Broome Community College

PHY 182W01 Engineering Physics II (4 credits)                                          Fall 2005

PHY 182-L11, L12 Engineering Physics Lab (0 credit)

Course Policies

Instructor: John Gerty AT-101               778-5331 (my office)

                                                                778-5114 (main office)

e-mail address: gerty_j@sunybroome.edu

Section 01 Room: AT-117       M, W, F 10:00 - 10:50 AM (Gerty)

Lab: L-11 AT-116 Monday 11:00-1:50 PM (Glasgow)

        L-12 AT-116 Thursday 8:00-10:50 PM (Glasgow) 

Prerequisite: PHY 181 Engineering Physics I

Corequisite: Calculus with Analytic Geometry II and EGR 101 Student Success

Text: Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick and Walker, 7^th Ed.

Laboratory: Physics 182 Lab Manual (2003 edition)

Attendance Policy:  Regular attendance in class is expected of all students as a normal part of the learning experience. If a student is absent from class for any reason he/she is responsible for all material covered. The only legitimate reasons for absence are illness, medical emergencies, and death in the immediate family.

          Attendance in lab is required of all students.

EXAMS: Four (4) one hour exams will be given (approximately one every three or four weeks) during the semester. If an exam is to be missed, the instructors must be notified prior to the exam, and a valid (as determined by the instructors) reason stated. A make-up exam will be considered only for instructor-approved absences. Exams are given on Wednesdays from 3-5 PM in AT-200

FINAL EXAM: An optional comprehensive final exam will be given during final exam week. The exact time and place will be schedule by the registrar. The results of the final will replace the lowest grade on the four (4) regular exams.            

Quizzes: Short quizzes may be given with or without notice. If missed because of absence, the student is not normally entitled to a makeup. Some quizzes may be given on the internet.

Homework: May be collected and graded. If so, it is not acceptable late. It must be done neatly for credit, you should usually put one problem on a page. It should be done on ordinary size notebook paper (approx. 8.5 x11). If collected, homework is due at the beginning of class. Some homework may be collected online.

 Cheating: A zero will be given for the first offense. According to College policy, the second occurrence will result in the student's expulsion from the course with an "F" grade.

Laboratory: Your laboratory instructor will give you rules for performing labs and submitting laboratory reports. It is important to note here that if you have four or more, unacceptable or unperformed labs, it will result in an "F" in the course, whatever the reason.

Grades:        4 exams                                        60%

                     laboratory                                      20%

                     Quizzes and Homework               20%

                                                                        100%

Grade range

                                A         ≥ 90

                                B         80-90

                                C         70-80

                                D         60-70

                                F         < 60

Plus and minus grades may be used for extremes of appropriate grade levels.

Calculators: A calculator may be used on exams and quizzes. However a computer cannot. The dividing line, for this course, will be a calculator must be able to fit in a shirt pocket. Otherwise it will be considered a computer and not allowed on a test. (This rule is subject to change as technology changes.) A graphing calculator is suggested (HP or TI)

General: This course includes three (3) hours of lecture and a three (3) hour laboratory each week. Reading the chapter material will likely take 2-6 hours. Homework assignments will usually take another 2-5 hours a week. Laboratory report write-ups will take about 2 to 4 hours per week. Total time for this course is therefore about 12 to 21 hours, or more. This is not an easy course, if you have not heard. Please be ready to work hard and do well.

ADVICE:       If you begin to have difficulties in this or any other course, deal with the problem immediately. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE. In most courses, success is a direct result of understanding the preliminary material and attempting the homework problems. You should, therefore, make every attempt to keep up with the class and do your assignments in a timely manner.

ASSISTANCE: Try any or all of the following:

1)See the instructor with questions and for extra help. Remember! All your instructors are here to help you. We all want you to do as well as possible. We want you to succeed! The material is difficult, but we want to help you through it all.

Do your homework. As you do your homework, if you spend more than 20 to 30 minutes on a particular problem, without any real success-get someone to help you with that problem.

2)Form a study group with some people in class and meet regularly. Two heads are better than one.

3)Go to the math lab or atrium help area on a regular basis. Bring the homework problems you have worked on but had trouble with.

4)Get a tutor at the Learning Center.

5)Check the Physics homework solutions which are on file in AT-101 and on the WEB.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Course objectives and outlines are on file in the Engineering Science department office (AT-101)

  PHY 182 Fall 2005