General Physics III
Summer 2003

Week 1

CH. 19: TEMPERATURE, HEAT AND THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

Week 2

CH. 20: THE KINETIC THEORY OF GASES

Week 3

CH. 21: ENTROPY AND THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

Week 4

CH. 17: WAVES - I

Week 5

CH. 18: WAVES - II

Week 6

CH. 34: ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

Week 7

CH. 35: IMAGES

Week 8

CH. 36: INTERFERENCE

CH. 37: DIFFRACTION

Week 9

CH. 39: PHOTONS AND MATTER WAVES

Week 10

CH. 40: MORE ABOUT MATTER WAVES (SEC. 40-6 THE HYDROGEN ATOM)

Assignment 1

Ch. 19: Problems 18, 27, 36, 50, 52

Assignment 2

Ch. 20: Problems   7, 13, 48, 50, 54

Assignment 3

Ch. 21: Problems   3, 9, 26, 29, 36

Assignment 4

Ch. 17: Problems   6, 14, 15, 33, 36

Assignment 5

Ch. 18: Problems 11, 13, 20, 30, 46

Assignment 6

Ch. 34: Problems   4, 15, 43, 46, 55

Assignment 7

Ch. 35: Problems   2, 9, 20, 22, 30

Assignment 8

Ch. 36: Problems   7, 14, 31

Ch. 37: Problems   2, 34

Assignment 9

Ch. 39: Problems   8, 19, 56, 76

Ch. 40: Problem     5

CH. 19: Problems 3, 5, 16, 18, 26, 27, 29, 34, 36, 43, 44, 46, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 55, 57, 63

CH. 20: Problems 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 19, 26, 28, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 60, 61

CH. 21: 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29, 34, 36, 38, 40

CH. 17: Problems 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 27, 33, 35, 36, 41, 42, 43, 44, 51

CH. 18: Problems 1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 17, 20, 21, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 38, 43, 46, 48, 51

CH. 34: Problems 1, 3, 4, 12, 15, 20, 23, 35, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 53, 54, 55, 60, 61

CH. 35: Problems 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

CH. 36: Problems 1, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 37, 43, 44, 45, 55, 56, 57

CH. 37: Problems 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 33, 34, 35, 36, 53, 55

CH. 39: Problems 2, 3, 4, 8, 11, 16, 18, 9, 20, 23, 24, 27, 31, 33, 34, 36, 43, 44, 49, 51, 53, 56, 63, 75, 76

CH. 40: Problems 32, 35, 40, 41, 43, 47

ATTENDANCE

Students are expected to attend all classes.

CONDUCT

Students are expected to follow the Student Code of Conduct. Academic misconduct in this course will be dealt with in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct.

ABSENCES

Except for emergencies, students are expected to inform their instructor if they cannot attend an exam. Makeup exams may be arranged at the discretion of the lecture instructor, if a student has a valid excuse for the absence. Only the most serious emergencies will be considered, in which case the instructor must be notified within 48 hrs by e-mail or phone by the student, friend or family, and appropriate documentation is supplied within a week (such as death certificate, hospital or doctor's affidavit, police report of an accident, etc.)

EXAMS

All Exams and Quizzes are closed-book. Formulas and constants will be provided as needed. No network and internet enabled devices, wireless phones, PDAs, etc., may be used. Calculators may be used only for numerical evaluations.

HOMEWORK

With the exception of the last homework (Assn. 9, due Monday, August 25), submit your homework to your recitation instructor on the due week.

GRADING

The course grades will be determined using the following approximate weights:

  1. Final Exam

170 points

  2. 2 One-Hour Exams, 90 points each

180 points

  3. 3 Quizzes, 30 point each

90 points

  4. 9 Recitations, 10 points each (lowest score dropped)

80 points

  5. 9 Homeworks, 10 points each (lowest score dropped)

80 points

     TOTAL

Letter grades for the course will be assigned using the following approximate guidelines:

100% - 85%
A

85% - 75%
B

75% - 60%
C

60% - 50%
D

50% - 00%
F