PHYSICS 2B

Spring 2013
Instructor: Stephanie Dickson
Office: S13
Office phone: 864-8999 ext. 3368
Email: dicksonstephanie@fhda.edu
Web page: http://nebula.deanza.edu/~dickson/
Office hours: Mondays 4:30 to 5:20 p.m. and by appointment
Final exam date: Wednesday, June 26^th from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m.
Text: Fundamentals of Physics, 7^th, 8^th or 9^th edition, by Halliday, Resnick and Walker

Prerequisites:  Completion of physics 2A with a passing grade.

The goal of this course is to study the properties of charge. This includes the study of electricity and magnetism.

If you miss more than five lectures you may find yourself dropped from the class.

Weekly quizzes based on the homework will be given on the homework due date.  Pop quizzes will be given at random on other class days.  No make ups are given for quizzes, but the lowest quiz score will be dropped.  If you come in late and miss the quiz, please turn in a paper with your name on it so that you are not dropped for non-attendance.

There will be two midterm exams, each weighted equally.  No make-up exams will be given without PRIOR consent from the instructor.  You may make up only one exam and that only for a serious and compelling reason.  A conflict with another class's exam schedule is not sufficient.  You will be given a three day grace period in which you may make up your exam.

Photo ID is required by all students at every exam.

No questions are allowed on the day of an exam regarding exam material. This does not apply to quizzes, just exams and the final. Any other type of questions on exam day are, of course, fine.

To pass the class you must take the final exam (in both lab and lecture) and both midterms.

A grade of zero points will be assigned to any work done if a student has been found cheating.

An "incomplete" will only be assigned as a final course grade when a serious illness or some other severe problem is encountered by the student.

It is the responsibility of the student, not the instructor, to ensure being dropped or withdrawn from the course.

To receive your final grade you may send an e-mail request or give me a self-addressed stamped envelope at the end of the quarter. No grades will be posted.

Home work solutions will be discussed in office hours and lecture.   Some solutions will be posted on the web site AFTER the due date.

You will be graded on the union of the information provided in the lecture and from the assigned text readings. The grades will be given on the following percentages:

A:   92-100%
A-: 90 -91%
B+: 88 -89%
B:   82-87%
B-:  80 -81%
C+: 78-79%
C:   60 -77%
D: 50-59%
F:   Lower than 50%

The grade distribution is as follows:
Lab 10%
Homework/Quizzes 10%
Exams (2 exams) 40%
Final (comprehensive) 40%

Lab Attendance:  Lab attendance is mandatory  If you miss more than one un-excused lab, you may be liable for an instructor initiated drop from the entire course.  You are dismissed from the lab for the day when you have the instructor's permission to leave.  You may leave for a short time and then return, leaving the lab early without explicit permission from the instructor will constitute an absence.