Material Covered

This web page contains a listing of all the reading, the labs, and the tutorials we will be doing this quarter.

Textbook

You should use Physics for Scientists & Engineers, 3rd edition by Giancoli (Prentice Hall). The university book store has the correct book in stock.

McDermott, Shaffer, et. al., Tutorials in Introductory Physics, First Edition. Prentice Hall, Inc. 2002.

The 121 Lab manual (you can get it from the copy center in the Communications).

Lab & Tutorial

The lab and tutorial sections make up key components of this course. You must be registered for both. If you have not, you will get a 0.0 for the lecture.

Lab: Prof. J Cramer (cramer@phys.washington.edu)

Tutorial: Prof. P. Shaffer (uwttl121@u.washington.edu, shaffer@phys.washington.edu)

Pretests

There will be weekly short pretests, administered over the web. These are intended to start you thinking about the concepts that will be addressed in tutorial later in the week. Pretest questions will be posted in tutorial. Pretests will not be graded. Completion of these tests will, however, be a factor in determining your final grade. See the link at the top of these pages to get to the pretest page.

Homework

Homework will be assigned each Wednesday , and due the following Wednesday at 9am. If you wish, you may turn it in at 9am on Thursday for 70% credit. We use the Tycho system, which allows you to make as many attempts as you like at getting the homework problems correct. Again, see the homework link at the top of the page.

Exams

There will be three one-hour midterm exams and a two-hour final exam. The exam will be comprised of material from the lecture and tutorial portions of the course, with about 80% weighting on the lecture material. The midterm exams will cover the material from the two or three weeks prior to the week of the exam but may include earlier material as well. The final exam will be comprehensive, and include questions from all portions of the course. All exams will be closed book with one double-sided 8.5" by 11" sheet of notes allowed (the final will allow two). The lowest midterm score for each student will be dropped. A grade of 0.0 will be assigned to students who do not take the final exam or miss two midterms. There will be no make-up exams.

Exam Regrades

If you believe that there is an addition error on your examination or if there is a serious error in the grading, you may return an exam for regrading. To do so, you must resubmit the exam at the beginning of the lecture following the one in which the exams are returned. You must attach a note to the front of the exam explaining the possible error in the original grading (a form is available on the web). Do not make any changes or marks on the original exam. Portions of each exam are photocopied.

You should be aware that any request for a regrade may result in a regrading of the entire question. Therefore your total score may decrease.

Course Grade

See the common grading policy page for how the course grade will be assigned.