Professor:
Dr. Bikash C. Gupta
Office: 2340 SES
Email: bikash@uic.edu
Office hours:
Mondays -11:00am & Friday-11:00am
1. Course calendar and
assignments
The
course calendar and assignments are attached. It is your responsibility to read the
appropriate material before it is
discussed in class. This will enable you
to ask questions on things that you do not understand.
2. Laboratory
HALLIWELLPHYSICS 142 LABORATORY CD
-REQUIRED
The laboratory is an
integral part of the course, and each section has corresponding labs. It is not
possible to register for one lecture/discussion section and a different lab.
Attendance at all lab meetings and submission of
completed lab reports are mandatory. If
the lab requirement is not completed, a failing grade will be assigned.
Lab experiments are
intended to reinforce the course material. Obviously, the lab instructions
should be read before the lab period.
Laboratory time is to be
utilized fully by activities such as taking data, performing analysis, and
preparing reports. Students may not
leave before the end of the scheduled lab period unless they have submitted
completed reports.
Late reports lose 10%
(out of 100%) for each day late; reports more than one week late will not be
accepted.
3. Homework
Homework assignments
will be collected on the due dates, and will be graded and returned. Solutions must be easy to be read and
complete, with all steps shown. Clear,
fully-labeled diagrams must be included, and units should be inserted along
with numerical values. Problems are to be arranged in the order
assigned.
4. Examinations
Two examinations will
be given.
Quizzes
will also be given.
5. Grades
The final course grade
will be determined by the following weighting scheme:
Midterm
exam: 35%
Final
exam: 35%
Laboratory: 10%
Quizzes: 10%
Homework: 10%
100%
It is very likely that one
question from the lab experiments and one from (a similar one) homework sheets
may appear in the exams.
6. Withdrawal
According to University regulations, the last day to drop
a course is: