Physics 107: Summer 2009
Instructor: Eugeniy E. Mikhailov
- Office: Small 339E
- Phone: 221-3571 (W & M)
- Email: eemikh@wm.edu
- Office Hours: MWF 10:05-11:00 pm and by appointment.
Physics 107 WWW site
http://physics.wm.edu/~evmik/classes/Physics_107_2009/index.html
Text
"College Physics vol 1" second edition by Alan Giambattista, Betty McCarthy Richardson, Betty Richardson, Robert C. Richardson (ISBN 9780073301747).
Exams
There will be two closed-book exams during the course (midterm and final).
- The midterm exam will be on Monday June 15, 8 - 10 am.
- The final exam will be on Friday July 3, 8 - 10 am.
Labs
http://lab.physics.wm.edu
Grading
You must pass (60% minimum) the laboratory section of the course to pass the entire course. Anyone not passing the lab will be given an "F".
Letter grades will be assigned as follows:
| Grade |
Score percentage |
Grade |
Score percentage |
Grade |
Score percentage |
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A |
94-100 |
A- |
90-93 |
| B+ |
87-89 |
B |
84-86 |
B- |
80-83 |
| C+ |
77-79 |
C |
74-76 |
C- |
70-73 |
| D+ |
67-69 |
D |
64-66 |
D- |
60-63 |
| F |
<60 |
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Grades contribution
- Homework - 15%
- Laboratory - 15%
- Test - 30%
- Final Exam - 40%
Homework
- A set of problems is due at 11:59 pm on
- The homework answers will be entered via the WWW using WebAssign (www.webassign.net). This software will provide instant feedback on which problems were answered correctly (and which were not). You will be allowed multiple attempts to upload answers (up to a maximum of 5 attempts per problem), and your grade will be based on the last submission.
- For those who are new with WebAssign. Your username for WebAssign will be your W&M username (eg. mine is eemikh) or part of your W&M email which goes in front of @wm.edu; for "Institution" you should enter "wm", and your initial password will be your student ID number. I have set up WebAssign accounts for everyone who was enrolled as/of Friday May 25th; if you added in after this, send me an Email and I will add you to WebAssign. To access WebAssign, you will need to pay a registration fee, which can be paid online using a credit card. You will have a couple of weeks before you have to pay the access fee.