Class Schedule: Room: Physics 108 Required Texts: Physics 1C, Electricity and Magnetism Section 1378 El Camino College, Fall 2017 Note: this syllabus is subject to change Lecture: Mon 2:00 5:10 PM, Wed 2:00 2:50 PM Lab: Wed 3:00 5:05 PM (1) University Physics with Modern Physics, 14 th edition, by Young and Freedman. You may purchase either the full edition, or just volume 2. If you are looking for discounted text online, abebooks.com or allbookstores.com are good places to start. (2) Physics 1C Lab Manual. (Available at El Camino College Bookstore) (3) Masteringphysics for 14 th edition of Young and Freedman. This can be purchased from the publisher at masteringphysics.com. Course ID: MPCORONEUS77288 Instructor: Phone: Email: Office: John Coroneus 310-660-3593 x3234 jcoroneus@elcamino.edu Physics 104C Grading: Exams 72% Homework and in-class work 13% Labs 15% Exams: Four exams covering different portions of the course. 1. Percentage each exam is worth (in order): 18, 18, 18, 18 2. Exams consist of a combination of problem solving and conceptual questions. 3. A simple, non-graphing calculator is also allowed, but no phones or graphing calculators. 4. The final exam is cumulative, but emphasizes material covered after the third midterm. Exam makeup policy: Makeup exams must be scheduled and taken within a week of the exam date. There are very few valid reasons for a makeup exam to be given: 1. Medical emergency: this must be an acute medical emergency and must include a note from a doctor. Non-emergency doctor visits do not count. 2. Military call up: also, must be documented by the appropriate branch of armed services. Homework: 1. Homework assignments will be posted on the course website as the course progresses. Please, please, please, do not wait until the day before homework is due to begin. Attempting and thinking about the homework problems is where
you actually learn the material, not when you sit down to study for the exam. Homework is due at the start of the class on the due date. Late homework will not be accepted! But, I will drop each student s lowest HW score. 2. A portion of the homework will be assigned through mastering physics (Pearson s online website). I encourage you to write this up as you would an assignment you would turn in, however, I will not collect these problems. 3. Lab Manual problems will turned in AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS ON THE DUE DATE. Due dates will be published on the course website. 4. Homework quizzes. On the day homework is due, I may (without warning and at the beginning of class) ask you to put away all notes and have ONLY your homework in front of you. You will be asked to copy one of the solutions and turn that in for credit on the homework due that day. Very little time will be given to copy your solution. 5. Late homework will not be accepted under any circumstance. Homework is due at the BEGINNING of class on the date due. Due dates may be changed with notice IN CLASS before the date due. Labs: 1. Late Policy: Lab reports must be turned in one week after they are performed. Late labs will not be accepted under ANY circumstances. No exceptions. 2. Late labs will not be accepted under ANY circumstances (yes, twice). 3. Academic Honesty: Preparation of your lab reports and analysis of your data must be done independently of other students, including your lab partners. If two lab reports are similar to an extent which can be explained only by copying or a similarly detailed sharing of information, both lab reports will receive a grade of zero and you will be reported to the Student Development Office. If more than one incident of academic dishonesty occurs during the semester, I will refer you to the administration with a recommendation that you be removed from the class. 4. Show up on time: It is crucial to the learning process that you are present during the lab periods, and actively participate in the experiments. If you arrive late, I may lower your score on that lab. 5. Labs and grading: you are REQUIRED to do the labs. By the end of the semester, you must score at least 8% of the 15% possible or you will automatically fail the course. Tentative grading scale 89-100 A 78-88.9 B 67-77.9 C 55-66.9 D Office hours: To be announced Website: I have a google site for the course. An updated syllabus, homework assignments and other handouts are available on the website: https://sites.google.com/site/eccphysics1c/
Student conduct: You are in class to be in class, not for other reasons. For your sake and the sake of others, please refrain from other activities like texting, reading newspapers, internet articles, cracked.com, magazines or even material from other classes. If you must take a phone call or read/send text messages, please step out of the class, close the door and take care of your business Food during class is not allowed. If you bring food to class, you will be asked to step outside, finish your meal then return. Drink during class: allowed only in CLOSED containers Cell phones: As part of your consideration of others and the classroom, please turn off cell phones or at least set them to vibrate or silent. If I see you have a cell phone out during class, you will be asked to leave, take care of your important business, then return. If you repeatedly have a cell phone out, I will count that as an absence (see below). Other electronics: similar to cell phone, with the exception being computers ON WHICH YOU ARE TAKING NOTES. Computers or tablets on which you are NOT taking notes must be put away. Attendance: A student missing any class session during the first week may be dropped from the course in order to allow other students to enroll. Therefore, if you expect to miss a class during the first week, you must inform me in advance. Also, if you miss twelve or more hours of class time up to the last day to drop, you may be dropped without notice. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of class, and students arriving late will be marked absent. Similarly, if you leave class significantly early, you may be marked absent. Absences (after 1 st two unexcused): minus 0.5 % to your overall percentage (yes, it is brutal) at my discretion. Letters of recommendation I receive many requests for letters of recommendation. I take such requests seriously and ask that you do so as well. To that end, here are some guidelines. 1. I cannot write you a letter of any kind unless you have COMPLETED at least one course with me 2. I will not write you a letter unless you have at least a B average in any courses you have taken with me. 3. If you fulfill points 1 and 2, then I MAY be willing to write you a letter. I need the following:
a. A request via email. I will check your performance in my classes BEFORE agreeing to write a letter for you then let you know if I can write a letter on your behalf. b. If you do not receive my approval first, please do not put my name as a recommender. c. At LEAST four weeks BEFORE the due date if I am writing you a new letter. d. At LEAST two weeks BEFORE the due date if I am modifying an existing letter. Disability Statement: Students with disabilities who believe they may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to contact the Special Resource Center on campus as soon as possible to better ensure such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion. Also, please contact me privately to discuss your specific needs. Course Content: Topic Number Topic Reading Assignment (Young and Freedman 14 th Ed. And Lab Manual 1 Colomb Force and Electric Field 21, Lab Manual Introduction, especially sections 1-7 2 Flux and Gauss Law 22 3 Electric Potential 23 4 Capacitance, Dielectrics and 24 Extension of Gauss Law 5 Current, Resistance, EMF 25 6 DC Circuits, Kirchoff s Rules 26 7 Magnetic Fields and Forcees 27 8 Magnetic Field Sources 28 9 Electromagnetic Induction 29 10 Inductance 30 11 AC Circuits 31 12 EM Waves 32
COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, you should be able to; 1. solve multiple loop circuit problems using Kirchhoff's rules, 2. solve problems using differential and/or integral calculus as well as elementary aspects of vector calculus, 3. explain conceptually and/or qualitatively, physical phenomena perhaps too difficult for realistic mathematical modeling for problems involving electricity, magnetism, and electronics, 4. demonstrate the ability to a. make meaningful measurements using basic mechanical and electrical measuring devices, b. manipulate the collected data using basic error theories, c. report on the outcome of the experiment, and d. explain the result physically. Student Learning Outcomes: Students can recognize the basic physical principles which are relevant in a given physical situation involving electricity, magnetism or electromagnetism in order to correctly answer conceptual questions. Students can identify and apply the relevant laws of physics along with the necessary mathematics to successfully solve a problem dealing with electricity, magnetism or electromagnetism, Students can read and record, with appropriate units and uncertainties, measurements taken from a multi-meter. Students can interpret and analyze that data, including error analysis. El Camino catalog references: 1. Course description: p. 245 2. Course prerequisites: p. 245 3. El Camino College attendance policy: p. 46 4. El Camino College student conduct policy: pp. 34 41