Physics 142
Electricity and Magnetism (Honors)
Fall 2013
Prof. Lynne Orr
orr@pas.rochester.edu
B&L451, x58528
Announcements:
Welcome to P142
Midterm 2: Tuesday Nov. 19, in class. Solutions to midterm 2 are posted on blackboard.
Midterm 1: Tuesday Oct. 22, in class. Solutions to midterm 1 are posted on blackboard.
HW#11 posted below; due Friday Dec. 13 at 4pm.
HW#10 posted below; due Friday Dec. 6 at 4pm.
Syllabus and course info for Fall 2013
The class meets for lectures TR 11:05am -- 12:20pm, Hoyt Auditorium.
There will be weekly workshops. Attendance is not mandatory, but it is strongly encouraged. The sessions are
Monday 2:00-3:00pm, Meliora 218
Monday 6:15-7:15pm, Bausch & Lomb 269
Tuesday 4:50-5:50pm, Computer Studies Building 209
Tuesday 6:15-7:15pm, Hutchison 138
Wednesday 4:50-5:50pm, Bausch & Lomb 270
Workshops begin the week of Sept. 9.
Labs will be held biweekly; you must attend the session for which you signed up through the registrar's website. For information about the labs and to access the lab manual, go to the
labs website
and for inquiries about the labs send mail to physlabs@pas.rochester.edu
A labs begin the week of September 9; B labs begin the week of September 16.
You must receive a passing grade on all five lab reports to pass this class. Lab grades will be folded in with your homework grades.
The main text is Physics For Engineers and Scientists, Third Edition, Volume 2, by H.C. Ohanian and J.T. Markert.
In addition to the main text, the following books will be
on reserve at the Physics, Optics, and Astronomy library (Bausch and Lomb 374):
The Feynman Lectures on Physics,
Volume II, by R.P. Feynman
Electricity and Magnetism,
by E.M. Purcell
Introduction to Electrodynamics,
by D.J. Griffiths
The final grade will be determined as follows:
30% Homework.
There will be weekly homework assignments, which will be due in the homework locker labeled Physics 142. (Homework lockers are across from B&L 106, just inside the door to the tunnel.) Homework will be due on Fridays at 4pm; the first assignment will be due on Friday September 13.
Late homework will not be accepted.
The lowest homework grade will be dropped.
Graded homework will be returned in the recitations.
40% Midterm Exams. There will be two mid-term exams; each will count 20% of the final grade. The exams will be given in class in mid-October and mid-November.
We will make every attempt to grade exams fairly. However, if you believe there is a mistake in the grading, you may submit a brief written request for a regrade to Prof. Orr. Please note that we will regrade the entire exam and your score may go up or down as a result. No requests for regrades will be accepted later than the class period one week after the graded exams are returned.
30% Final Exam. The final exam will be held as scheduled by the
Registrar:
Saturday, December 21, 4:00pm.
There will be no makeups or early exams, so plan your travel accordingly.
Ben Ecker (
becker@z.rochester.edu ) is the graduate teaching assistant.
Marissa Adams (
madams15@u.rochester.edu ) and
Nick Cothard ( ncothard@u.rochester.edu )
are the undergraduate teaching interns.
Prof. Orr: Tuesday, 12:30-1:30pm and by appointment in
B&L 451.
TA Ben Ecker: Thursday, 2:30-3:30pm, B&L 478
TI Nick Cothard: Thursday, 7:30-8:30pm, POA Library
TI Marissa Adams: Friday, 10:30-11:30am, POA Library
Send mail to Professor Orr:
orr@pas.rochester.edu
Send mail to TA Ben Ecker:
becker@z.rochester.edu
Send mail to TI Marissa Adams:
madams15@u.rochester.edu
Send mail to TI Nick Cothard:
ncothard@u.rochester.edu
Homework solutions will be posted on Blackboard: my.rochester.edu. Here are the assignments:
Homework 1
Homework 2
Homework 3
Homework 4
Homework 5
Homework 6
Homework 7
Homework 8
Homework 9
Homework 10
Homework 11