Broome Community College

PHY 182-01 Engineering Physics II (4 credits)                                   Fall 2004

PHY 182-L11, L13 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-118          M, W, F 1:00 - 1:50 PM (Gerty)

Lab: L-11 AT-116 Monday 2:00-4:50 PM (Modrake)

        L-13 AT-116 Tuesday 11:00-1:50 PM (Glasgow) 

Prerequisite: PHY 181 Engineering Physics I

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

Text: University Physics by Young and Freedman, 11^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.

Examinations and Grading: Generally no make-ups are provided for missed exams. (A zero will be entered as the grade for a missed exam.)

          Four fifty (50) minute exams will be given. The four exams will be in room AT200 from 3:00 - 5:00 PM on Wednesday afternoons. An optional comprehensive final exam will be given. It can be used to replace the exam with the lowest grade or a missed exam .

Quizzes: Short quizzes may be given with or without notice. If missed because of absence, the student is not normally entitled to a makeup. The total points for the quizzes and homework equal that of one exam.

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.

 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: There will be no make-up labs. The laboratory report is due at the start of the next lab session, unless stated otherwise. Up to 50% will be taken off for late work. Work more than 1 week late will normally not be accepted. Four or more, unacceptable or unperformed labs will result in an "F" in the course, whatever the reason.

Grades:        4 exams (in class)                         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, each week! 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)

Physics 182  Laboratory                                    Fall 2004