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Course Syllabus

29:011 College Physics I

Instructor:

Ugur Akgun

Office : 102 VAN

Phone : 335-3574

Email : ugur-akgun@uiowa.edu

Web : http://www.physics.uiowa.edu/~uakgun/029_011/029_011.html

Department of Physics & Astronomy Main Office:

203 Van Allen Hall

319-335-1686

Chair -- Professor Mary Hall Reno at mary-hall-reno@uiowa.edu

Course Description:

This course is intended for pre-medical, pre-dental and other students who desire a physics course without calculus. Mechanics, special relativity, sound, heat, and thermodynamics are covered. Numerical examples and lab experiments are chosen to illustrate basic physical principles.

Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:30-11, or by appointment

Lecture: 8:30 am, MWF Van Allen Hall, LR1

Text Book: Physics, Volume 1, Authors: John D. Cutnell & Kenneth W. Johnson, Edition: 8th Edition, Publisher: Wiley
Wiley PLUS registration is required for homework and quiz submission. Laboratory manual is required for labs.

Laboratory:

There are 11 assigned laboratory experiments. For the lab schedule please check course webpage. Labs will be held in 262 VAN. Please Note: Students in the lab should work individually, or with one other student as a lab partner (preferred). There are Prelab questions for students to prepare before the lab, and Final lab reports should be turned in before you leave the lab. The laboratory portion of the course will constitute 15% of the final course grade. Also note that food and drink are not allowed in the lab.

Problem Solution Hours :

There are 4 problem solution hour sections scheduled for this course. Their starting times are as follows; Monday 6 pm, Tuesday 4.30 pm, Tuesday 6 pm, Wednesday 1.30 pm. The problem solution sessions will be held in room 301 VAN. The teaching assistants will solve some problems and answer students' questions.

Exams:

There are 3 in-class midterm exams, and 1 cummulative final exam. Midterm dates are Oct 1st, Oct 29th, and December 3rd. In-class midterm exams will be held during the regular lecture period. All exams are closed book, you are allowed to use calculators. Make-up exams will be given only for absences for verifiable medical reasons or official University activities. You must inform me beforehand if you will be missing an exam.

Final Examinations:

The final exam will be on Dec 15th, at 2.15pm.An undergraduate student who has two final examinations scheduled for the same period or more than three examinations scheduled for the same day may file a request for a change of schedule before the published deadline at the Registrar's Service Center, 17 Calvin Hall, 8-4:30 M-F, (384-4300).

Missed Exam Policy:

University policy requires that students be permitted to make up examinations missed because of illness, mandatory religious obligations, certain University activities, or unavoidable circumstances. Excused absence forms are required and are available at the Registrar web site: www.registrar.uiowa.edu/forms/absence.pdf

Homeworks:

Homework assignments will be posted and submitted via Wiley Plus webpage, you need to register to course specific page http://edugen.wiley.com/edugen/class/cls189608/

Please follow the instructions on course web page. There will be approximately 10 problems and exercises from the textbook assigned every week. Homework grades will constitute 10% of the final course grade. To be successful in this course it is essential that you do the homework. Doing problems is the most effective way to learn the material. Students are encouraged to work together on homework assignments. Student collaboration helps in understanding and makes the whole learning process more enjoyable. However, the consortia should consist of no more than 2 or 3 individuals.

Quizes:

During the semester online quizes will be assigned biweekly.The students will login to Wiley Plus, and solve the quiz questions in limited time. The quiz dates will be announced in class. Quiz grades will constitute 5% of the final course grade.

Grading:

A general description of College of Liberal Arts grading policies can be found in the following link "http://www.clas.uiowa.edu/faculty/teaching/grading/grading_marks.shtml"

3 in class exams (15% each) 45%

Final Exam 25%

Homework 10%

Laboratory 15%

Online Quiz 5%

Total 100%

Tutors:

Teaching assistants are available for free tutoring in VAN 54. Please check the Physics Tutorial Room Schedule. http://www.physics.uiowa.edu/ptutorial.html

Registration:

Changes in course registration including adding, dropping, and changes in sections, will be made by office personnel in Room 203 VAN between the hours of 8-12 and 1-5 Mon-Fri.

Administrative Home of the Course:

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the administrative home of this course and governs such academic matters as the add/drop deadlines, the second-grade-only option, issues concerning academic fraud or academic probation, and how credits are applied for various graduation requirements. Different colleges may have different policies. Students with questions about these or other CLAS policies should speak with an academic advisor or with the staff in 120 Schaeffer Hall. Also see the CLAS Academic Handbook: http://www.clas.uiowa.edu/students/handbook/x/

Amount of work Expected :

The College guideline is that one semester hour of credit is the equivalent of approximately three hours of work (class time + out-of-class preparation) each week over the course of a whole semester. In a typical lecture/discussion course, each hour of class normally entails at least two hours of outside preparation for the average student (e.g., in a three-credit-hour lecture course, standard out-of-class preparation is six hours per week). This standard is the basis on which the Registrar's Office assigns hours of University credit for courses. This is a rough guideline suggested by the College. The amount of time you need to spend may be quite different.

Students with Disabilities & Availability of Modifications :

I need to hear from anyone who has a disability, which may require some modification of seating, testing, or other class requirements so that appropriate arrangements may be made. Please contact me during my office hours. Students with disablities should also contact the Office of Student Disabilities Services (335-1462).

A student seeking academic accommodations first must register with Student Disability Services and then meet with a SDS counselor who determines eligibility for services. A student approved for accommodations should meet privately with the course instructor to arrange particular accommodations. See www.uiowa.edu/~sds/

Student Rights and Responsibilities:

All students in the College have specific rights and responsibilities. You have the right to adjudication of any complaints you have about classroom activities or instructor actions. Information on these procedures is available in the Schedule of Courses and on-line in the College's Student Academic Handbook (http://www.clas.uiowa.edu/students/handbook/x/). You also have the right to expect a classroom environment that enables you to learn, including modifications if you have a disability.

Your responsibilities to this class-and to your education as a whole-include attendance and participation. (Here an instructor could put specific information on his/her or the department's attendance policy.) You are also expected to be honest and honorable in your fulfillment of assignments and in test-taking situations (the College's policy on plagiarism and cheating is on-line in the College's Student Academic Handbook). You have a responsibility to the rest of the class-and to the instructor-to help create a classroom environment where all may learn. At the most basic level, this means that you will respect the other members of the class and the instructor, and treat them with the courtesy you hope to receive in turn.

The ability to learn is lessened when students engage in inappropriate classroom behavior, distracting others; such behaviors are a violation of the Code of Student Life. When disruptive activity occurs, a University instructor has the authority to determine classroom seating patterns and to request that a student exit the classroom, laboratory, or other area used for instruction immediately for the remainder of the period. One-day suspensions are reported to appropriate departmental, collegiate, and Student Services personnel (Office of the Vice President for Student Services and Dean of Students).

Procedures for Student Complaints:

A student who has a complaint related to a Physics or Astronomy course should follow the procedures summarized below. The full policy on student complaints is on-line in the College's Student Academic Handbook. Ordinarily, the student should attempt to resolve the matter with the instructor first. If the complaint is not resolved to the student's satisfaction, the student should go to the course supervisor (if the instructor is a teaching assistant) or to Department Chair, Professor M. H. Reno (335-1686).

If the matter remains unresolved, the student may submit a written complaint to the Associate Dean for Academic Programs, 120 Schaeffer Hall (335-2633). The associate dean will attempt to resolve the complaint and, if necessary, may convene a special committee to recommend appropriate action. In any event, the associate dean will respond to the student in writing regarding the disposition of the complaint. For any complaint that cannot be resolved through the mechanisms described above, please refer to the College's Student Academic Handbook for further information.

Sexual harassment subverts the mission of the University and threatens the well-being of students, faculty, and staff. Visit www.sexualharassment.uiowa.edu/ for definitions, assistance, and the full policy.

University Policy on Plagarism and Cheating:

A student suspected of plagiarism or cheating must inform the student in writing as soon as possible after the incident has been observed or discovered. Instructors who detect cheating or plagiarism may decide, in consultation with the departmental executive officer, to reduce the student's grade on the assignment or the course, even to assign an F. The instructor writes an account of the chronology of the plagiarism or cheating incident for the DEO (Associate Chair), who sends an endorsement of the written report of the case to the Associate Dean for Academic Programs, CLAS. A copy of the report will be sent to the student.

The detailed policy is printed in the Schedule of Courses and the College's Student Academic Handbook. Plagiarism and any other activities that result in a student presenting work that is not his or her own are academic fraud. Academic fraud is reported to the departmental DEO and then to the Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Services in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Policy Governing Undergraduate and Professional Students Enrolled in Courses Outside Their Own College Degree Program:

This course is given by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. This means that class policies on matters such as requirements, grading, and sanctions for academic dishonesty are governed by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Students wishing to add or drop this course after the official deadline must receive the approval of the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Details of the University policy of cross enrollments may be found at: http://www.uiowa.edu/~provost/deos/crossenroll.doc.

Reacting Safely to Severe Weather:

The University of Iowa Operations Manual section 16.14 outlines appropriate responses to a tornado (i) or to a similar crisis. If a tornado or other severe weather is indicated by the UI outdoor warning system, members of the class should seek shelter in rooms and corridors in the innermost part of a building at the lowest level, staying clear of windows, corridors with windows, or large free-standing expanses such as auditoriums and cafeterias. The class will resume, if possible, after the UI outdoor warning system announces that the severe weather threat has ended.