111 Policies
A. General
The course during this Semester commences on Mon., Aug. 25 and
concludes on Tue., Dec. 9. A schedule of lectures and examinations
is distributed with this syllabus. A schedule of reading and
homework assignments will be posted on the class web site.
LECTURES
are on MWF from 10:40-11:30 and 11:40-12:30 in PSF-173.
Role is not taken, but attendance is strongly advised. Students are
responsible for any information imparted to the class during lectures.
You may attend either lecture, but you MUST TAKE ALL TESTS IN THE
LECTURE FOR WHICH YOU ARE REGISTERED.
RECITATION sections occur weekly as scheduled, beginning Mon.,
Aug. 25. The last recitation meeting will be on Tue., Dec. 9.
The purpose of the recitation section is to give the student an
opportunity in a small class environment to learn essential concepts and
problem-solving strategies. Each recitation period (except the first Mon.,
Tue., and Wed.) will open with a short quiz.
HELP-STUDY sessions are for the students' benefit, but participation
is optional. Beginning Tue., Sept. 2, the Help-Study Hall (PSH-352) will
be staffed by volunteer faculty and Teaching Assistants several hours each
day between 8:40 and 3:30. Teaching Assistants associated with this course,
and your instructor, will keep some of their office hours in the Help-Study
Hall.
An E-MAIL account is available for every student enrolled at ASU.
Instructions for obtaining an e-mail account can be obtained at the ASU
Computer Commons. Important class information will be disseminated
regularly through e-mail. The student will be responsible for receiving
it. Exam and term grades will be published by e-mail or web page as soon
as they are available. If you currently have an ASU e-mail account, then
you need do nothing. If you DO NOT currently have an e-mail account at
ASU, or if you do not receive an e-mail from the instructor by Sept. 8,
then you should send the instructor a message at the address
gary.adams@asu.edu
The subject of the message should be "PHY 111
e-mail" and the body of the message should include your name and your
RECITATION SECTION by TIME and by LINE NUMBER. Your e-mail address will
be copied from your message and added to the class list.
B. Homework
A list of assigned HOMEWORK problems is provided on the course
web site. There will be one assignment for each
lecture. Homework will be handed in at the BEGINNING of each recitation
meeting beginning Fri., Aug. 29. (Students in Wed. or Fri. recitations
will have a final opportunity to turn in HW in the lecture hall on Mon.,
Dec. 8.)
HERE ARE THE RULES GOVERNING WHICH
HOMEWORKS ARE DUE AT EACH RECITATION.
Monday Recitations: Turn in all HW assigned (but not yet
turned in) through (and including) Wednesday of the previous
week. (Exception: Due to the Labor Day Holiday, your first
HW turn-in will be in the lecture hall on Wed Sept 3.)
Tuesday Recitations: Turn in all HW assigned (but not yet
turned in) through (and including) Friday of the previous
week. (Exception: Due to the Veteran's Day Holiday, your HW
turn-in for that week will be in lecture on Wed Nov 12.)
Wednesday Recitations: Turn in all HW assigned (but not yet
turned in) through (and including) Monday of that week.
(Exception: No HW is due at your first recitation meeting
on Aug. 27.)
Friday Recitations: Turn in all HW assigned (but not yet
turned in) through (and including) Wednesday of that week.
HW IS due at your first recitation meeting on Fri Aug 29.
(Exception: Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, your HW turn-
in for that week will be in lecture on Mon. Dec. 1.)
LATE HOMEWORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
Your recitation section TA, or a grader, will generally grade one problem
from each week's homework set for 10 points each. The problem to be graded
will be selected at random but will be the same for all recitation
sections. The remaining problems will be counted for 1 point each if there
has been a good faith attempt to solve them. There will be approximately
228 assigned problems of which approximately 14 will be graded for 10 points
each. Thus a total of approximately 354 homework points will be possible.
The final homework grade will be determined as a percentage out of 300 points
(or ~85% of all possible points should the number of graded problems
change.) Your maximum homework grade is 100%, i.e. more than 300 points
will not be counted as extra credit. 100 HOMEWORK POINTS ARE REQUIRED FOR
A PASSING GRADE IN THE COURSE.
The following policies govern homework:
Assignments will be accepted only at the beginning of the recitation
period on the days they are due. LATE HOMEWORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
STUDY GROUPS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. For most people, talking
about physics is an essential part of understanding physics and
developing an accurate and useful physical intuition. However,
written homework solutions should be one's own. Homework that has
obviously been copied will not receive credit and the students involved
will be subject to charges of academic dishonesty.
Show your work neatly. Remember that your TA is grading 120
HW papers per week. HW which is unreadable, or in which the logic
is indecipherable, will not receive credit.
C. Quizzes
Quizzes will be given during the first 10-15 minutes of each recitation
beginning Fri. 8/29. This results in 14 quizzes for each recitation
section. The highest 10 quiz scores will be counted. Quizzes will be
similar to simpler problems, and will be on material already covered in
the lectures and/or homework assignments. Mon. quizzes will most likely
come from material covered during the previous Mon. or Wed.,
Tue. quizzes will most likely come from material covered during the
previous Wed. or Fri., Wed. quizzes will most likely come from material
covered during the previous Fri. or Mon., and Fri. quizzes will most
likely come from material covered during Mon. or Wed. of that
week.
D. Examinations
The five tests will cover material indicated in the schedule by
lecture numbers. Each test will consist of 2-3 problems and 10-12
multiple choice questions. The problems may be similar to homework, but
they may also represent applications of principles in entirely different
circumstances. The multiple choice questions may cover conceptual
questions as well as simpler problems. The final examination will
consist of 40 multiple choice questions. The final will be
comprehensive. For the test dates, see the
lecture schedule which accompanies this
syllabus. This instructor's old tests (from Spring 1997),
with solutions, will be available at the Noble Library Copy Center
beginning Wed., Sept. 3.
Examinations are governed by the following policies:
THERE WILL BE NO MAKE-UP TESTS for any reason. The lowest score of all
five tests will be deleted in the final course grade calculation.
Academic dishonesty on an examination will result
automatically in a failing grade for the course and referral to
the Dean for further sanctions. Cheating in any form will not be
tolerated!
The use of hand calculators is permitted. However, YOUR
CALCULATOR MAY NOT CONTAIN STORED PHYSICS EQUATIONS.
Test paper (including scratch paper) will be provided. Bring
only your pencils and calculators.
A short equation sheet will be provided for each test.
It will NOT include any definitions, or fundamental physical
principles (like Newton's Second Law). You will always find
the current version of the equation sheet
on the class web page.
No partial credit is given for multiple choice. For the
problems, partial credit is given. Arithmetical errors will be
treated charitably, but for answers that do not make physical sense
(wrong dimensions, deviation by several orders of magnitude, etc.)
no credit will be awarded. In general, you must get the PHYSICS right
to receive any partial credit. Wrong physics = no credit
In the event of a fire alarm occuring during an examination,
students will be asked to close their examination booklets, gather
their belongings and leave the room as expeditiously as possible,
leaving their examination booklets on the tables where they were
working. The booklets will be gathered and graded as they are.
Unless the alarm proves to represent a bona fide emergency, there
will be no make-up examination.
If a student believes there to have been an error in grading
his or her examination, the complaint should be PUT IN WRITING and
handed, together with the examination, to the course instructor. The
problem will be regraded by the individual who graded it originally.
If the student is not satisfied with the grader's response to the
complaint, he or she may appeal to the course instructor. In this
event, the instructor reserves the prerogative to regrade the entire
examination. (Simple errors, such as point addition, can be corrected
by contacting the student's recitation section instructor.)
E. Final Grades.
The final course grades will be determined with the following weights:
Homework (total points out of 300): 10%
Quizzes (best 10 of 14): 10%
Tests (best 4 of 5): 60%
Final Examination: 20%
A MINIMUM OF 100 HOMEWORK POINTS IS REQUIRED FOR A PASSING
GRADE IN THE COURSE. The scale for final letter grades will ultimately
be determined by overall class performance. However, any student
who earns 90% of all possible points can expect to receive an A. Don't
depend on your instructors to figure your grade correctly. For a more
detailed explanation see
HOW TO FIGURE YOUR FINAL GRADE.
F. Withdrawal
Withdrawal policies are established by the University (see the
ASU Calendar.) The deadline for unrestricted course
withdrawal (guaranteed W) is Sept. 21. The deadline for restricted
withdrawal (instructor-approved W) is Oct. 31. Other deadlines are
also given in the Bulletin. The important point to remember is that
after Sept. 21 (and before any other withdrawal deadline) one will
receive either a W or an E depending respectively upon whether or not
one is "passing" the course at that time as certified by the instructor.
In particular, a cumulative homework score of less than 20% at the
time of withdrawal will be interpreted as failing. Performance on
examinations will also be taken into consideration.
Homework Schedule
Lecture Schedule