Forest Ugrad QMII

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Meeting Time/place
MW: 2-3:15 pm PS 126
Instructor
Dr. Tony Forest
Office
117C Physical Sciences Complex Bldg 3
Phone
282-4426
Email
foretony@isu.edu
Course Info Webpage
https://wiki.iac.isu.edu/index.php/Forest_Ugrad_QMII
Office hours
MW: 12:00-1:00pm


Grading

Course grade will be assigned based on homework, a midterm, and a final exam using the metric below..

Performance Measure % contribution to final grade
Homework 20%
Midterm 40%
Final 40%


Grading Scale : 90-100% = A, 80-89.9% = B, 70-79.9% = C, 60-69.9% = D, < 60% = F

Homework

Students will be asked to illustrate their understanding of the assigned homework problems by explaining their solutions in class. Eash student will be randomly assigned problems well in advance of being asked to explain their solutions in class. The instructor will evaluate their understanding of the homework solution using the following metric.

available points metric
2/5 The student was able to state the fundamental physics principles that are applied to solve the given problem
2/5 The student was able to illustrate how the above principles are applied to the problem using the standard mathematical formalism
1/5 The student was able to interpret the results of their solution


The pool of homework problems from your text may be found in the table at


Class Policies

http://wiki.iac.isu.edu/index.php/Forest_Class_Policies


Schedule

Week Date Chapt. Homework
1 8/19 5.1 5.2,5.3,5.5,5.6,5.9,5.10,5.13,5.32,5.33
2 8/26 5.1
3 9/2 5.2
4 9/9 5.2
5 9/16 5.3
6 9/23 5.4
7 9/30 5.4 Midterm Exam I
8 10/7 6.1,6.2
9 10/14 6.3,6.4
10 10/21 6.5
11 10/28 8.1,8.2
12 11/4 8.3, 9.1,9.2
13 11/11 9.3
14 11/18 11.1-11.4,7.1,7.3
15 11/25 Thanksgiving break
16 12/2 Dead week
17 12/9 Finals week

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