Homework Assignments:Doing the homework is a critical part of doing well in this course! You are highly encouraged to help each other particularly when working on the homework. Find a partner in class and work on HW problems together. Helping others learn tends to help with your own understanding. There will be 10-20 homework problems assigned per chapter. Mastering Physics web-based system will be used for turning in and grading the homework. You can find detailed instructions for using the system at www.masteringphysics.com. Make sure to register for the correct section, the Course ID is JHEFALL2011.
The assignments have to be turned in on time. The penalty of late submission will be 25% reduction of total available credits over each day late.
Available resources for help: 1. Free help session by TAs in Room CP 275(changed from CP 183) every Friday from 9 am to 5 pm.
2. You are strongly encouraged to register the problem solving course PHZ 2102 (U01). This is a 1 credit class which focuses on analyzing and solving problems. The following course is offered for this semester:
3. Make use my office hour!
How to use Mastering Physics (from Professor Jorge L. Rodriguez ):1. Navigate to the Mastering Physics website 2. Logon, if you have an existing account, or register as a new student if you don’t have an account. When you register please use your full name and or panther ID in the registration process so that I can identify your account with you. If you’ve purchased a new text book you will get a license and registration ID number with your purchase otherwise you can purchase a license online from the website. 3. When you logon click on the “Join Course” link on the menu bar on the left and enter my course ID, listed above, in the Course ID window and click on the save button. Now you are ready to use the Mastering Physics system. The assignments will be listed in the “Assignment List” tab and the scheduled due dates, grading policies for each assignment are available from the website. Typically each assignment will be due after we’ve covered the material in class 4. To gain familiarity with the MP web-based I have included an introductory problem set called Introduction to Mastering Physics. It is an optional problem set so you don’t need to turn that in. Also, Professor Oren Maxwell has published some useful hints on usage on his PHY2049 website. They are reproduced here for your convenience: Dr Maxwell’s Tips and Hints:1. For numerical results, make sure that you have enough decimal places of accuracy in your result. A good general rule is that your answer should have the same number of decimal places as in the input data, except if the first digit in your answer is 1. In that case, you should use one more decimal place in your answer. 2. In intermediate steps, it is generally a good idea to keep more decimal places of accuracy than in your final result in order to avoid round-off error. 3. Note that in many calculations, the SIGN of the result is important. If you think that your numerical answer is correct, but the system won't accept it, it may be that your sign is wrong 4. For answers that require a mathematical expression, indicate multiplication with the asterix symbol, e.g., x multiplied by y should be written x*y. 5. To indicate subscripts and superscripts use the underline and hat symbols in front of the subscript or superscript. For example, you might write the electron mass symbolically as m_e, and x squared should be written x^2. 6. To indicate a vector quantity, use _vec following the quantity, e.g., the position vector should be written r_vec. To indicate a unit vector, use unit instead of vec, e.g., the unit vector in the direction of the position vector should be written r_unit. 7. For a square root, use sqrt, e.g., square root of x should be written sqrt(x). 8. Greek letters are indicated by just writing out the name in latin letters, e.g., pi, mu, epsilon, sigma, theta, etc.. |
