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8.021 Physics II

Fall 2012

Instructor: George S. F. Stephans

TAs: Daniel Walter Kolodrubetz, Shawn Wesley Henderson

Lecture: Mon/Tue/Thu 1-2 or 2-3 (13-5101)
Recitation: Wed 1-2 or 2-3 (13-5101)
Weekly Exams: Fri 1-2 (32-082)
George Stephans Office Hours: Tue 5:30-6:30 pm Thu 3-4 pm & by appt. (8-308)
TA Office Hours: Wed 4-6 pm (Dan) 6-8 pm (Shawn) (8-308)

Important Information about 8.021:

Additional course information is available here under the Materials link.

Information on getting access to MasteringPhysics is available here under the Materials link.

(Typical) Weekly schedule/Course components: 
Sun afternoon: Reading assignments 
Mon 10 pm: Mastering Physics due Course ID=MIT8021F12
Mon/Tue: 1 hour/day of material introduction & problem solving taught by Dr. Stephans
Wed: 1 hour of recitation/problem solving taught by a grad TA
Thu 10 am: Weekly Psets are due - Pset boxes are between the 3rd floor of bldg 8 and the 4th floor of bldg 16.
Thu: 1 hour of mostly problem solving focused on quiz prep taught by Dr. Stephans
Fri 1-2: Weekly test

Course Grade:  50% Weekly Tests, 16% Written Psets, 16% Mastering Physics, 18% Final Exam
Class Attendance: Students who do not attend class (both lecture and recitation) regularly will have up to 5% deducted from their course grade.
Note: 8.021 will not have midterms, only the weekly tests and a final exam!

Final Exam Monday, December 17, 9:00 am to Noon in 32-082

Announcements

Final Exam Office Hours

Tue, Dec 11 5:30-6:30 8-308

No office hours Wed, Dec 12

Thu, Dec 13 1-5pm 4-149

Sun, Dec 16 1-3pm Question & Answer style review 32-124

You are also invited to e-mail any of the class staff to schedule a special appointment for consultation.

Announced on 10 December 2012 8:33 p.m. by George S. F. Stephans

Final Exam Study Materials Posted

All materials to help you study for the Final Exam are now posted. These include a write-up of the list of topics covered in class today. To help you quiz yourself, there are two versions of the list, one with and one without a brief description of the procedure(s) used to answer the questions. This document also includes a list of topics that will not be on the Final Exam and a list of mathematical procedures and tools that you need to be able to do.

The Final Exam problems will all be a variation or permutation or combination of problems on earlier exams. Since there are several dozens of those, no additional practice problems will be posted. To guide you, there is a list of problems NOT to study for the Final. To give you a version of the problems to study without your earlier answers written on it, there is a compressed version of all exam questions. To save paper, we prefer that you not print out this entire file.

Note that if you only know the answers to the exam questions, you could easily do very poorly on the Final. If, instead, you understand the procedures used on each problem, why that procedure was used for that particular question, and how to apply that procedure in general, it is guaranteed that you will do very well on the Final.

Announced on 10 December 2012 8:24 p.m. by George S. F. Stephans

Mastering Physics Clarification

Hello all,

On Part B of Introduction to Two-Source Interference on MP #13, please note that the answers should be written with letters instead of numbers (using 1=A, 2=B, etc.) For example, the first option should be

A. -(1/2) \lambda

Hope this clears up any confusion.

-Dan

Announced on 03 December 2012 12:08 a.m. by Daniel Walter Kolodrubetz

REMINDER: Schedule for Friday, Nov 16

No exam.
Recitation in 32-082 from 1-2 pm.
Office hours in 32-082 from 2-4pm (Shawn) & 4-6pm (Dan).

Announced on 15 November 2012 3:36 p.m. by George S. F. Stephans

Modified Schedule for Weeks 11 & 12

Week 11
The first two days are unchanged:
M Nov 12 Veterans Day Holiday No classes
T Nov 13 Regular class
T Nov 13 MP#10 due @ 10pm

Then, things change:
W Nov 14 Regular class, NO recitation
R Nov 15 Regular class, NO PSet due
F Nov 16 Recitation in 32-082 @ 1pm, NO Exam

Week 12
M Nov 19 Regular class
M Nov 19 PSet#10 due @ 10am
M Nov 19 MP#11 due @ 10pm
T Nov 20 Exam#9 @ 1 & 2pm in 13-5101
W Nov 21 No classes

Please let George Stephans know immediately of any questions or concerns that you have about this schedule.

Announced on 08 November 2012 3:46 p.m. by George S. F. Stephans

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