Physics 2C - Fall 2009
Instructor: David Newton
Office: S11-a
Office phone: 864-8668

Email: newtondavid@fhda.edu
Web Site URL: http:/nebula.deanza.edu/~newton
Office hours:  Monday 12:30-1:20 PM, Tuesday 10:30-11:20, Wednesday 10:30-11:20 Thursday - 12:30-1:20, Friday 10:30-11:20, and by appointment.

Final Exam date: Tuesday, December: 9th  6:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.  
Text: Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick and Walker, 8th edition.
Prerequisites: Completion of physics 2B with a passing grade. A :  92-100%
A-:  90-91%
B+: 88-89%
B:   82-87%;
B-:  80-81% 
C+: 78-79%
C:   60-77%;
D:   50-60%;
F:    lower than 50%

The grade distribution is as follows:

Lab Work 10%

Lecture Quizzes 10%

Exams (two exams) 40%

Final (comprehensive) 40%  

Lab Attendance: Lab attendance is mandatory. If you miss two labs you will be liable for an instructor initiated drop from the entire course. You are dismissed from a lab for the day after you have the instructor's permission to leave. Although you may leave the lab for a short time and then return, attending lab and leaving early for the day without explicit permission from the instructor will constitute an absence.