Spring Semester 2008
Monday - Wednesday - Friday
10:00 - 10:50 in OCNPS 100
This is the second part of an introductory physics course for scientists and engineers. The emphasis will be on the physics of electric and magnetic fields with a short excursion to classical optics.
Pre-requisite is PHYS 231N/226N and co-requisite is MATH 211.
Course Organization
Instructor
Dr. Stephen Bueltmann
Office
OCNPS 215
Contact
Telephone (757) 683-6401
E-mail sbueltma@odu.edu
Office Hours
Monday 11:00 - 12:00
and by appointment
Learning Center Hours
Monday 17:00 - 18:00
News
Early Final Exam on Tuesday, May 6, from 9:00 - 12:00 in NaPPRF at 1021 West 47th Street
(please send an e-mail to sbueltma@odu.edu if you plan to attend)
Regular Final Exam on Thursday, May 8, from 8:30 - 11:30 OCNPS 100
(posted 4/21/08)
Review and Q&A Sessions in preparation of the Final Exam are scheduled on the Exam page
(posted 4/23/08)
Lectures are held three times a week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10:00 until 10:50 in Room 100 of the Oceanography and Physics Building (OCNPS).
Students have to enroll in a mandatory laboratory section. Information can be found on the Laboratory Information page.
Students have to be able to log on to the Mastering Physics Web Page to access the homework assignments. The class ID is PHYS232BUELTMANN08.
The course syllabus can be found here.
Textbooks
University Physics by H.D. Young and R.A. Freedman, 12th edition, Addison Wesley 2007 (10th and 11th editions are also suitable).
Further Reading:
Physics for Scientists and Engineers by P.A. Tipler and G. Mosca, 5th edition, W.H. Freeman 2003.
The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. 2 by R.P. Feynman, R.B. Leighton and M. Sands, 2nd edition, Addison Wesley 2005.
Berkeley Physics Course Vol. 2 by E.M. Purcell, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill 1984.
Home Lectures Homework Laboratory Exams
Call # 20206 (232N) / 21034 (227N)
Grading
The final grade will be composed of the examination, homework, and laboratory section grades with the relative weights given below.
Midterm Exams (three)
Homework
Laboratory Section
Final Exam
10% each
15%
15%
40%
