To access WebAssign for the first time, you will need to pay a $22.95 access fee, which you can do via a credit/debit card on the WebAssign site. You will need to login to WebAssign and enroll for this course. You will be prompted for a "class key"; the class key is "wm 1012 9945". Please select a username for WebAssign that is the same as your W&M username (eg. mine is dsarms).
You will have free access to WebAssign until Wed. Sept 11, after which time you will need to have paid the access fee. If you don't have a credit card, you can bring me the cash and I will sign you up.
A 93-100% A- 90-93
B+ 87-90 B 83-87 B- 80-83
C+ 77-80 C 73-77 C- 70-73
D+ 67-70 D 63-67 D- 60-63
F < 60
The grades will be calculated based on either Homework - 20% Quizzes - 5% Tests - 40% Final Exam - 35%or
Homework - 20% Quizzes - 5% Final Exam - 75%The "Tests" grade will be based on the top two test grades for each student, i.e. the lowest test grade will be dropped.
Then, for each student, the final grade will be calculated using both equations, and the result with the larger numerical grade will be the one used to determine the letter grade.
This procedure means that students who may have had difficulty with one or more of the in-class tests have the chance to make up for it with a good performance on the final exam; after all - what is relevant is how much physics you have learned at the end of the course!
The GER2A requirement is intended to introduce the student to the nature of scientific inquiry, including how scientific theories are developed and tested, the nature of empirical knowledge (as well as the limits of science), and the historical, cultural and intellectual context of science. Physics 107 will explore many of the underlying fundamental laws governing all of the natural world, primarily those related to the motion of objects subject to forces. Topics include kinematics, dynamics, circular motion, gravitation, work, energy, linear and angular momentum, torque and static equilibrium, static and dynamic behavior of fluids, vibrations and waves, and sound and hearing. In particular, the role of mathematics in describing the physical universe will be a central underlying theme of the course. The presentation will follow a logical (rather than historical) ordering, however, the historical development of major physical ideas will be discussed as appropriate. Together, the Physics 107-108 sequence will provide the student with a broad, general introduction to the essential aspects of our understanding of the physical universe, with a specific emphasis on topics of relevance for medicine and the life sciences.
http://physics.wm.edu/~armd/P107_info.html