Welcome to the Hughes discussion section of Phys101a, conducted by Peter Love. Meeting two additional days per week, this section is intended to offer extra insight, discussion and review about the fundamentals of classical and modern physics.
On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, in KINSC Harris 109, Chris Cothran will teach class material that includes both sections together. The schedule for these meetings, including lectures, requirements and tests, for which both sections are responsible, is included on the main webpage for Phys101a. The schedule for the discussion section will be maintained on this webpage. As principal sources of information for the course, please check both webpages regularly. Each student in either section of Physics 101 will have a lab that meets roughly every other week on either Tuesday or Wednesday, 1:15 to 4pm in room KINSC H105.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, in KINSC L205, I will teach only the students in the discussion section. These meetings will provide additional opportunities to discuss and analyze ideas presented in the other 101 classes. This section will benefit students who like a more interactive approach to the material, or who would like more support in acquiring the conceptual and problem solving skills required.
Course Schedule:
The course will follow Hecht Chapters 1-9, 13, 14, covering one chapter per week.
Honor code matters:
· The important guiding principle of academic honesty is that you must never represent the work of others as your own. The following guidelines should govern your behavior in the course; please request clarification if you find yourself in any doubtful situations.
· You may seek assistance from the instructors, at the Physics clinic, or from your fellow students in doing the assigned exercises and preparing for class discussions. You may also work together with other members of the class on these assignments and this is often quite beneficial. For your own good, avoid situations in which you are either contributing either too much or too little to such collaborations. Just copying someone else's work is clearly a representation of another student's work as your own and is a violation of the Code. This applies to copying down results worked out on a blackboard by other students as well as solutions written down on paper.
· Your textbook gives the answers for most of the odd-numbered exercises. These are given so that you will know if you have done a problem correctly. It is not sound learning procedure to try to work backwards from given answers, but doing so is not a violation of the honor code.
· Solutions to the written exercises will be made available on the due date. (If you are doing a late set, after one week you may consult the solutions, but you may not copy them. However, we encourage you strongly to give the problems an honest effort on your own first, so as to learn from them most effectively. Copying a solutions set slavishly IS a violation of the Honor Code.)
· Take-home, in-class and self-scheduled exams must be entirely your own work. Detailed instructions will be given on the exams themselves and discussed in advance. You must use only those materials allowed in the instructions given on the exam. No collaboration of any sort is allowed once you start an exam. The allowed time (a single contiguous block) must be strictly observed.
· Honor code guidelines for the lab are contained in the lab manual.
Accommodations:
Students who think they may need accommodations in
this course because of the impact of a disability are encouraged to meet with
me privately early in the semester. Students should also contact Rick
Webb, Coordinator, Office of Disabilities Services (rwebb@haverford.edu, 610-896-1290)
to verify their eligibility for reasonable accommodations as soon as possible.
Early contact will help to avoid unnecessary inconvenience and delays.