8.02 Physics II
Fall 2008
Professors: Steven Nahn, Gabriella Sciolla
Graduate and Undergradutate TAs: Richard Ott, David T. Guarrera, Ambar Jain, Thilani D Bogoda, Frank M Yaul, Danielle Piskorz, Moniqueterese Squiers
L01:
MW 10-12, F11
(32-082)
L02: MW 12-2, F12
(32-082)
Information:
Announcements
Final Exam material
Hello Students-
One recent FAQ, prompted by students doing the practice exams (Smart move!) is in regards to what material will be on the exam. There is some material on the practice exams, notably EM wave optics (polarization of reflected waves, index of refraction, etc) and RLC parallel circuits, which we did not cover in class- if you come upon something like this in the practice exams, don't panic - we will not test your knowledge on something we did not teach you.
On the other hand, the usefulness of the Poynting vector and interference/diffraction questions, which we did cover in the very last parts of the class, is all fair game for the exam. I updated the exam prep page with this information.
Good luck, study hard!
One recent FAQ, prompted by students doing the practice exams (Smart move!) is in regards to what material will be on the exam. There is some material on the practice exams, notably EM wave optics (polarization of reflected waves, index of refraction, etc) and RLC parallel circuits, which we did not cover in class- if you come upon something like this in the practice exams, don't panic - we will not test your knowledge on something we did not teach you.
On the other hand, the usefulness of the Poynting vector and interference/diffraction questions, which we did cover in the very last parts of the class, is all fair game for the exam. I updated the exam prep page with this information.
Good luck, study hard!
Announced on 13 December 2008 8:07 a.m. by Steven Nahn
Last MP assignment
Dear Students-
It has been pointed out by a fellow student that the last MP assignment due date of Sunday night Dec 7 is beyond the allowed limitation of "No graded assignments past the last Test Day" which is Dec 5 (I was under the impression the rule was "no assignments during last week of classes", thought Sunday was fair game). As a result, the due date is now Friday, Dec 5, 11:30 pm.
However, since I am not a total scrooge, I offer this additional modification: I will drop the lowest (percentage-wise) of your MP scores from the average which goes into your grade - thus, if you choose to ignore this assignment, your MP grade will be the same as if I just dropped the assignment completely, i.e. doing the assignment only (marginally) helps your grade, but does not hurt it.
While I am at it, we will make all efforts to get all grading done by early next week, but you should all check your own grades independently and address discrepancies with your grad TAs in the next two weeks. We will not entertain any requests for grade changes after December 12, 5 PM.
Regards,
Professor Nahn, Course Administrator
It has been pointed out by a fellow student that the last MP assignment due date of Sunday night Dec 7 is beyond the allowed limitation of "No graded assignments past the last Test Day" which is Dec 5 (I was under the impression the rule was "no assignments during last week of classes", thought Sunday was fair game). As a result, the due date is now Friday, Dec 5, 11:30 pm.
However, since I am not a total scrooge, I offer this additional modification: I will drop the lowest (percentage-wise) of your MP scores from the average which goes into your grade - thus, if you choose to ignore this assignment, your MP grade will be the same as if I just dropped the assignment completely, i.e. doing the assignment only (marginally) helps your grade, but does not hurt it.
While I am at it, we will make all efforts to get all grading done by early next week, but you should all check your own grades independently and address discrepancies with your grad TAs in the next two weeks. We will not entertain any requests for grade changes after December 12, 5 PM.
Regards,
Professor Nahn, Course Administrator
Announced on 03 December 2008 2:38 a.m. by Steven Nahn
Review Session
Just a reminder: there will be a Review Session for Exam 3 tonight, from 6 to 9 pm in the normal classroom for our course (the TEAL room in the basement of Stata).
- Rich
Announced on 02 December 2008 5:41 p.m. by Richard Ott
Office Hours
Hello Students-
I moved my office hours from 5-7 to 4-6 today (Monday Dec 1) in an effort to avoid a complete overlap with athletic-related activities. Note Dave also has office hours today from 5:00, and tomorrow there are Prof. Sciolla's normal office hours as well as an evening review session to help you prepare for Wednesday's exam.
Regards
Prof. Nahn
I moved my office hours from 5-7 to 4-6 today (Monday Dec 1) in an effort to avoid a complete overlap with athletic-related activities. Note Dave also has office hours today from 5:00, and tomorrow there are Prof. Sciolla's normal office hours as well as an evening review session to help you prepare for Wednesday's exam.
Regards
Prof. Nahn
Announced on 01 December 2008 7:20 a.m. by Steven Nahn
Office Hours?
Hello Students
I suspect my Wednesday night office hours will not be so popular this week. Keep in mind that there are extra office hours next week on Monday and Tuesday (when the Pset is due) to help prepare for the exam. Therefore, please email me if you plan to come
Prof Nahn
I suspect my Wednesday night office hours will not be so popular this week. Keep in mind that there are extra office hours next week on Monday and Tuesday (when the Pset is due) to help prepare for the exam. Therefore, please email me if you plan to come
Prof Nahn
Announced on 25 November 2008 2:09 p.m. by Steven Nahn
MIT LIBRARY QUICK START