Physics 248
A Modern Introduction to Physics
Professors
Gary Shiushiu@physics.wisc.edu |
5279
Chamberlin Hall 265-3285 |
Office
Hours WTh 2:00-3:00 pm |
Teresa Montarulitmontaruli@icecube.wisc.edu |
4112
Chamberlin Hall 890-0901 |
Office
Hours M 2:10-3:10 pm F 10:50-11:50 am |
If you need to contact us outside
office hours
or class time, if at all possible, please use email.
Teaching Assistant
Jim Braunjim.braun@icecube.wisc.edu |
4106
Chamberlin Hall 890-0919 |
Office
Hours WF 11:00am-12:00 noon |
Lectures: MWF 9:55-10:45 am |
Discussions:
W 1:20 pm
2108 Chamberlin (Sec. 601)
Th 1:20 pm 2120 Chamberlin (Sec. 602) F 1:20 pm 2135 Chamberlin (Sec. 603) |
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Exams
There are three midterm
exams (50 min) and one cumulative final exam (2 hours).
The exam questions cover subjects addressed by lectures and discussion sessions, including fundamental concepts, crucial experiments and their interpretation, and some elementary applications.
For your reference, some past exams can be found below.
| Date |
Time |
Location |
Material
Covered |
Blank
Exam |
Solutions |
|
| MTE1 |
Wed.,
Feb. 14 |
In
class |
In
class |
HW
1, 2 |
Exam1 |
Exam1sol |
| MTE2 |
Wed.,
Mar 14 |
In
class |
In
class |
HW 3, 4, 5 | Exam2 |
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| MTE3 |
Wed.,
Apr. 25 |
In
class |
In
class |
T&M
Ch 21-25, 26.1 26.2, 36 or
T&L 4,7 HW 6, 7, 8, 9 Problems on Electrostatics from T&M Solutions of Problems Problems on Bohr's atom and Schroedinger eq. Solutions of Problems Problems on DC current Solutions of problems |
Exam3 |
Exam3sol |
| Final
Exam |
Mon.,
May 14 |
12:25pm |
3335
Sterling |
The
exam will include about 35% of new material and the rest will be on contents for the midterm exams. New material: HW10, HW11 (with additional practise problems on self and mutual induction, EM waves) T&M Ch 26. 3-4, 27, 28, 30 Problems on Magnetic fields and Induction Solutions of problems |
ExamFinal |
ExamFinalsol |
The exam questions cover subjects addressed by lectures and discussion sessions, including fundamental concepts, crucial experiments and their interpretation, and some elementary applications.
For your reference, some past exams can be found below.
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Past Exams |
Taking the exam:
We will have our midterm exams during lecture times. You should bring:
8.5"x11" double-sided note sheet (two sheets for final exam)
Number 2 pencil
Calculator
Your student ID number
The exam will be distributed at the beginning of the exam time.
You must stop working at the end of the exam time. Working past the exam time will not be permitted.
If you finish early, please turn in your exam and leave quietly.
Make up exam for students with VERY SERIOUS time conflicts will be exceptionally allowed upon request. Please talk to the Professors.
We will have our midterm exams during lecture times. You should bring:
8.5"x11" double-sided note sheet (two sheets for final exam)
Number 2 pencil
Calculator
Your student ID number
The exam will be distributed at the beginning of the exam time.
You must stop working at the end of the exam time. Working past the exam time will not be permitted.
If you finish early, please turn in your exam and leave quietly.
Make up exam for students with VERY SERIOUS time conflicts will be exceptionally allowed upon request. Please talk to the Professors.
Laboratories
Laboratories are about 3
hrs long, once per week. The list of all Labs is below with the links
to the useful material.
Labs start week of Jan. 29.
A bound quadrile notebook is required for laboratory write-ups.
The Grading Policy by Jim is here.
Please read carefully!
You must complete at least all of the Labs except
one, or you will receive a failing grade for the entire course. If you
complete all of them but one, the entire Lab portion of your grade
will be reduced by 30%. Missed Labs can only be made up with
an approved excuse by your TA (this needs to be a
good one!). Labs can be made up during an alternate Lab period that
same week with the TA agreement, or during the following exam week
(during which Labs are not foreseen). The message here is you should
complete all the Labs!
Labs start week of Jan. 29.
A bound quadrile notebook is required for laboratory write-ups.
| Week |
Laboratories |
| 1 (Jan 22-26) |
No Lab |
| 2 (Jan 29 -
Feb 2) |
Speed of Sound / Waves on a String |
| 3 (Feb 5 - 9) |
Diffraction and Intereference |
| 4 (Feb 12 - 16) | No Lab --
Midterm 1 |
| 5 (Feb 19 - 23) | Computer Generated Holograms |
| 6 (Feb 26 - Mar 2) | Atomic Spectroscopy and Balmer series |
| 7 (Mar 5 - 9) | Wave
particle duality |
| 8 (Mar 12 -
16) |
No Lab -- Midterm 2 |
| 9 (Mar 19 -
23) |
Electric Fields |
| 10 (Mar 26 -
30) |
Capacitors and RC decay |
| 11 (Apr 9 -
13) |
Franck-Hertz Experiment |
| 12 (Apr 16 -
20) |
e/m Experiment |
| 13 (Apr 23 -
27) |
No Lab --
Midterm 3 |
| 14 (Apr 30 -
May 4) |
Magnetism |
| 15 (May 8 -
May 12) |
Make up Labs |
Discussions
Each discussion section will meet once per week. They are useful for help on lecture topics, HW, and exam preparation. Note that the discussion sessions are not graded but they are a requirement of the course. See Policies for grading. Discussion sections start in the week of Jan. 29.
Honors
The project for displays in the Physics Museum was announced during one of the lectures by David Meshoulam.The description of project, example and flier are available: Expectations for HiP project, Hipfliers, Newton's Cradle explanation. He would appreciate it if you could email him ASAP so that the project can get off the ground!!
Honor requirements will be announced shortly.