis. The problems can be “multiple choice” or you may need to enter a
number or a formula. Mastering is a sophisticated system that provides a selfpaced Socratic tutorial system where a set of hints can guide you to the solution.
The system includes access to an e-copy of the textbook. The ebook can be
annotated and bookmarked. The system also provides a self-study area and
access to PhET tutorials (from the University of Colorado), some of which will be
shown in class.
9.
Documentation for medical or other serious emergencies
If you are unable to meet a course requirement due to illness or other serious
circumstances, you must provide valid medical or other supporting
documentation to the Dean's office as soon as possible and contact your
instructor immediately. It is the student's responsibility to make alternative
arrangements with their instructor once the accommodation has been approved
and the instructor has been informed. In the event of a missed midterm or final
exam, a "Recommendation of Special Examination" form must be obtained from
the Dean's Office immediately.
For further information please see:
http://www.uwo.ca/univsec/pdf/academic_policies/appeals/accommodation_medical.pdf
A student requiring academic accommodation due to illness should use the
Student Medical Certificate when visiting an off-campus medical facility or
request a Records Release Form (located in the Dean's Office) for visits to
Student Health Services.
The form can be found here:
https://studentservices.uwo.ca/secure/medical_document.pdf
10. Midterm and Final Examinations
The 2-hr Midterm exam for 1302B will be held during your normal tutorial section
the week of February 10, 2014. No makeup exams will be given to
accommodate travel for Reading Week.
The Final exam date and time will be posted on the course website when
available. Students who are making travel arrangements for the summer holidays
are advised to book a travel date after the end of the examination period. No
makeup exams will be given to accommodate travel.
6
Physics 1302B 2014
No extra sheets, PDAs, advanced calculators, computers, cell phones, etc., may
be accessible to you during exams.
Unless otherwise indicated, exams will consist of a combination of multiplechoice problems, designed to test conceptual understanding of topics covered in
class, and numerical problems (which may consist of multiple parts) that test
problem-solving abilities. Computer-marked multiple-choice quizzes and/or
exams may be subject to submission for similarity review by software that will
check for unusual coincidences in answer patterns that may indicate cheating.
Please note that the Department of Physics and Astronomy may, in exceptional
cases, adjust the final course marks in order to conform to departmental policy.
Calculators: The only calculators that may be used in an exam or a tutorial quiz
are the Sharp EL-510RB, EL- 500, or EL-510R. They are available from the UWO
Bookstore.
Accommodations for Religious Holidays
When scheduling unavoidably conflicts with religious holidays which (a) require
an absence from the University or (b) prohibit or require certain activities (i.e.,
activities that would make it impossible for the student to satisfy the academic
requirements scheduled on the day(s) involved), no student will be penalized for
absence because of religious reasons, and alternative means will be sought for
satisfying the academic requirements involved. It is the responsibility of such
students to inform themselves concerning the work done in classes from which
they are absent and to take appropriate action.
A student who, for either of the situations outlined in paragraph one above (a or
b), is unable to write examinations and term tests on a Sabbath or Holy Day in a
particular term shall give notice of this fact in writing to his or her Dean as early
as possible but not later than March 1st for the P1302B Final exam. In the case
of mid-term tests, such notification is to be given in writing to the instructor within
48 hours of the announcement of the date of the mid-term test. The instructor(s)
(in the case of mid-term tests) and the dean (in the case of final examinations)
will arrange for special examination(s) to be written at another time. In the case of
final examinations, the accommodation must occur no later than one month after
the end of the examination period involved. It is mandatory that students seeking
accommodations under this policy give notification before the deadlines, and that
the Faculty accommodate these requests.
For purposes of this policy the University has approved a list of dates which are
recognized religious holidays which require members of those religions to be
absent from the University; this list is updated annually and is available at
departmental, Deans' and Faculty advising Offices.
7
Physics 1302B 2014
11. Make-up Policy
a) Lab Marks. Grading policies for the laboratory are given in the Notes to
Students in your lab manual package.
b) Tutorial Quizzes. As your mark is based on the best three out of four tutorial
quizzes, no make up quizzes will be given. Note that this schedule allows you to
miss approximately 1 month of tutorials due to illness without penalty.
c) Midterm and Final Examinations. The Department will provide one make-up
test for each exam that may be written only with the permission of the
Associate Dean, Faculty of Science. In accordance with Senate Policy, a
Special Examination will be held within thirty days of the regular examination for
students who are unable to write the regular examination for medical or other
documented reasons.
12. Help
In addition to the regularly scheduled tutorial periods, help is available during TA
and instructor office hours (times and locations to be announced on the course
website). Class and/or tutorial time will be given before the Midterm and Final
exams to provide a more complete review of the semester's material. The
Physics and Astronomy Student Association (PASA) also offers weekly drop-in
help sessions.
13. Cheating (Scholastic Offences)
Cheating
University policy states that cheating is a scholastic offence. The commission of
a scholastic offence is attended by academic penalty, which may include
expulsion from the program. If you are caught cheating, there will be no second
warning. Cheating includes having available any other electronic devices except
a watch and the Sharp calculator discussed previously during a quiz or exam.
You may NOT have a cell phone or laptop accessible, even to use it as a
calculator or watch. Complete information on the University policy on academic
offences can be found at http://www.westerncalendar.uwo.ca/2013/pg113.html.
Plagiarism
Students must write their essays and assignments in their own words. Whenever
students take an idea, or a passage from another author, they must acknowledge
their debt both by using quotation marks where appropriate and by proper
referencing such as footnotes or citations. Plagiarism is a major academic
offence (see Scholastic Offence Policy in the Western Academic Calendar).
14. Classroom Conduct
8
Physics 1302B 2014
Disruptive or behaviour will not be tolerated in class during lectures and tutorials.
Please respect the rights of your classmates to benefit from the lecture by limiting
your conversations to those essential to the class, and by avoiding distracting
behaviours such as using electronic devices for activities (e.g., playing video
games, checking facebook, and instant messaging) unrelated to what is
happening in the classroom. Students who persist in loud, distracting, or rude
behaviour will be asked to leave. These rules extend to interactions (such as
discussions) on Edmodo or OWL.
15. Complaints and Suggestions
If you have a concern about something, please let us know. We rely on your
feedback. Please contact initially the person most directly concerned; this will
usually be your instructor or a tutorial, lab, or lecture TA. If that is not satisfactory,
or if there is something more general bothering you, talk it over with the Chair of
Undergraduate Affairs or the Physics & Astronomy Department Chair (for contact
information see http://www.physics.uwo.ca).
16. Accessibility
Please contact the course instructors if you require material in an alternate format
or for any other arrangements to make this course more accessible to you. You
may also wish to contact Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) at 6612111 x82147 for any specific question regarding an accommodation.
17. Contacting Us
The simplest way to contact us outside of lectures is within the course website.
Please allow 2–3 working days for a response. We may not answer any emails
from any source other than addresses that end in "@uwo.ca", and no
emails will be answered with questions that are addressed in this
document. Note in particular that emails sent from non-UWO accounts may be
not answered, as they can be rejected as spam by our mail server. Make sure
to put “Physics 1302” in the subject heading of any emails.
18. APPENDICES
Appendices are an essential part of the course outline documents, and students
must ascribe the same importance to them. Changes to these appendices will be
posted on the course website.
9