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Lecturer: |
Robert G. Fuller, 314 Ferguson Hall (472-2790) |
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Recitation Instructor: Office Hrs: Wed/Fri 3:30-4:30 (or by appt.) |
Thomas Koch, 301 Ferguson Hall (472-8685) |
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Laboratory Supervisor: |
Vicki Plano Clark, 302 Ferguson Hall (472-2199) |
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Laboratory Instructors: |
Takashi Oe, 303 Ferguson (472-6546) Elizabeth Klimek, 308E Brace (472-3782) |
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Office Support and Location: (For extra handouts / graded materials) |
Marilyn McDowell, 314 Ferguson Hall (472-2790) |
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Lectures: |
MWF 2:30 - 3:20 p.m. 211 Brace Lab |
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Recitations: |
Tues. 8:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 12:30 p.m. 113 BL |
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Laboratory: |
Wed. 3:30-6:20 p.m.[TO], 6:30-9:20 p.m.[EK] |
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Textual Database: |
Physics by Cutnell & Johnson, 1998, Wiley and Sons, 4th Ed. |
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Class Website: |
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Class e-board address: |
This course should require no more than the average time required for a five credit course, for a typical student about 15 total hours of class and homework each week, or approximately 8 hours of homework per week. If you find that you must spend much longer than that on this course, please tell one of the instructors about it. Hour exams are scheduled for Fridays.
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Grading |
Points |
Percent |
Basis for Grades |
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I. Laboratories |
450 |
20.5 |
A - 90.0% or above |
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II. Reports and Oral Presentations (3) |
450 |
20.5 |
B - 80.0% |
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III. Recitations |
450 |
20.5 |
D - 60.0% |
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IV. Web Homework |
150 |
6.8 |
F - Below 60.0% |
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V. Lecture Quizzes |
200 |
9.1 |
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VI. Three (3) Hour Exams -Fridays in class, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Sept. 29 -- Nov. 3 -- Dec. 1 |
300 |
13.6 |
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VII. Final Exam |
200 |
9.1 |
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Total |
2000 |
100.1% |
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Some bonus point activities will be available.
Better Late Than NeverWebquiz Grading: Each webtest will have four questions. Three correct is a pass. If done on time, 5 points; late by less than 24 hours, 4 points; late by more than 24 hours but less than 48 hours, 3 points; late by more than 48 hours but less than 72 hours, 2 points; late by more than 72 hours 1 point.
Other grades: Late work is graded up to a maximum of 90% of the due date grade raised to the power n, where n is the rounded up integer number of (hours divided by 24) that an assignment is late.
Maximum Grade (%) = 100 * .9^n
On time: Maximum grade(%) = 100%
This course will be organized around four modules. There will be an hour exam at the end of each of the first three modules. Their titles are given below with the approximate number of weeks we will spend on each module.
How Do We See Colors?
(6 weeks)How Do We Sense, Think and Move?
(5 weeks)How Can We See Inside Ourselves?
(3 weeks)How Can We Compare Our Senses ?
(1 week)The course content will be shaped to help you understand some of the applications of physics to processes in the human body. The coverage will also be guided by the physics topics included on the MCAT. The exams and web homework questions will be modeled, as best we can, on the style of the MCAT and other similar professional exams.
A primary purpose of the course is to help you advance beyond textbook learning so that you will be prepared to use scientific reasoning in your career when you leave the university.
As part of your work on each of the first three modules you will write a research paper on a topic related to the theme of the module. You will prepare a two-to-four page paper (1" margins, double-spaced, 12 point font) on each topic, with an additional page of references. You must consult and reference at least three different original sources for each research paper. Please use the American Psychological Association (APA) format for your paper and references.
(See http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html
You will give a two minute oral presentation on each of your topics during a recitation class period. You will use our class electronic blackboard to post your topic and you can not choose a topic already taken by another student. First person to post a title gets it.
Each research paper and its associated oral presentation will be worth up to 150 points.
Updated 10/6/00