PHCC 142

Prerequisites:    PH141 or PHCC141 and M161 or M255 or MCC161 or MCC255.
                           Students may enroll in  MCC161 or MCC255 concurrently.

Lecture:             MWF 1:10 - 2:00 PM, Engineering 100.

Instructor:         Prof. R. Mark Bradley

                           Office: Room D215, Engineering Building
                           Phone: 491-5735
                           E-mail: bradley@lamar.colostate.edu
 
                           Office hours: MW 10:30 - 11:30

Textbooks:        Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Volume 2, by R. A. Serway and R. J. Beichner (Fifth Edition)
                            is required.

                           The 2000-2001 edition of the PH142 lab manual,  "Maxwell's Demons" is required.
 
Course Outline: Here is a tentative list of the topics to be covered, followed by the corresponding
                            chapters in the text:
 

Exams:               Midterm exams will be held in the evening on  2/15, 3/22 and 4/19 from 5 PM to 7 PM.

                            The final exam will be held on Monday, May 7, from 1:30 - 3:30 PM.
 
                            It is essential that you arrange to have these times free.

                            Make -up exams will not be given.  In the event of documented illness,
                            family emergency, or a conflicting university-sanctioned activity, alternative
                            arrangements will be made.  Approval for absence from an exam must be
                            obtained before the exam.

Grade Assignment:
                                    Midterm Exams 1-3                     48%
                                    Final Exam                                  16%
                                    Quizzes                                       16%
                                    Labs                                           20%

                                    Note:  Failure to attend three or more labs will result in a final grade of  "F".
 
                                    More detail on how the midterm exams, final exam, quizzes and labs will
                                    be graded appears below.

Getting Help:     It is ultimately your responsibility to learn the course material.  If you are having difficulty,
                            I encourage you to actively seek help.  There are several ways to do this:

• Come to my office hour (MW 10:30 - 11:30).
• Arrange another time to see me.
• Ask your recitation instructor questions, either during recitation or during his/her

office hour.  A schedule is posted in the display case next to Room AR 119.
• See a tutor in the College of Natural Sciences Tutorial Hall (Rm. 9 in the basement

of Ingersoll Hall).
• Seek help from a friend taking the class.

 

Midterm Exams

The Midterm Exams will consist of multiple choice questions.  Midterms 2 and 3 will emphasize material
covered since the previous exam, but may make use of some material covered earlier.

The Midterm Exams will be closed book examinations.  You will be permitted
to use a calculator and one double-sided 8.5" by 11" formula sheet.  Formula sheets
may be typed.  Students must bring their student ID to all exams.
 

Final Exam

The Final Exam will consist of multiple choice questions.  The Final Exam will emphasize material
covered since Midterm 3, but may make use of some material covered earlier.

The Final Exam will be a closed book examination.  You will be permitted
to use a calculator and one double-sided 8.5"  by 11" formula sheet.  Formula sheets
may be typed.  Students must bring their student ID.
 

Homework

• Homework will be assigned weekly in recitations but will not be turned in.
• The assignments will also be posted on the web.  Follow this link to the homework assignments.
• If you wish, you may work together with other students.
• The solution to each homework assignment will be posted on the web after the recitation

in which it is due.  Follow this link to the homework solutions.
• It is important that you attempt each problem assigned. If you are unable to solve a problem,

ask someone for help.  Make it your business to solve each problem!

• At the beginning of each recitation there will be a 15 minute quiz.  Each quiz will be based

on the homework assigned during the previous recitation.
• The quizzes will be closed book.  You will be supplied with a formula sheet prepared by

Prof. Bradley.  Formula sheets prepared by the student will not be permitted in the quizzes.
You may use a calculator.
• Make-up quizzes will not be given.  In the event of documented illness,

family emergency, or a conflicting university-sanctioned activity, alternative
arrangements will be made.  Approval for absence from an quiz must be obtained from the
Prof. Bradley (not your TA) before the quiz.

Labs

Follow this link to the lab schedule.

The lab reports will be graded using the "plus-check-minus" grading system.
A "plus" means the work is excellent; a "check" that it is satisfactory;
and a "minus" that it is unsatisfactory.

Lab grades will be converted to numerical scores using the following scheme:
"plus"=10, "check"=8, and "minus"=6.  A score of zero will be given for
missed labs.

Failure to attend three or more labs will result in a failing final grade.

If you must miss your regularly scheduled lab, you may attend a different PH 142
lab section that week.  The course schedule has a list of the times and locations
of the various sections.  You should hand in your lab report to the supervising instructor,
and fill out a grade transfer request (these are available in the lab).  The grade transfer
request is needed so that the instructor grading your report will know where to send
your grade for the lab.  It is your responsibility to make up a missed lab.